this week's most noteworthy performance Archives

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Matthew Macfadyen

December 5, 2021 Alice Sarkisyan this week's most noteworthy performance

In Succession’s “What It Takes” and “Too Much Birthday,” Matthew Macfadyen continues to deliver some of the strongest performances to date.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Jennifer Aniston

November 21, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

Jennifer Aniston was incredible in The Morning Show’s first season, but she is something else entirely in season two. And she is especially transcendent in the season two finale, “Fever.”

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Mariska Hargitay

October 24, 2021 Shana Lieberman this week's most noteworthy performance

Mariska Hargitay delivered a performance, unmatched by pretty much anyone but herself, in Law & Order: SVU‘s 500th episode. Any attempt to explain the impact of Hargitay’s skills tends to fall short, but the need to celebrate something that goes far beyond just “acting” remains. How do we mark this landmark accomplishment, of not only staying with a character like Olivia Benson for 23 seasons and counting, but also making

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Nick Mohammed

October 10, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

Nick Mohammed’s performance in Ted Lasso’s “Inverting the Pyramid of Success” was full of such noteworthy nuances, it’s left us all amazed.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Juno Temple

October 3, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

Juno Temple’s performance in Ted Lasso’s “Midnight Train to Royston” was a beautiful exhibition of a full range of emotions.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Brendan Hunt

September 19, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

For his incredibly nuanced embodiment of Coach Beard in Ted Lasso’s “Beard After Hours,” Brendan Hunt is this week’s noteworthy performer.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Phil Dunster

September 12, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

For his impeccable embodiment of Jamie Tartt all throughout Ted Lasso’s “Man City,” Phil Dunster is This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performer.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Sarah Niles

September 5, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

Sarah Niles as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in Ted Lasso’s “Headspace” showed us a great amount of crucial emotions through subtlety.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Jason Sudeikis

August 29, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

Jason Sudeikis’ performance in Ted Lasso’s “The Signal” masterfully brings to the surface the culmination of emotions stirring within.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Toheeb Jimoh

August 8, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

Toheeb Jimoh shines brilliantly in Ted Lasso’s “Do the Right-est Thing” as Sam Obisanya is challenged through making a big decision.

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Tom Hiddleston

July 18, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

July 11-17“For All Time, Always” | Loki Tom Hiddleston Tom Hiddleston always understands the assignments in front of him and goes for the extra credit every time too. He is essentially the embodiment of the latest internet meme because there are so few like Hiddleston who are able to escape so easily into whatever role they’ve just taken on. And in every way that matters, Tom Hiddleston is the reason

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Jasmine Cephas Jones

June 27, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

June 20-26“Smashley Rose” | Blindspotting Jasmine Cephas Jones Jasmine Cephas Jones is back to reprise her role as Ashley Jones, and she’s already one of our favorite performers on TV right now. Blindspotting is one of the best films we’ve all watched in recent years, but dare I say, I might start loving the show even more later on. It’s safe to assume most of us are now addicted to

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Lesley-Ann Brandt

May 30, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

May 23-26 “Is This Really How It’s Going to End?!” and “A Chance at a Happy Ending” | LuciferLesley-Ann Brandt The entire cast of Netflix’s Lucifer have outdone themselves impeccably during the latter half of season five, which makes this choice a difficult one. And if you’ve been here long enough then you know that’s something we absolutely adore. If our choice is difficult then it means the performances have

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Amita Suman

May 2, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

April 23-May 1Season One | Shadow and Bone Amita Suman Shadow and Bone is full of incredible performers left and right who’ve each done a compelling job of bringing their characters to life with range and nuances that have made them even better than they were on paper. This is a series that demanded its characters show more and the performances do. When we say they all understood the assignment,

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Alice Lee

April 18, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

Alice Lee was given the chance to touch on some incredibly rough heartaches on “Zoey’s Extraordinary Mystery.”

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Sebastian Stan

April 11, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

April 4-10“The Whole World is Watching” | The Falcon and The Winter SoldierSebastian Stan Sebastian Stan is a fascinating performer with incredible range and the kind of actor whose roles are often easily transformative, which allow viewers to separate each of his characters effortlessly. He’s not just Bucky Barnes, and he’s never been, which in and of itself is incredibly rewarding to see as viewers. Stan is remarkable and in

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Elizabeth Olsen

February 28, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

February 20-27“Previously On” | WandaVisionElizabeth Olsen PSA: This article will be full of spoilers—if you have yet to see the new episode of Disney’s WandaVision, stop reading right away and return once you’ve done so. I kept putting off a performance review for Elizabeth Olsen because we all knew something large and explosive was coming. (But really, she has been the most noteworthy performer since episode one.) We knew that

This Week’s Most Noteworthy Performance: Kathryn Hahn

February 21, 2021 Gissane Sophia this week's most noteworthy performance

February 14-20“Breaking the Fourth Wall” | WandaVisionKathryn Hahn Before we dive into this performance review, make sure you’ve seen the latest episode of WandaVision because this will be spoiler heavy. We knew. We all knew, but a teeny tiny part of us hoped, perhaps even thought, no we’re wrong, it’s too obvious. Agnes can’t be Agatha Harkness, it’s just … too obvious. And yet sometimes, the obvious answer is the