It was recently announced that the Tony-Award winning actress Renee Elise Goldsberry will portray Mallory Book in the upcoming television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. So, who exactly is this character? What kind of role will she play in the series? We take a look at some details about the character, as well as what to expect from Goldsberry’s portrayal of her in the upcoming series. Renee Elise Goldsberry as Mallory Book in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
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About Renee Elise Goldsberry
Renée Elise Goldsberry is an American actress who was most known for playing Angelica Schuyler Church during the 2015 Broadway revival of Hamilton. In 2019, she became a series regular on the Marvel television series, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. In the show, Book has to deal with Walters becoming head of superhuman law and fighting cases involving aliens and mutants. Goldsberry said that her character wants to do her best but is also dealing with some pressures because she doesn’t want to disappoint anyone – including herself.
General
Rene Elise Goldsberry, best known for her work on Hamilton and her critically acclaimed portrayal of Angelica Schuyler, is joining the Marvel Universe in the TV series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. In the show, she plays Mallory Book who is a lawyer at GLK&H and finds herself threatened by Walters becoming the new head of the superhuman law division. We recently got to interview Ms. Goldsberry about this upcoming role which we have summarized below.
Character biography
Reneé Elise Goldsberry, an American actress and singer who has played the roles of Nala in the original Broadway production of The Lion King and Bobbi Jean Hockney on HBO’s The Wire. As an ensemble member of Hamilton she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Personal life
Goldsberry is a Grammy nominated American actress, best known for her role as Angelica Schuyler Church in the musical Hamilton. Her recent television credits include roles on Person of Interest, The Good Wife and Law & Order. Other film work includes One Shot starring alongside Clive Owen, David O. Russell’s Flirting with Disaster opposite Ben Stiller and Tea Leoni, Dancer in the Dark opposite Björk and Antonio Banderas, and Cats & Dogs alongside Jeff Goldblum and Edward Norton.
Work history
Renée Elise Goldsberry is an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for her role of Angelica Schuyler Church in the 2015 Broadway revival of Hamilton, and currently stars as Eleanor Hayes on Showtime’s comedy-drama series Billions. From 2005 to 2007, she had a recurring role on The Good Wife.
Personality
Mallory is an ambitious and competitive woman who comes to the firm with a prestigious law degree from Harvard. Extremely capable, competent, and confident, she proves herself time and again throughout the series. Tall and statuesque, she has a natural confidence that allows her to stand out from the crowd. Her demeanor says she’s more than happy to take up any task assigned to her whether it’s serving papers or infiltrating rival firms for information on clients.
Highlights from her career
She won an Obie award for her portrayal of Nettie Harris in Henry Dumas’ play In Dahomey, a role she originated. Other stage credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Metamorphoses and The Winter’s Tale.
Storyline overview
Book has a lot of pressure on her to achieve perfection, and after initially seeing Walters as a threat, she eventually sees the potential for what Walters could bring to the superhuman law division. Working closely with Joanie’s legal team, they make great strides by fixing the wrongful imprisonment of Turk Barrett, who was mistaken for supervillain Juggernaut.
Reception
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is being produced for Hulu and is set to be released on November 14, 2018. Critics and the media have been very positive with their reviews of the show. They praised it for its representation of diversity and women empowerment. She-Hulk has also garnered a lot of attention from social media users who are looking forward to watching the show because they are interested in a female lawyer lead character or they’re fans of Whedon’s work or both.
Frequently Asked Auestions
What is Renée Goldsberry famous for?
Goldsberry is best known for playing Angelica Schuyler Church, the cousin of Alexander Hamilton and wife of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, in the Broadway musical Hamilton. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Drama. Goldsberry was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role (Musical) for her performance as Angelica.
Does Renée Goldsberry have any brothers or sisters?
Goldsberry was born on December 29, 1973, in Huntsville, Alabama. Her father is black, while her mother is half Korean and half Japanese. Growing up with her parents and sister helped Goldsberry discover the joy of acting. Gilsbrey’s sister Julia encouraged her to audition for plays she heard about through school and those that she found during a family drive across the country.
How old was Renée Goldberry when she started theater?
Renée Elise Goldsberry grew up with the theater, and even did a tour of The Nutcracker in Boston. Growing up, she was a huge theater fan and studied dance, so it’s no surprise that she would end up on stage one day. As soon as she had a driver’s license, she started auditioning for every part available to her.
Who is Mallory Book in law school?
Mallory has been practicing law for a decade, defending the GLK&H’s superhero clients and she is also an old family friend of Jennifer Walters (aka She-Hulk). A lawyer at GLK&H who is threatened by Walters becoming the new head of the superhuman law division. After initially seeing Walters as a threat, Mallory slowly starts to come around when she sees that Jen was helping super humans with their own legal troubles rather than turning them into super human criminals.
