Episode 247: Karin Konoval

Karin Konoval is a highly accomplished actress with a knack for disappearing into complex, sometimes non-human, roles. Karin portrayed an orangutan named Maurice in the Planet of the Apes films. In 2018, she won a UBCP/ACTRA award for the dual role of Chucky and Judy in The X-Files, and in 2019, she was inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. She’s beloved for playing Deena Petringa on the most watched television drama in the world, The Good Doctor, for her work as Dr. Pelton on Snowpiercer, and for dozens of other scene-stealing roles on screens large and small. Karin is also a painter, a photographer, a dancer, and a writer. Her latest book, On Constance, is the story of her journey to, and then through, the remarkable city of New Orleans for four months in 2013. It’s a memoir of a profound summer, and what it means to find resonance and joy in unexpected encounters and unlikely places. In this fascinating conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Karin reflects on her time in New Orleans, bringing On Constance to life, and what it means to move through a magical city while in an orangutan state of mind. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA