Episode 277 - Darby Stanchfield

Published: Dec. 27, 2021, 4 p.m.

b"Darby Stanchfield stars as \\u2018Nina Locke\\u2019 in the Netflix hit show\\xa0\\xa0Locke and Key.\\nStanchfield is well-known\\xa0for her role as \\u2018Abby Whelan,\\u201d the spunky and outspoken investigator on all seven seasons of the Shonda Rhimes hit ABC show \\u201cScandal\\u201d alongside \\u2018Olivia Pope\\u2019 (Kerry Washington).\\xa0She also r stars in\\xa0\\xa0the Disney+\\u2019s film \\u201cStargirl\\u201d which was adapted from the best-selling novel.\\nPrior to \\u201cScandal,\\u201d Darby was featured in season two of AMC\\u2019s Emmy \\xae Award winning drama \\u201cMad Men.\\u201d In the hit series, Darby played the role of Helen Bishop, a liberal single mother who relishes in stirring up controversy with Betty Draper, the wife of an iconic advertising guru. Other television credits include starring opposite Nathan Fillion in ABC\\u2019s crime thriller \\u201cCastle,\\u201d a recurring role as Shannon Gibbs on CBS\\u2019s military drama \\u201cNCIS,\\u201d and a spot on CBS\\u2019s action packed series Jericho where she played \\u201cApril Green.\\u201d In addition, Darby has appeared in roles across a host of successful television series including \\u201cBurn Notice,\\u201d \\u201cCSI: Miami,\\u201d \\u201cHow I Met Your Mother,\\u201d \\u201cCSI: New York,\\u201d \\u201cThe Mentalist,\\u201d \\u201cPrivate Practice,\\u201d \\u201cBones,\\u201d \\u201cNip/Tuck,\\u201d \\u201cWithout a Trace,\\u201d and Monk .\\nHer feature film credits include Adrienne Shelley's critically acclaimed \\u201cWaitress,\\u201d opposite Nathan Fillion and Keri Russell, and an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's \\u201cThe Picture of Dorian Gray\\u201d co-starring opposite Josh Duhamel.\\nDarby can be heard in a recording of Neil Simon's \\u201cBiloxi Blues\\u201d with Josh Radnor and Justine Bateman, part of an ongoing series of radio plays that LA Theatre Works produces for NPR.\\nOriginally from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Darby is a graduate of The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco where she received a Master Of Fine Arts degree\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"