is having a great 2024. After sweeping through an season that culminated in an Oscar for her portrayal of a bereaved cafeteria manager in , she’s now received her first Emmy nomination. But “breakout year” isn’t quite how Randolph would describe her recent windfall.
“What I appreciate is that with every role that I’m doing, yearly it’s having an effect in a way that feels new, in a way that feels like, ‘Oh, she’s making an impact again,’ ” says the guest star. “Now it’s kind of my goal to be a breakout every single time I do a project.” Randolph is nominated for her role as Detective Donna Williams in the Hulu dramedy’s “Sitzprobe” episode — her only appearance in season three.
Here, she chats with about leaning into physical comedy with the show’s co-creator Steve Martin and the new doors that are opening following her Academy Award win. It was blended. The beauty of being able to mature with a character for that many seasons is that now I feel like both the writers and myself, we get this character very well.
I was told that season three was going to be action-packed, just everything being thrown at it in the best way, so many new variables, more castmembers, a play within a TV show, so in the beginning it was actually a conversation of, “Can we get Detective Williams in this season?” I was in conversation with the showrunner, and I was like, “Please, I would love to! I don’t care what we do, please, something with Meryl Streep,.