But Sheedy didn’t want to let these roles define her.
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I had a meeting with Leslye Headland and Simone Finch, who created the show, and Jenni Konner.
They had an idea that I could play Sofia Black-D’Elia’s mother in the show.
It felt very symbiotic and really great when we all spoke.
I read that pilot script and I loved Carol, that character, right away.
There was something easy about that character for me.
Then we did the pilot, and it felt wonderful.
Then we got a first season, and now we have a second season.
Now you’re playing the mom of such a character.
What’s that like?
When I was angsty and in my 20s, I was using that because that’s what I knew.
Has that real-life experience of motherhood informed how you portrayed Carol?
Yes, yes, yes!
Every mistake that I made with my son somehow or other finds its way into something in the show.
Carol has an unusual relationship with Samantha, her daughter.
The relationship is what’s happening for Carol.
Everything going on between the two of them is the whole story for me this season.
What is this journey?
Interesting how that works.
I was tracking that as we went along.
Do you think that Carol’s relationship with Samantha has changed or evolved since the last season?
Yes, it evolves during this season.
There’s a huge difference, which is that Samantha’s not getting sober she now is sober.
The focus is off of her drinking and onto functioning in daily life.
No, because I have so many people in my life who have had issues with addiction.
My child is not one of them.
Now she’s not and she’s 29, so we got to start again.
Her students have been following Single Drunk Female
You’re teaching college acting now.
Do your students recognize you or know any of the movies that you’ve starred in?
The class is on-camera.
It’s a film acting class.
Some of them Google me and find out what it was that I was in.
Some of them know already.
It’s a mixed bag.
Do you know if any of your students have been watching “Single Drunk Female”?
Yes, they have.
They like it; they’re going to watch Season 2.
I don’t spend a lot of time in class talking about myself it’s about them.
Only as small examples of little things.
Season 2 of “Single Drunk Female” debuts Wednesday, April 12 at 10 p.m. PT/ET on Freeform.
The entire 10-episode season will be available on Hulu and OnDemand on Thursday, April 13.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
