Michaela Conlin & the Asian Excellence Awards
Coming to E! on May 1st, the Asian Excellence Awards will honor Asian and Asian-Americans in film, tv, music, and performing arts. Since Michaela Conlin is the bill, it only makes sense that she would be nominated! Conlin plays Angela Montenegro on Bones, a free spirit who has bewitched co-worker and resident dirt and bug guy Jack Hodgins. She’s one of the squints who tells it like it is and is always encouraging Bones to enjoy herself and to open herself up to love. Conlin is of Chinese and Irish descent, which is probably where she gets her exotic beauty from. She stared in MDs and The DA before she landed her role in Bones, where she’s truly made the role her own.
In an interview with the New Zealand Herald, she said, “I really liked Angela’s voice from the very beginning. She’s very irreverent. To have that quality in a young woman on screen to start with, I knew that I wanted to play her.” She went on to explain that after playing the part for so long, “you become the character and the character becomes you over the length of time we’ve been shooting.”
Anyway, back to the nomination… The award show will actually take place at UCLA’s Royce Hall on April 23rd, but won’t air until May. It will also be availabe through Comcast the entire month of May to honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. (Who knew?) The other names in the category are:
SUPPORTING TELEVISION ACTRESS
Moon Bloodgood - Journeyman
Michaela Conlin - Bones
Janina Gavankar - The L Word
Mindy Kaling - The Office
Michelle Krusiec - Dirty Sexy Money
Sonja Sohn - The Wire
I don’t watch any of the other shows, so I can’t testify to how good the others are, but my vote definetely goes to Michaela!
“I like to think I have a lot of the qualities that Angela has but there are also the days where she’s much bawdier and crazier than I am. She’s a real hoot to play.” And aren’t we glad for the actress who plays her! Good luck Michaela!
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