Since being discovered as apreteen at Broadway Bound in Lyndhurst , Sofia Black-D ’ Elia has played a wide range of characters , from deadly serious — a mysterious cab-rider-turned-corpse on HBO ’ s The Night Of — tobroadly hilarious ( the tough , spoiled niece in Fox ’ s The Mick ). |
In her most recent role as newly sober Samantha Fink in Single Drunk Female , the actress says she ’ s discovered something about herself .
“ On a personal level , I am definitely finding myself more drawn to things that lean funny ,” she says . “ I think I just prefer being around funny women to self-serious men .”
In the case of Single Drunk
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Female , which can be seen on Prime Video , Hulu , Apple TV and other streaming platforms , the funny women are director and executive producer Leslye Headland ( Russian Doll ), executive producer Jenni Connor ( Girls ) and Simone Finch , the show ’ s creator and writer on multiple episodes . The cast features a great ensemble of mostly women , |
COURTESY OF KOURY ANGELO , FREEFORM |
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34 MAY 2022 WAYNE MAGAZINE |