Connie Britton looks back at his biggest epic career with us

The persecution of showbizes’ career was nothing but a “pipe dream” Connie Britton.

“I told my best friend of the phone late at night,” if I could do something, I would be an actress, “Britton, 57, solely shared in the latest issue Us every week. With her upbringing in Virginia is a “quintessential Americana”, fate hit in the form of advertising for McMullen brothers in Backstage magazine.

“It was a Sunday audition and I wanted to visit my sister in Washington, DC, so I thought,” Well, if I decide to go back soon, I may go by bankruptcy, “she explained, noting that she finally decided to return to New York. “Eddie Burns He was auditing in his father’s office, and he had to do it on Sunday. He couldn’t do it during the week. ”

After Burns threw her into the place, she remembered thinking, “Oh, it will be really bad if they just offer me a job.” Wrong: Her feature film debut won the Grand Jury Prize Award at the Sundance Film Festival 1995 and started her career.

Friday’s Night Lights, White lotus And other four -star projects kept Britton in demand. The one, which escaped? 1996 Jerry Maguire. Loss the role that went Renée Zellweger was the “main heart”, she said Our. “I love my career in retrospect and (that) just set out a different way – after overcoming the initial sting and I have no regrets.”

Furthermore, it connects to the “list of bucket list” Robert de niro For the plot of thriller Zero dayStreaming now on Netflix. It looks like the wildest fantasy of her younger self has come true: “I’m one of those happy people (who) had a dream,” she said, “and I found myself about it.”

Take a stroll to find out what has happened ever since.

College Days (80.

Spend the first year on Beijing Normal University with now Senator Kirsten Gillibrand He was “opening”, Britton, who specialized in Asian studios at Dartmouth College, shared. “It was still a very communist China.” Everyone was wearing Mao suits. “Although he was amazed after arrival (” I remember the landing and my initial idea was, “No one prepared me.” “), The actress attributes this academic year for a change in her perspective and calls her” transformative experience “.

‘Spin City’ (1996–2000)

She captured her regular role as the first series as Nikki Faber, employees in the mayor of NYC, then Michael J. Fox ‘with Spin City It was a “big problem”, she admitted. “I grew up on situational comedies and that was my greatest inspiration when watching television.” Gig ABC doubled as the main class: “I literally learned about the job,” she said Our. “It was such a steep learning curve, but Michael was the best.”

‘Friday Night Lights’ (2006-2011)

Tami and coach Taylor Forever, Y’all! As half of one of the most modern, relative couples of television, Britton received two nodding Emmy. FROM Kyle ChandlerHer husband on her beloved sports drama, “the basis of our work relationship was that we knew we could risk and fall down, and the other would be there to pick us up,” she shared. “There was absolutely unconditional trust between us and we are still amazing friends.”

One of her favorite scenes was in the season 1 when he cleaned Eric during the party when he cleaned the house during the party. “We had so much fun,” Britton shared, remarking that their crack was semi -fastened. “It seemed to me one of the first moments when I was like,” That’s what for these (characters). “” If the duo gets, he will meet again: “We are still talking about what we could do together”

‘American Horror Story’ (2011)

Script for Ryan Murphyis the first Ahs payment, MurderHe was, well, shocking. “I was glad,” It will never stay on the show, “especially a rubber man,” Briton said, adding that Murphy considered the content “too crazy for television” and “said so much”. Playing Vivien Harmon, who gives birth to the Antichrist, would push Britton out of her zone of comfort, but believed in the vision. “(Ryan) said,” This will be completely different from everything you have (the last five years). “That attracted me.” As for the shocking plot in which viewers found Vivien and daughter Violet (Tississa Farmiga) Were they dead? “I thought it was amazing.”

‘Nashville’ (2012-2018)

The drama called Britton’s first project as a single mother. (The Dirty John alum adopted son Yoby, now 14, In 2011.) “I started working 18 hours a day and I (was) a brand new mother of the child,” she recalled. “That was quite open to me in terms of:” Oh, that’s different. “It was certainly difficult.” Her character, the country of Queen Rayna Jaymes, died in season 5, an event that “felt like real death, and that was what must be.” When the viewers mourned the loss of the musician He also mourned the loss of the character.

‘The White Lotus’ (2021)

Shooting the first season of the Fantastic Anthology series during the COVID-19 pandemic required masks, daily testing and supplying food. “It was very scary and very different from any other experience I’ve ever had,” Briton admitted. Silver lining, except for Hawaiian location? The cast and the crew “joined together because we had to be isolated”. Despite the filming during the “scary time”, Britton looks back at this “beautiful” project with great kindness. “We worked with one of the great directors of the writers of our time, Mike Whiteand the material and Cast (were) incredible”

Missing Emmy Prices (2024)

The approaching snowstorm on the east coast where she fired Zero dayforced Britton to skip Emmys and planned Ahs encounter DYLAN MCDERMOTT. Her dress Toni Maticevski still had a moment … on Instagram. “We loved the dress so much that I was like,” We’ll take a picture! “”