Proof that I can be very slow on the uptake...

[denorios]

It has only just now occured to me that Melina Kanakaredes, who plays Stella in CSI: New York, also played Victoria in Due South.

*facepalms*

How long have I been watching CSI: New York? And it's only just occuring to me? Oh boy.

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[taraljc]

And she was Eleni on "Guiding Light".

(I still remember like, the day she got into town to shoot "Victoria's Secret" and I was on the phone with the script coordinator and told him how happy I was that she was going to play Victoria and he was all "ZOMG. DOod. You pronounced her last name correctly." cos apparently that never really happens.)

[denorios]

What was Guiding Light? I've never heard of it!

*sighs* Ah Due South. I loved that show so much.

[taraljc]

It's the longest running soap opera in the United States. My grandmother listened to it on the radio, mum used to watch it, and my sister and I watched it. Actually, I think my sister still does. it's shot in NY, and is chock full of NY theatre people. Plus Marj Dunsey (who stole Spock's brain whiel wearing shiny go-go boots that one time) played the 2nd Alexandra Spaulding. I used to *love* it like pie.

Soaps fascinated me cos they're the only segment of the entertainment industry here where women over 40 are still routinely objects of desire, and no-one bats an eye if you're not a size 2.

[malsnation89]

It's alright, I do that ALL the time.
Like Helena Bonham Carter.
I only just noticed last month that she is the Mom on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory AND Mrs. Lovett.
I mean..I knew she was Mrs. Lovett..I just didn't realize she was Charlie's Mommy.