The American actress Carrie Preston became famous through the series True blood, takes on her role as lawyer Elsbeth Tascioni in a third season, which is extremely rare for this character.
Eccentric, smart and unconventional, Elsbeth first appeared on Michelle and Robert King's The Good Wife, which aired on CBS from 2009 to 2016. As a guest character, Elsbeth was included in the storylines of 14 of the 156 episodes. The 56-year-old actress won an Emmy in 2013 for this role on “The Good Wife” and was nominated at the same ceremony in 2016.
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Carrie Preston, who was very noticeable during last year's Hollywood actors' strike, then took on the role of Elsbeth in the spin-off series The Good Wife, The Good Fight, where she appeared in five of the 60 episodes aired by 2017 to 2022 on Paramount+.
But now Elsbeth fans can go wild as the character inherits her own series, Elsbeth, which airs on CBS starting February 29th. This time it is Elsbeth who is the focus and right in the middle of the action.
Carrie Preston reunited with her boyfriend and True Blood colleague Stephen Moyer while filming the Elsbeth pilot.
Ten episodes were ordered for the first season, set in New York, as opposed to Chicago for the other two series in which Elsbeth appeared.
The same producers, Michelle and Robert King, are back to carry this new chapter.
Carrie Preston, who most recently starred in Claws, appeared in all 81 episodes of the acclaimed True Blood (2008-2014), the vampire series starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Nelsan Ellis and Alexander Skarsgard.