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Betty Gilpin launched her acting career in the mid-2000s, starring in a number of television shows, including "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Law & Order: Svu," "Medium," and "The Good Wife." By 2013, she landed a role as Dr. Carrie Roman on Showtime's acclaimed drama "Nurse Jackie," which she appeared in until the final season in 2015. By the mid 2010s, Gilpin appeared in other TV shows, but rose to fame following her performance in Netflix's "Glow" as Debbie Eagan from 2017 to 2019. Most recently, she starred alongside Julia Roberts and Sean Penn in the historical drama series "Gaslit," and can currently be seen as Sister Simone in Peacock's newest sci-fi series "Mrs. Davis."

In addition to balancing her busy film and TV career, Gilpin is also a mother to her daughter Mary, whom she shares with her husband, actor Cosmo Pfeil. The two met in 2009 on the set of the TV movie "The Northern Kingdom,...

For an actress who has made a career out of acclaimed off-Broadway plays and parts on prestige TV shows such as Nurse Jackie, Masters of Sex and, more recently, American Gods, Starz’s stylized adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s cult novel, it comes as a surprise to see Betty Gilpin rocking spandex, glittery eye shadow and at least half a can of Aqua Net on Netflix’s female wrestling dramedy Glow. In person, however, the self-described “theater geek” is decidedly less glamorous. “I have toothpaste on my face right now,” deadpans Gilpin, speaking to Et by phone from her Brooklyn apartment.

Last year was perhaps the busiest of Gilpin’s life, considering that she not only landed parts on two of the most talked-about new TV series, she also got married to Cosmo Pfeil, a former actor who now works at a nonprofit. (Ironically, the couple met while playing siblings in the 2009 movie The Northern Kingdom.) “While...