Veteran actress Julianne Nicholson has been giving “Efficiency” for many years. The truth that she was acknowledged with IndieWire’s Efficiency Honor on June 5 looks like an overdue given. Along with her scrumptious antagonist position as Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond in “Paradise,” it looks as if Nicholson is lastly gaining the upper profile she has so lengthy deserved. However, throughout her acceptance speech, Nicholson used her time to develop on her love for IndieWire.
“Thanks to IndieWire for this recognition and being a champion of me and my work over time,” Nicholson stated. “I imagine in looking for roles that defy stereotypes, that attempt to present life because it actually is, not as we want it have been. I’m from Boston, however my childhood have been in New York, and I’ve at all times cared for the underdog — for the scrappy, the perverse, the bizarre, the unorthodox — and I believe by and huge, IndieWire does, too.”
The ‘20s, up to now, have introduced an interesting variety in Nicholson’s credit, which have additionally included an Emmy-winning flip as Kate Winslet’s finest pal in “Mare of Easttown” and a hilarious send-up of viral TikTokers on “Hacks.” On “Paradise,” her villainous Sinatra has clear, unapologetic drive, knowledgeable by a background of unimaginable loss, making her one of the vital relatable baddies in current historical past.
Nicholson made her tv debut in 1997, her movie debut in 1998, and her skilled theater debut in 2000. Her filmography boasts common roles on “Ally McBeal,” “Masters of Intercourse,” and “Profitable Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” In films, she was within the SAG-nominated, all-star ensemble of “August: Osage County,” a part of the indie darling “Tully,” and co-starred in 2025’s thriller “The Novice” alongside Rami Malek and Laurence Fishburne. Whereas she is famously choosey along with her roles, there’s nearly nothing Nicholson hasn’t carried out.
“[IndieWire’s] help of me over time in movie and now in tv has at all times made this job really feel rather less lonely and a number of the decisions I’ve made much less marginal. It felt like there’s a group of artists and writers and journalists who’re broadly working in direction of the identical purpose. And so for me and lots of different artists who really feel the identical manner about you — who simply wish to do good work in a medium that we cherish — I wish to thanks,” she stated.
“Paradise” creator Don Fogelman not too long ago pinned an article for IndieWire saying working with Nicholson was precisely just like the title of his collection.
“She’s a lady on the very high of her craft, who’s variety and beneficiant in addition,” he stated.
Nicholson advised IndieWire in an interview that she usually sees herself as “the guts of a present[s]” wherein she’s solid.
“I maintain placing one foot in entrance of the opposite, and I maintain displaying individuals what I can do,” she stated. “And it would take a minute, however their eyes are open that I can do extra.”