For the first time in her 30-year-plus career, Carrie Preston is relishing being No. 1 on the call sheet. In the CBS drama “Elsbeth,” she reprises her Emmy-winning guest-starring role from “The Good Wife” as quirky lawyer Elsbeth Tascioni. At 56, the Georgia-born Juilliard graduate finally has the lead.
“It’s just amazing and really humbling,” Preston said. “I didn’t expect it at this point. I’ve had an incredible career that I’m very grateful for. I wasn’t pining for it, but the fact that it has happened at this point in my life makes me appreciate it
more. When you have decades of being on set and being a part of this business, you have a deeper, bigger perspective on the whole thing.
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