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Shailene Woodley earned an Emmy information Thursday for Outstanding Guest Actress successful a Drama Series aft delivering 1 of Paradise Season 2’s astir unforgettable performances arsenic Annie Clay, nan resilient subsister whose affectional travel near an outsized effect connected Hulu‘s post-apocalyptic drama.
Although Annie’s destiny was sealed from nan start, Woodley said location was ne'er immoderate hesitation astir joining nan series. “I’m conscionable specified a instrumentality of Sterling [K. Brown] and Dan Fogelman. I conscionable deliberation everything he creates is gold,” Woodley told Deadline. “I loved nan first season, and truthful erstwhile Dan contacted maine astir being a portion of nan 2nd season, I was truthful excited.” Even aft learning Annie would only look successful a fistful of episodes, she said, “I honestly was conscionable so, truthful excited to person nan opportunity to activity pinch each of them, and I loved each infinitesimal of it.”
That enthusiasm carried complete to what Woodley described arsenic 1 of nan astir harmonious productions of her career. “I deliberation Paradise is nan group that I person been connected passim my full profession that has had nan slightest magnitude of drama,” she said. “There was conscionable nary drama. Everyone genuinely loved 1 another. Everyone sewage on from nan actors to catering to nan proscription department.” Woodley besides credited co-star Brown for helping cultivate that atmosphere, noting that while Xavier Collins is often stoic connected screen, “in existent life Sterling is conscionable truthful silly, goofy and playful.”
For Woodley, Annie’s lasting effect comes from nan character’s affectional walls and unwavering determination to protect nan group she loves. “I deliberation group are really moved by nan truth that this female doesn’t spot easy,” she said. “It takes her a batch to thin successful and to unfastened her bosom to Xavier and to Link [Thomas Doherty].”
She besides believes Annie’s resilience struck a chord pinch audiences still processing nan Covid-19 era, and socioeconomic factors of nan existent world successful caller years “I deliberation going into a shape of isolation successful nan existent world and past seeing it portrayed connected TV, albeit successful this benignant of sci-fi elevation, I deliberation deed group successful a meaningful way,” Woodley said. “Seeing Annie’s resiliency and her courageousness to do immoderate it took to return attraction of her babe and to make judge that she had a life that was bigger and safe and protected, I deliberation that was very meaningful to people.”
Considering that sci-fi reality altering exertion was introduced astatine nan extremity of Season 2, could Annie travel backmost someway successful Season 3 done a flashback aliases otherwise? “Oh, my God,” she said pinch a laugh. “All I’ve been doing is bugging Dan astir Annie’s early successful a flashback. I conjecture a woman tin dream.”
Looking ahead, Woodley is preparing for different Hulu series, Count My Lies, based connected nan caller by Sophie Stava, wherever she’ll prima other Lindsay Lohan arsenic nan enigmatic Sloane Caraway. “I emotion playing Sloane,” Woodley said. “She’s dissimilar immoderate characteristic I person ever seen connected tv and decidedly dissimilar immoderate characteristic I person ever personally portrayed successful my career.”
The character added that she “completely fell successful love” pinch nan role, calling Sloane “weird” and “unabashed successful who she is.” She besides loved nan clip she sewage to stock nan surface pinch Lohan saying: “We some grew up successful this manufacture and we some person had truthful galore different experiences that we were capable to talk about. It was a awesome acquisition to link pinch her successful that measurement and to build these women that we were capable to descend our teeth into.”
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, will beryllium held astatine nan Peacock Theater connected September 14, 2026 astatine 5 P.M. PT/ 8 P.M. ET.
