Marielle Heller as Alma Wheatley in 'The Queen's Gambit'
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Published 2020-10-15
Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited series drama The Queen’s Gambit is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess.
The series is directed and written by two-time Academy Award nominee Scott Frank and executive produced by Frank, William Horberg and Allan Scott, who also co-created the series.
Interviewer: Jeandra LeBeauf
Video Editor: Kassandra Igbokwe
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All Comments (8)
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Loved her! The Queen’s Gambit was fabulous!!
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My favorite character :'(
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BRILLIANT INTERVIEW!!! Alma was such a important character!
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Perfect actress for her roll very graceful lady
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Alma was my favorite character. It may have been hepatitis, but not that alone.
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Love Alma Wheatley’s character
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Alma looks so much like Gisele MacKenzie from Your Hit Parade (1955).