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The actor: A theater-trained actor with an almost 40-year career in Hollywood,
Amy Aquino is perhaps best known for handily delivering as a seemingly endless string of doctors (psychologists, oncologists, gynecologists, et al.) and legal professionals, including but not limited to detectives, defense attorneys, district attorneys, and judges. (She’s played a judge on at least eight different shows in recurring roles.) Sure, she’s also ably played mothers and hairdressers, nosy neighbors and hard-edged troop leaders, but for whatever reason, producers always call her up when they’re looking to cast a smart woman in a position of reasonable authority.
A new collection of old Didion essays, called "Let Me Tell You What I Mean," has been published. Here's where to rediscover the essay "Why I Write," a spark of earnest hope behind the writer's distant cool.