As the criminal barristers in London’s Crown Court know, according to star-on-the-rise Tessa Ensler (Jodie Comer), any prosecutor or defense attorney could come out on top depending on the day and case at hand. “We don’t call it losing,” Tessa, herself a defender who usually fighting for men accused of sexual assault, explains. “We call it ‘coming second.’”
But as awards season fast approaches next month, an unchallenged series of wins may be all but assured for Comer, the star of TV’s Killing Eve who won an Olivier Award earlier this month for her performance (her first stage role) as Tessa in the West End production of the one-woman show Prima Facie. The production, whose title is a Latin legal term that means “on the face of it,” referring to the first impression of a case, also won the Olivier for best play, and Comer finds in...
But as awards season fast approaches next month, an unchallenged series of wins may be all but assured for Comer, the star of TV’s Killing Eve who won an Olivier Award earlier this month for her performance (her first stage role) as Tessa in the West End production of the one-woman show Prima Facie. The production, whose title is a Latin legal term that means “on the face of it,” referring to the first impression of a case, also won the Olivier for best play, and Comer finds in...
- 4/24/2023
- by Dan Rubins
- Slant Magazine
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