Nora McLellan is one of Canada’s most celebrated and respected actors.
In this episode we begin by discussing her early days in Vancouver and move forward to the Shaw Festival and her recent performance in the Annie Baker play “John.”
McClellan is candid about the ups and downs of life in the theatre as well as some of the lessons she’s learned to improve her acting skills working under the direction of some of North America’s finest directors.
Currently, you can see McClellan in “Shirley Valentine,” at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia.
Nora McLellan in Shirley Valentine.
photo: Diane O’Dell
In the podcast with Bethany Joy Lenz, we cover everything from her appearances on the daytime soap “Guiding Light” to “One Tree Hill” and her role in “Grey’s Anatomy.”
She opens up about the time she auditioned for “Once” on Broadway, it didn’t go well, and a new Broadway musical she’s written.
In this podcast with Bethany Joy Lenz we also discuss her role in the movie “Snowed Inn Christmas” premiering on Lifetime, Saturday, December 16 at 8 pm.
Bethany Joy Lenz in Snowed Inn Christmas
The Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press picked “Snowed Inn Christmas” as a TV highlight of the week with the latter adding it’s a “feel-good movie… about a woman (Bethany Joy Lenz) and man (Andrew Walker), who have nothing in common – until they’re called upon to help save the historic town inn located in Santa Claus, Indiana.”
Snowed Inn Christmas with Andrew Walker and Bethany Joy Lenz
Lenz plays a button-down journalist who, like her character in “One Tree Hill,” is smart and knows who she is – at least until she gets trapped on assignment with a colleague she’s competing with to save her job.
The setting, a gorgeous turn of the century Victorian home in Santa Claus, Indiana (a real town), provides a romantic and mysterious backdrop where the journalists discover the stories of their lives.
As well as playing lead roles on Broadway, Ilana Levine has worked with iconic film directors including Sydney Lumet and Robert Altmann.
We talk about her experiences working with, and learning from, actors who have won Tony Awards and Academy Awards.
She has also appeared in many television shows including “Law and Order” and “Seinfeld.”
As you’ll hear, Ilana is married to an actor and they have two kids.
Ilana is very candid about the struggles they faced as they worked to create a stable, loving environment for the kids to grow up in while pursuing the mercurial success of careers in show business.
