Katherine LaNasa on The Pitt & Emmy Recognition | Women in Entertainment Podcast

Sometimes the role that changes everything arrives after the season when nothing seems to be working.Katherine LaNasa joins Women in Entertainment to talk about the extraordinary success of The Pitt, its 26 Emmy nominations, and the collaborative environment that makes the series feel so authentic. She celebrates the women working across the production, from writing and makeup to art direction, and shares why working with John Wells had long been on her career bucket list. She also reveals how immediately she connected with Nurse Dana and why she chose to bring a Pittsburgh accent to the character.The conversation turns deeply personal as Katherine reflects on navigating unemployment, cancer, regret, gratitude, and the practice of learning to enjoy life while she is living it. She explains why The Pitt feels like “grace from the universe,” how she has learned to work alongside fear instead of waiting for it to disappear, and why the show’s focus on people caring for one another may be part of its powerful connection with audiences.She also takes us behind the viral “Baby Jane Doe” moment, talks about her love of disappearing into wildly different characters, teases Count My Lies, shares her hopes of returning to the stage, and makes one future goal very clear: she wants to play a queen.Listen to learn:Why Nurse Dana felt instinctively right from Katherine’s very first auditionHow gratitude helped her through unemployment, illness, and career uncertaintyWhy The Pitt strives for total immersion rather than a documentary feelThe story behind her Pittsburgh accent and the viral “Baby Jane Doe” momentWhy Broadway and finally playing a queen are still on her creative wish listThe Women in Entertainment Podcast presents thoughtful conversations with leaders across entertainment, from film and television to media and gaming, and everything in between, as we talk about what it takes to make your mark in the industry, lessons these incredible people have learned along the way, and how they have found their way in an ever-changing environment.With in-depth conversations and pre-submitted listener questions, each episode provides candid advice for navigating today’s entertainment industry, giving listeners an inside look at how key players got their start, and guidance for building the necessary toolkit to bring careers to life in film, TV, music, theater, graphics, writing, animation, and beyond.Listen on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5AfPfPQ...Listen on Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast..Listen on Audible: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a85..#WomenInEntertainment #WomenInEntertainmentPodcast #ThePitt #NurseDana #Emmys #Acting #WomenInFilm #WomenInTelevision #JohnWells #CountMyLies #Broadway #Resilience #FemaleCreatives #WomenInHollywoodThis episode is supported by Hulu.