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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Jessica Hynes
By Ernio Hernandez
20 May 2009
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Jessica Hynes
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Jessica Hynes — a 2009 Tony Award nominee for her work in The Norman Conquests — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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Tallulah Jessica Elina Stevenson (That's my given maiden name) Jessica Hynes is my married name and the one I use now.
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Hometown:
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Brighton
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Audition monologue:
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Hermione from A Winter's Tale "Sir, spare your threats...."
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Special skills:
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Roller blading
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How you got the nomination news:
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I called back a missed call and someone said, "Congratulations..."
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Nominee you're most excited for:
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My fellow actors in the Normans; we're all rooting for each other.
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Who you are taking Tony night:
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Amelia Bullmore, who plays Ruth my sister in the show.
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Person you'll forget to thank:
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Jessica my gorgeous wardrobe siren, and Pat in front of house who puts me in a good mood everyday on my way in.
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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This is my first time in New York - I've never been to a Broadway show! My kids went to Shrek though, and they loved it.
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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I'd like to have seen Judy Garland in anything.
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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God of Carnage, Shrek
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Favorite show tune:
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"Make 'em Laugh" [Singin' in the Rain]
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Most played song on your iPod:
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B.B. King "Better Not Look Down"
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Last book you read:
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Philip Roth "My Life as a Man"
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Must-see TV show:
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"The Sopranos," "Seinfeld"
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Aretha Franklin
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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Madonna
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First stage kiss:
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Kissed Azdak in Youth Theatre production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle - had a massive crush on him and looked forward to it every night.
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Favorite post-show meal:
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A juicy steak; New York has the best steak I have ever tasted.
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How you got your Equity card:
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I was 19 and in the middle of rehearsals for a play and the Equity [rep] pulled me aside and gave me a telling off for not applying, as I was fully eligible and had been working without one for a year!
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Worst onstage mishap:
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I fell off the back of the stage during a production of Fiddler on the Roof. For some reason that night the action had shifted up stage and consequently I was closer to the edge. I fell right off, leaving a small boy behind, but I scrambled to my feet and raced back onstage in time to come in with 'The Mommas! The Mommas..'
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Worst costume ever:
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They've all been pretty bad.
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Amy Poehler. With a comically bad British accent.
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Worst job you ever had:
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Working as a cleaner in a Christian Mountain Centre. I had to fish out pubes from plugholes and then have compulsory group prayer meetings.
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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Making "Spaced," which I created and co-wrote with Simon Pegg.
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Leading lady role you've been dying to play
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Funny Girl
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