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The costar of Netflix's Heartbreak High brings authenticity to her role as an autistic high schooler — and finds healing in the process.

The shirtmaker of choice for costume designers across television — and for the actors lucky to get his shirts in multiples. Mandy Patinkin, who discovered Goldberg on Homeland, says simply: "Call Carl."

A chance encounter with Ava Gardner's memoir led Elizabeth McGovern to write and star in a play about the Golden Age femme fatale.

The actress was a quick study for her role on the Paramount+ show. 

For the one-man writers' room known as Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders and no fewer than five new programs this year, stories often start with family and take shape organically. "It's like dreaming or playing a musical instrument — I just do it."

On-screen and off, women take the lead at Start TV.