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Sheridan Smith & Keeley Hawes

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Whohashiddenthebiscuits · 21/02/2022 07:48

Anyone else just fed up of seeing their faces? I don’t hate either of them & Sheridan in particular is extremely talented ..you can’t blame them either for taking all the work offered to them. But my lord they seem to be in bloody everything to the point i’m starting to avoid anything they are in.

(There must be male equivalents equally over exposed and ubiquitous but names are escaping me right now!)

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lollipoprainbow · 21/02/2022 09:38

Vicky McClure is another actress who is also on a lot of things lately even my dd has picked up on it 'mummy there's that lady again' !!

Gonnagetgoing · 21/02/2022 09:38

Ah - just seen Suranne was in Doctor Foster. I really rate Suranne as an actress and find Keeley forgettable though I do recall her Valerie Tozer in It's A Sin.

From Inside No 9 I've noticed a few actresses who'd go under my radar but Alan Bennett's Talking Heads 2020 brought a e.g. Maxine Peake and Sarah Lancashire to my attention again - whereas I'd other usually see them in programmes I'd avoid like the plague. Scripts can be awful these days especially for interesting, gritty, women characters.

southeastdweller · 21/02/2022 09:39

Some of the names here have limited range but you can’t say that about Benedict Cumperbatch. He’s played Stephen Hawking, a gay American cowboy, Hamlet, to name just three diverse roles of his.

iklboo · 21/02/2022 09:40

Nina Sosanya is brilliant in everything I've seen her in. Love her.

Gonnagetgoing · 21/02/2022 09:40

@Pyri

Yes to Benedict Cumberbatch. Martin Freeman is another who is absolutely everywhere and I suspect is a total arse in real life
@Pyri - yes he is apparently.

DB worked with Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis recently and said both of them were lovely, very genuine and easy to work with most actors are fine to work with.

Gonnagetgoing · 21/02/2022 09:41

@southeastdweller

Some of the names here have limited range but you can’t say that about Benedict Cumperbatch. He’s played Stephen Hawking, a gay American cowboy, Hamlet, to name just three diverse roles of his.
@southeastdweller - he is quite overexposed though. Friend of DM who works getting finance for films saw him in his latest Netflix film and said it was so boring. I've not seen it.
Kendrickspenguin · 21/02/2022 09:45

Sheridan looks quite different in each of the programmes she has been in recently. This suggests to me that they were filmed over a long period of time. I think two or three years of work is being broadcast all at once.

Iamthewombat · 21/02/2022 09:53

You don’t have to watch telly you know

I was waiting for this non-argument to be put forward. No, I don’t have to watch TV, but I like it. Would you be happy if TV drama was effectively a repertory company using the same twelve actors? I’d find it boring, and so would most people. That’s what the thread is about. It’s a legitimate discussion point, and worthy of more than ‘just switch it off then!’.

Mulhollandmagoo · 21/02/2022 09:56

@Cocomelonearworm

I love them both, particularly Keeley Hawes, I make a beeline for anything she's in.
Same here! I think they're great
Tequilabeliever · 21/02/2022 09:59

@Polyanthus2

Olivia Coleman is another who is in everything. Thing is the parts for older women are pretty few - they need to make their careers now.
And she’s a terrible actor. She’s the same in everything.
CatJumperTwat · 21/02/2022 10:00

Still waiting to hear what Keeley has been in lately?

I don't watch anything with Sheridan Smith. She always plays the same irritating character - the determined Northern mum. But at least her one-dimensional performances are better than her singing.

lborgia · 21/02/2022 10:02

I’m surprised no one has complained about Maxine Peake, but I’m very glad about it - she really is amazing!

I’ve seen her a few very varied things, and she’s been excellent in all of them.

Can’t watch the Anne one though, just too traumatic. Maybe I’ll find a thicker skin and be able to watch it one day.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 21/02/2022 10:08

when did benedict cumberbatch play stephen hawking?

surely that was eddie redmayne

although google has just answered my question while looking up eddie redmayne's name

anyone want to complain about him Wink

southeastdweller · 21/02/2022 10:09

@CatJumperTwat

Still waiting to hear what Keeley has been in lately?

I don't watch anything with Sheridan Smith. She always plays the same irritating character - the determined Northern mum. But at least her one-dimensional performances are better than her singing.

Past three years: The Durrells, It's a Sin, Finding Alice, Honour, Traitors, Year of the Rabbit and Summer of Rockets.
Nanny0gg · 21/02/2022 10:09

@Whohashiddenthebiscuits

Anyone else just fed up of seeing their faces? I don’t hate either of them & Sheridan in particular is extremely talented ..you can’t blame them either for taking all the work offered to them. But my lord they seem to be in bloody everything to the point i’m starting to avoid anything they are in.

(There must be male equivalents equally over exposed and ubiquitous but names are escaping me right now!)

Well, if they don't work, they don't earn. So if they like the script they won't turn it down, will they?

And it's not like we only have 3 channels anymore... (yes I'm old)

the80sweregreat · 21/02/2022 10:09

I like both of them.

MrsToothyBitch · 21/02/2022 10:10

I love Keeley Hawes. I find Sheridan a bit type cast but I'll still happily watch either. I'd happily watch almost anyone mentioned above really. The only exception for me is Siobhan Finneran. I can't stand her. I also didn't think Olivia Colman was a good queen in The Crown. She's many things but she wasn't regal.

ChickenStripper · 21/02/2022 10:11

[quote MsFannySqueers]@BowerOfBramble I can highly recommend Aneka. I really like Nicola Walker in it, good plots, great scenery all in all just a bit different.[/quote]
This is brilliant - it takes a bit of getting used to the format but once you get over it, it really works - OMG esp the last sentence in the series !!!!

Lopril · 21/02/2022 10:16
Hmm
dworky · 21/02/2022 10:20

Let me introduce you to the concept of internalised misogyny.

CatJumperTwat · 21/02/2022 10:20

southeastdweller The latest of those aired over a year ago?

alwaysontheloo · 21/02/2022 10:21

It's how the tv and film industry work OP? Hmm

They film several programmes in one bounce and by the time production and post production is finished and everything is ready to air, there is a batch of programmes ready to go, so it might seem like they are on everything but these shows were filmed last Spring/Summer. They haven't just filmed them.

LondonQueen · 21/02/2022 10:22

Sheridan Smith is fab!

southeastdweller · 21/02/2022 10:24

@CatJumperTwat

southeastdweller The latest of those aired over a year ago?
You're right and my comment was misguided - she's not been on our screens since January of last year, those TV shows were on 2019 - 2021.
Hobbesmanc · 21/02/2022 10:25

With a good script like Four lives or The Moorside. Or a great character like Cilla, Sheridan's amazing. But she has picked some misfires. That one about the cleaners insider trading was particularly painful.

Keeley is pretty much always great. The Missing, line of Duty, It's a sin, The Durrels Tipping the Velvet. Even in the upstairs downstairs reboot was watchable and had Claire Foy.

A few years ago it was the Cold Feet actresses that were everywhere and I really can't stand that Hermione. Jenna Coleman is another popular choice and she's great in everything

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