One of the most commonly heard phrases in award speeches is, “I want to thank my team.” On camera, this usually is the cue for a long list of names that don’t mean a lot to most of the people watching in the television audience. But to the person giving the speech, these names are often the enablers of their careers, allowing them to ride the chaotic wave of opportunity to The Land of Golden Statues. It turns out that having a team is an important component of motherhood, too. About a month ago, there was a special holiday program…
Author: Tamara Krinsky
Tamara Krinsky
Tamara Krinsky is an actress, journalist and new media producer. On-screen adventures include roles in SEVENTH HEAVEN, CHARMED, ALL MY CHILDREN and STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, as well as web series for Vuguru and Comedy Central. She is a member of the award-winning classical theater ensemble The Antaeus Company, and has also appeared in comedy shows such as MORTIFIED!, and SHOW & TELL (UCB). As an on-camera host, she’s done everything from anchoring Marvel’s Live Red Carpet premiere for THE AVENGERS to hanging out in labs exploring regenerative medicine for PBS’ WIRED SCIENCE. Off camera, she’s currently the New Media Program Manager at the Writers Guild of America, West. Previously, she was a Producer at marketing firm Crew Creative, where she strategized and produced online content for clients including Discovery Channel, TLC, and Warner Independent Pictures. Krinsky’s writing has been published in/on DOCUMENTARY Magazine, Tubefilter.tv, Variety, Filmmaker Magazine, and ScientificAmerican.com.
This year Passover and Easter overlap. Regardless of whether you’ll be dyeing and hiding eggs or placing an egg on a Seder plate, for most of us, these events involve some sort of significant family time. For me, this means heading back to my parents’ house in New Jersey, acting as my mom’s sous-chef as she makes hundreds of matzoh balls and attempting to convince my father to shorten his four-hour Seder (no success so far). It’s a trip I look forward to every year, yet heading back to where you grew up can be unsettling. Most of my friends…
Dear Curly Girl, The past two weeks were tough. You went to Chicago with your Daddy to celebrate your Pappy’s 70th birthday. I stayed in Los Angeles to work. When you came back I was in prep for a shoot, which meant that instead of compensating for our time away from one another, when you returned there was even more time apart. I wasn’t there to put you to bed. We missed our usual dinners together. And your Daddy was a superhero and did all the preschool pick ups instead of me. You did not like this. You threw a…
Like most three year olds, Curly Girl does not like to go to bed. Her most recent attempt to avoid sleep involved starting an art project five minutes before she was supposed to be changing into her PJs. When I told her that said project would need to wait until the next day, her response was: “People who like art very much need to be able to do their own thing.” I wholeheartedly agree with this statement. But motherhood has complicated “doing my own thing.” At any given time I am wearing multiple hats, trying to balance the roles of…
I have something to admit. I am a list whore. I love making them, bringing order to chaos. I love the rush of satisfaction I get crossing off items. I even love Excel, which allows me to sort my lists in a myriad of ways with the click of a button. And what better season for a list maker than the New Year, prime time for writing down all those things we wish to change or accomplish in the coming 12 months! Resolutions, though, are only as good as our ability to put them into action, so this year I’m…
Choices. Commitment. Two words that any actor who has gone through a training program – whether it be at a University program or the Upright Citizens Brigade – is used to embracing. As performers, we must make bold choices based upon a mix of instinct, training and text work, and then we must commit 100% to those choices, often at the risk of looking foolish. Motherhood, as I’m discovering, is not so different. Hiding my red-rimmed eyes with my sunglasses, I quickly scurried out of my daughter’s preschool. Head bent to avoid making eye contact, the handles of the Ralph’s…
As those of you who read my pieces already know, I get a kick out of all of the Celeb Mom pics found in the tabloids. One could choose to be intimidated by the women who seem to be “Just Like The Rest Of Us” while Having It All, but instead I thought this month it might be more constructive to use some of these photos as inspiration for creative ways to spend time with our own kids. THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT “Reese Witherspoon Gets in the Spirit With Tennessee and Two Funny Men” Witherspoon, Kevin Nealon and Adam Sandler all…
“I feel really awake. I don’t recall ever feeling this awake. You know? Everything looks different now.” –Thelma, Thelma & Louise I thought I knew what kind of Mom I was going to be. Or at least what kind of Mom I wasn’t going to be. When I was about 6 months pregnant, I had a conversation with one of the women in my theater company, The Antaeus Company. She’s a fantastic actress, and also happens to be the charming, nurturing mom of 3 lovely kids. Let’s call her Thelma “How are you feeling, Tamara?” she asked, giving my newly…
I have nothing to wear to my audition. Nothing fits. Or perhaps the more accurate statement is that nothing fits like it used to. But here’s the thing. I have lost the baby weight. The number on the scale is the same as it was before I had Curly Girl. But my body is completely different: Mushier in new places, stronger in others. And this seems to be an external reflection of what has happened to me on the inside. When my husband and I first decided to try to have a kiddo, I was terrified. How would I continue…