Judy Go Wong on House of Cards

I've had the pleasure of working on House of Cards staring Kevin Spacey, one of the finest actors of our time. I can't think of a better ambiance in which to learn acting from those who know it best. He is a constant source of inspiration. The photo above I captured while watching an episode on my iPhone. And yes, that is me as a protestor on the show in Season 2. I hope you're watching it because I think it's one of the best shows on television.

Judy Go Wong talks about VEEP

Q: What was your experience working on VEEP?

Judy Go Wong: I have a feeling I arrived at an unusual moment in their production cycle. The assistant director said to me, "Today is an unusual day, hard day on set, its not usually like this. Sorry about that!". I took it in stride, just happy to be there and as my acting coach teaches, our job is to put the audience in the moment we want them to be in and not necessary advertise the moment that we as performers are actually in.

Q: What was your impression of Julia Louis-Dreyfus?

Judy Go Wong: She was very professional, as you might imagine, and fun to be around. In more ways than one she was the soul of the show. She made it fun for her co-workers.

Q: Are you a fan VEEP?

Judy Go Wong:  I was especially interested in how a certain style of presentation that originated in the British film In The Loop translated so well into an American TV series.

An Interview with Judy Go Wong

Q: How did you get started as an actress?

Judy: I got started as an actress by studying with Stephen Mitchell (author of Action/ReAction) and Cheryl Felicia Rhoads. I was brought up in front of the big screen in the "Big Apple". My family took me to Radio City Music Hall growing up and I was always fascinated with the movie stars performances. I just love entertainment.

       Q: What kinds of roles are you best at playing?

Judy: I'm best at playing educated, sophisticated, high society women who are bigger than life. They bring the show...

Q: What has been your best moment to date as an actress?

Judy: My best moment as an actress is when I was called to be in an FBI film. I immediately caught the film making fever and received a lead role playing a DC detective which led to being in House of Cards and VEEP. I've been working with the very best in our industry.

Q: Is there a director you admire and with whom you'd like to work?

Judy: Yes, the director I admire and would like to work with is Woody Allen. I liked Blue Jasmine very much because Woody Allen gets extraordinary performances from all of his actors and what Cate Blanchett did in Blue Jasmine is tour de force.

Q: Do you have a dream list of directors?

Judy: Robert Luketic, Donald Petrie, James Cox, Gary Sinyor, Cameron Crowe, James Mangold, Adam Shankman, Ben Stiller, David Silverman, Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood.

Q: What is your background?

Judy: I was born and raised on Long Island in NY. I had lessons on a non-stop bases, from ballet, tap, modern dance, piano, kung fu, voice the list goes on and on. My grandfather owned chains of Chinese restaurants on Long Island. I also worked in his restaurants in my spare time. It was nice growing up with all entrepreneurs surrounding me. It gave me a wonderful work ethic, business sense, the ability to dream and go after my hearts desires.

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Judy Go Wong 

703 618-8430

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