Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is trying her hand at something new. The actress has landed the lead role in NBC's latest comedy pilot, "Isabel."
Harden will play Francis, the matriarch of a "normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a daughter (Sophia Mitri Schloss from 'Grimm') who has magical qualities," according to Entertainment Weekly.
"Isabel" will have Howard Busgang ("The Closer") and Tom Nursall ("Single White Spenny") as its showrunners.
This is the third time in the past four years that Harden has signed on for a TV pilot. Last year, she did ABC's sitcom "Smothered," and in 2008, she did CBS' "The Tower." But neither made it to air.
Could the magic "Isabel" prove that third time's the charm?
Harden is quite the accomplished actress of film, stage and television. Besides her Academy Award for "Pollock," she received a Tony Award for "God of Carnage,...
Harden will play Francis, the matriarch of a "normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a daughter (Sophia Mitri Schloss from 'Grimm') who has magical qualities," according to Entertainment Weekly.
"Isabel" will have Howard Busgang ("The Closer") and Tom Nursall ("Single White Spenny") as its showrunners.
This is the third time in the past four years that Harden has signed on for a TV pilot. Last year, she did ABC's sitcom "Smothered," and in 2008, she did CBS' "The Tower." But neither made it to air.
Could the magic "Isabel" prove that third time's the charm?
Harden is quite the accomplished actress of film, stage and television. Besides her Academy Award for "Pollock," she received a Tony Award for "God of Carnage,...
- 1/7/2012
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Huffington Post
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is trying her hand at something new. The actress has landed the lead role in NBC's latest comedy pilot, "Isabel."
Harden will play Francis, the matriarch of a "normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a daughter (Sophia Mitri Schloss from 'Grimm') who has magical qualities," according to Entertainment Weekly.
"Isabel" will have Howard Busgang ("The Closer") and Tom Nursall ("Single White Spenny") as its showrunners.
This is the third time in the past four years that Harden has signed on for a TV pilot. Last year, she did ABC's sitcom "Smothered," and in 2008, she did CBS' "The Tower." But neither made it to air.
Could the magic "Isabel" prove that third time's the charm?
Harden is quite the accomplished actress of film, stage and television. Besides her Academy Award for "Pollock," she received a Tony Award for "God of Carnage,...
Harden will play Francis, the matriarch of a "normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a daughter (Sophia Mitri Schloss from 'Grimm') who has magical qualities," according to Entertainment Weekly.
"Isabel" will have Howard Busgang ("The Closer") and Tom Nursall ("Single White Spenny") as its showrunners.
This is the third time in the past four years that Harden has signed on for a TV pilot. Last year, she did ABC's sitcom "Smothered," and in 2008, she did CBS' "The Tower." But neither made it to air.
Could the magic "Isabel" prove that third time's the charm?
Harden is quite the accomplished actress of film, stage and television. Besides her Academy Award for "Pollock," she received a Tony Award for "God of Carnage,...
- 1/7/2012
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Aol TV.
Film and TV actress Marcia Gay Harden has landed a lead role in an NBC comedy pilot.
The Damages and Mystic River star was cast in Isabel, about a “normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a daughter (Sophia Mitri Schloss from Grimm) who has magical qualities.” Harden plays the family matriarch.
Isabel is one of five pilots ordered by NBC in recent months, with more to come in the next couple weeks. Howard Busgang (The Closer) and Tom Nursall (Single White Spenny) are the showrunners.
The Damages and Mystic River star was cast in Isabel, about a “normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a daughter (Sophia Mitri Schloss from Grimm) who has magical qualities.” Harden plays the family matriarch.
Isabel is one of five pilots ordered by NBC in recent months, with more to come in the next couple weeks. Howard Busgang (The Closer) and Tom Nursall (Single White Spenny) are the showrunners.
- 1/7/2012
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
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