After five years as Alexis Rose on the comedy 'Schitt's Creek,' Annie Murphy discusses the show's last season, life after the show, and DM'ing other celebrities.
Across the table sits a woman in an oversized white T-shirt, grown-out blonde waves piled on top of her head. Minimal makeup. No uptalk or vocal fry. She’s a woman who is unaffected. Inquisitive. But this woman is also thoroughly, completely Alexis Rose.
Murphy is standing on something of a precipice. The show—a critical and cultural darling—has wrapped. She, personally, has received much praise for her rich, nuanced portrayal of Alexis’ transformation from spoiled, self-absorbed socialite into spoiled, self-absorbed but also sweet and selfless business owner. The 33-year-old is a remarkable physical comedian, her subtle affectations speaking volumes about the character and eliciting howls of laughter .
Anyone suspecting that the 180 from struggling actress to star of a beloved sitcom has gone to Murphy’s head, creating an arrogant Frankendiva, would be mistaken. Murphy has no pretensions. “I don’t expect this to happen again, you know? I think it’s such an incredibly special show and they don’t come along that often,” she tells me. “I am just trying to suck up through osmosis all these crazy [experiences].
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