Comments on: Is Julianna Margulies The Best Actress On TV? http://www.thedramateacher.com/is-julianna-margulies-the-best-actress-on-tv/ Resources For Those Who Love Teaching Drama Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cath Rankin http://www.thedramateacher.com/is-julianna-margulies-the-best-actress-on-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-19166 Cath Rankin Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:09:16 +0000 http://www.thedramateacher.com/?p=1642#comment-19166 Have you seen Toni Collette in "United States of Tara". I have used it with my DP Theatre classes and little sections with the Junior classes in regards to physically changing characters. She plays many different personalities - the voice does change but it is the physical change that makes the most impact. Excellent piece to demonstrate the importance of the body in portraying a character. The students really see the change. Have you seen Toni Collette in “United States of Tara”. I have used it with my DP Theatre classes and little sections with the Junior classes in regards to physically changing characters. She plays many different personalities – the voice does change but it is the physical change that makes the most impact.
Excellent piece to demonstrate the importance of the body in portraying a character. The students really see the change.

]]> By: Justin Cash http://www.thedramateacher.com/is-julianna-margulies-the-best-actress-on-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-18678 Justin Cash Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:03:48 +0000 http://www.thedramateacher.com/?p=1642#comment-18678 After several students in my Year 12 Drama class scrutinised Julianna Margulies' acting skills on the hit TV show The Good Wife, they came up with the following observations: - the character of Alicia Florrick is highly engaging, largely due to Margulies' fine acting skills - Margulies clearly demonstrates strong belief in her character - Margulies appears to have the right balance as an actor ... she neither overstates nor understates her role - Margulies has strong control over her facial muscles and the emotions she is feeling at any given moment are therefore very clear (lots of close-ups on Margulies are evident each episode in The Good Wife) - in conclusion, my Drama class learned that while they are aware of the basic differences between TV acting (The Good Wife) and acting for the stage (their course of study at high school), Julianna Margulies nevertheless taught them an important lesson in acting, that sometimes LESS IS MORE..... After spending much of my Drama teacher training years at university over-acting in every production I performed in, I couldn't agree more with my students' observations! After several students in my Year 12 Drama class scrutinised Julianna Margulies’ acting skills on the hit TV show The Good Wife, they came up with the following observations:

- the character of Alicia Florrick is highly engaging, largely due to Margulies’ fine acting skills
- Margulies clearly demonstrates strong belief in her character
- Margulies appears to have the right balance as an actor … she neither overstates nor understates her role
- Margulies has strong control over her facial muscles and the emotions she is feeling at any given moment are therefore very clear (lots of close-ups on Margulies are evident each episode in The Good Wife)
- in conclusion, my Drama class learned that while they are aware of the basic differences between TV acting (The Good Wife) and acting for the stage (their course of study at high school), Julianna Margulies nevertheless taught them an important lesson in acting, that sometimes LESS IS MORE…..

After spending much of my Drama teacher training years at university over-acting in every production I performed in, I couldn’t agree more with my students’ observations!

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