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A chance encounter with Ava Gardner's memoir led Elizabeth McGovern to write and star in a play about the Golden Age femme fatale.

The actress was a quick study for her role on the Paramount+ show. 

For the one-man writers' room known as Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders and no fewer than five new programs this year, stories often start with family and take shape organically. "It's like dreaming or playing a musical instrument — I just do it."

On-screen and off, women take the lead at Start TV.

A theater background and ease with improv are just part of J. Smith-Cameron's toolkit for playing Gerri Kellman on HBO's Succession.

The actress plumbs the horrors of intense fandom in Prime Video's Swarm.