Jillian Armenante

We've got actor, writer, director, producer Jillian Armenante on the show today, ay, now that's amore. You Might Know Her From Judging Amy, Vice, North Country, Kittens in a Cage, Bad Teacher, Fresh Off the Boat, and Girl, Interrupted. We go in deep with Jillian about being the comic relief on a CBS courtroom drama (Judging Amy) and how that differs from being on a bonafide sitcom like Fresh Off the Boat. Jillian talked to us about her theatre roots in Seattle, the stage adaptation of The Cider House Rules that earned her a Drama Desk nom and a career in Hollywood, and what it's like to come into the machine as an already out LGBTQ+ actor. We also got into the sisterhoods on the sets of both Girl, Interrupted (where she ran in a crowd with Clea DuVall and bff Angelina Jolie) and North Country (where she bonded with Michelle Monaghan, and Charlize Theron had them top off their whiskey shots with her breast milk). All that plus Jillian gives us some old Hollywood lesbian gossip and talks to us about acting in The Dark Knight without knowing her co-star's lines. We are just giddy from this one. Enjoy!   Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne    Girl, Interrupted details on Wiki (Leelee Sobieski took Joan of Arc instead of Girl, Interrupted) How to Make an American Quilt was  If These Walls Could Talk (1 is about abortion, 2 is about women) Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her still mostly about men Anne has announced The Mummy Returns is lesbian canon Nomi Malone = Elizabeth Berkley Stockard Channing at the beginning of The First Wives Club is gay canon Glenn Close wore gloves to the Oscars Oscars with Glenn and "Da Butt"  Glenn's drunk gif at the 2013 Golden Globes SATC is not gay canon but Desperate Housewives is Played Donna on Judging Amy (CBS) for 6 seasons Dan Futterman, Amy Brenneman founded Cornerstone, Tyne Daly In the episode "Waterworld" Donna gives birth in Amy's house with Maxine helping her (tyne's idea!) Cider House Rules play (performed @ Seattle Rep, The Atlantic, Mark Taper Forum) won an Obie Fresh Off the Boat was an offer  Kittens in a Cage (featuring Tyne Daly, Constantine Maroulis) is a camp sendup of women in prisons movies: like Caged with Eleanor Parker, Wentworth, and Prisoner of Cell Block H Stuck with former YMKHF guest, Heather Matarazzo (full episode here)  Playled Cynthia Crowley in Girl, Interrupted "Dyke" was something Angelina Jolie improvised about Jillian's character Gay energy on set with: Jolie, Armenante, Clea DuVall + Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Angela Bettis Lisa Beach casting director  Angelina bisexual talk Re Jenny Shimizu BDUs North Country (dir: Niki Caro) Ensemble: Charlize Theron, Michelle Monaghan, Frances McDormand, Rusty Schwimmer, Jeremy Renner, Corey Stoll Renner and Charlize helped create a shot called "the white dog" aka Jack Daniels + Jillian's breastmilk Tweeting about Barbara Stanwyck Best Hollywood lesbian lore: Judy Garland and Mary Astor (co-stars in Meet Me in St Louis), Marlene Dietrich, Hattie McDaniel The Barbara Stanwyck Show (not Hour as Anne said) featuring Anna May Wong Gave Charlize a GLAAD Award in South Africaans Actors she loved who felt similar: Marie Dressler, Dorothy Loudon  Godmother to Angelina's son, Maddox Grey's Anatomy 2 ep arc has her screaming nonstop Ass juice to save your voice (from Josh Hamilton: boil grapefruit rind into a tea and sip) Vice with Rockwell, Bale, Carell Dark Knight Rises was extremely  secretive  Played drums in a teacher jam band with Timberlake in Bad Teacher  Black Sabbitch is an all girl BS cover band with Angie Scarpa on drums Judy Garland slept with at least a few women Marjorie Main (Ma Kettle, The Harvey Girls, Meet Me in St. Louis, Summer Stock) is one of our favorite lesbians. She was in a relationship with Spring Byington who was in In the Good Ole Summertime Jillian was in Judging Amy with Amy Brenneman who was in Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her with Glenn Close, who was in Rex with next week's guest (who was making her Broadway debut!)