DESIGNATED SURVIVOR: Julie White Had a ‘Freaking Blast’ Portraying ‘Pistol’ Lorraine Zimmer

Julie White, with Kal Pen and Italia Ricci, in DESIGNATED SURVIVOR season 3. (Credit: Netflix)

Julie White is having a very, very big week.

In addition to actress returning to television with Netflix’s DESIGNATED SURVIVOR, White is also nominated for a Tony—her third—for “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.” (White previously won Best Actress in a Play for 2007’s “The Little Dog Laughed”; she also got a Best Featured Actress in a Play nod for 2015’s “Airline Highway.”)

“It’s not my first time at the rodeo; I am kind of familiar with it,” she says with a laugh. “There’s a lot of logistics involved. You want to publicize your show as much as possible, which means going to dinner events and cocktail parties and interviews…it’s kind of fun and glamorous out of your every work day life. But you do have to go do the show every night!”

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