The escapades of Ashlie Atkinson, a big-time actress from Little Rock whose ample credits run the gamut from niche New York City theater to Spike Lee joints, are sure fun to watch.
Her latest accomplishment? Being profiled by The New York Times.
The occasion for the piece is Atkinson’s role on HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” a historical drama set in the abundant, upper-class environs of 1880s Manhattan which premiered its 4th season on Nov. 1. Since the show’s launch in 2022, Atkinson has played Mamie Fish, a character “based on a doyenne of New York’s high society near the turn of the 19th century, known for her outrageous parties and vinegary barbs,” according to the Times.
“She’s so good … She’s so weird. She’s so rich. She’s so awful. She’s so fun!” Atkinson, 49, said of Fish.
The NYT story also highlights some of Atkinson’s less conventional acting pursuits, like how she dresses up as “Dottie LoBlotto, a ‘bitter failed Broadway, starlet’ persona” to co-host a monthly drag karaoke night in Brooklyn called “Lonely Hearts Safe Space.”
Read the whole shebang here.