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"Everything was going great... right up until the moment that it wasn't."Bonnie Somerville achieved great success quickly and with relative ease as an international model, singer/songwriter/Grammy-winning recording artist (Garden State soundtrack), and most notably, an actress who found herself working non-stop, including on a few of the biggest shows in TV history. For years, she was living the dream. But after a few setbacks, both professionally and personally, she found herself having to ...
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016 Kim Stolz - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode Bonnie talks with one time America's Next Top Model contestant, author, MTV host, restauranteur, Wall Street bad ass, and long time friend, Kim Stolz. Their parents worked together at Goldman Sachs for 30 years, and Bonnie has watched Kim grow up and seen her many acts - always inspiring, uniquely and unapologetically herself, Kim h…
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015 Tom Arnold - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode, Bonnie hosts her former TV stepdad and dear friend, Tom Arnold. Fresh off of his recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, they get together for a no-holds-barred discussion about everything from loss, love, divorce, sobriety, kids, comedy and then some. One of the most honest, kind, generous humans on the planet - and always the…
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014 Michaela Watkins - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode, Bonnie talks to one of her comedy heroines, actress Michaela Watkins. From her beginnings with The Groundlings to Saturday Night Live (Bonnie still quotes Michaela’s iconic Angie Tempura character) to her current role on the hit CBS show, The Unicorn, Michaela has been through it all. She’s had leading roles, supporting roles, crea…
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013 Darrell Redleaf - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode Bonnie talks to her long time friend, award winning hair and makeup artist, photographer and producer, Darrell Redleaf. Darrell has worked with everyone in the biz from Faye Dunaway to Oscar award winner Helen Hunt to Joss Stone to even Bonnie herself. Recently, he did the reboot of “Saved by the Bell” for NBC/Peacock, “Mixed-ish” o…
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012 Thad Cockrell - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode Bonnie talks to singer/songwriter, Thad Cockrell, who after years of being a professional musician touring and playing with some of the best in music, found himself being "discovered" again recently by talk show host Jimmy Fallon. Jimmyheard Thad's song "Swingin'" at a hardware store during the COVID-19 pandemic, and used Shazam to …
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011 Andrew Fleming - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode Bonnie talks with her friend, writer / director / producer – and recent Golden Globe nominee – Andrew Fleming. Back in 1998, Andrew directed the pilot for Grosse Pointe, Bonnie’s very first TV pilot and series, and was a central figure in the crazy story of how Bonnie ended up on the show. Since his one-in-a-million start to his car…
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010 Jacqueline Obradors - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode, Bonnie catches up with the one and only Cagney to her Lacey, the amazingly talented Jacqueline Obradors. That’s right, NYPD Blue fans, Detectives Ortiz and Murphy partner up again for an emotional, hilarious, no-holds barred conversation. Jacqueline shares her stories about how a “nobody” (her word, not ours) ended up in a huge mov…
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009 Lochlyn Munro - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode of Second Act, Bonnie talks with Lochlyn Munro, actor, musician, and former hockey phenom. Before an amazing run as Hal Cooper on Riverdale, you’d probably seen him on… well, It’s probably quicker to list the shows he hasn’t been on rather than the ones he has. Bonnie talks with him about transitioning from music to acting (a backgr…
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008 Stellene Volandes - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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Welcome back to Second Act! We’re starting the new year off with Bonnie’s fellow Brooklyn native and high school alumni, and Editor-In-Chief of Town & Country magazine (America’s longest running magazine still in print), Stellene Volandes. They talk about their days at Poly Prep in Bay Ridge, what they did after high school, and everything that’s h…
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007 Lindsay Sloane - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode, Bonnie talks with one of her best and oldest friends, actress Lindsay Sloane. They met on Bonnie’s very first show, the ahead-ot-its-time Grosse Pointe, created by Darren Star. What happened to get that job is the beginning of an intimate and brutally honest conversation about acting, growing up in this business, navigating multipl…
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006 Whitney Leigh Morris - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode, Bonnie talks with her longtime friend, Whitney Leigh Morris, a multi-talented designer, small space living expert, author, mother, photographer, influencer - almost every title you can think of. Whitney’s passion is the belief that you don’t have to “live large” to live beautifully. She applied this idea to her own personal life, a…
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005 Greg Grunberg - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode Bonnie talks with her old friend, actor, musician, writer, director, author, and former frozen yogurt store proprietor, Greg Grunberg. You know Greg from Heroes, Alias, Lost, A Star Is Born, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Star Wars; Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, and countless other TV shows and films. They talk ab…
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004 Elon Gold - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In this episode Bonnie talks with her first TV husband and long time friend, actor and comedian, Elon Gold. Elon’s show, The In-Laws, came right after Bonnie's run as Mona on Friends, and was her first leading role on a sitcom. These two native New Yorkers discuss it all and don’t hold back - from Hollywood, marriage, faith, failure, comedy, Second…
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003 Jesse Bochco - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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What do you do for a Second Act when your first act was one of the biggest and most acclaimed shows in TV history? In this episode, Bonnie talks with director, longtime friend, and one-time boss, Jesse Bochco about life, love, legacies, and how you keep going when you're only as good as your last job or your last name. They also trade anecdotes abo…
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002 Kristian Harloff - Second Act with Bonnie Somerville
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In the inaugural episode of Second Act, Bonnie brings it full circle by interviewing her long time friend, Kristian Harloff, Creator of the Schmoedown Entertainment Network (#SEN) and Chairman of the Movie Trivia Schmoedown. They talk about how long they've known each other, their journeys from New York to LA, and whether or not Bonnie will ever le…
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001 Second Act with Bonnie Somerville Teaser Trailer
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"Everything was going great... right up until the moment that it wasn't." Bonnie Somerville achieved great success quickly and with relative ease as an international model, singer/songwriter/Grammy-winning recording artist (Garden State soundtrack), and most notably, an actress who found herself working non-stop, including on a few of the biggest s…
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