Netflix show Away.The actress said she felt at home in the role in part because it explored the balancing act between work and home, as she herself had to do when disappearing from Hollywood to care for her ill father: “I completely identified with this character.
I’m an independent woman who is very career-driven and I’ve been pursuing my acting dream since I was 15.“For me, one of these times was when my dad needed a lung transplant and I knew I could help him recover and heal so I took quite a bit of time off work.
There was no question about this in my mind. That’s what we all do.”She also highlighted the show’s refusal to portray her character’s husband, a Nasa chief engineer played by The Good Wife’s Josh Charles, as “emasculated”.
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