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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Aisling Bea dubs Olivia Colman 'the queen of balancing comedy and drama'
Caption: Aisling Bea dubs Olivia Colman 'the queen of balancing comedy and drama’. The comedian has named the Oscar-winning actress' turn as Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller in the crime drama series Broadchurch as one of her favourite performances because it realistically balances comedy and drama. ”I hate seeing dramas if there's no jokes because no one goes through life (like that). That's why one of my favourite performances ever was Olivia Colman in Broadchurch because she was a funny person that something terrible happened to.” "I know more of those people in life so if someone is just constant(ly serious), I'm like, 'Where is this town where no one ever laughs?' She showed that you could balance both and she's the queen of balancing comedy and drama.” Olivia won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2014 for her work in Broadchurch, which ran between 2013 and 2017. Aisling, who trained as an actor but gained prominence as a comedian, told Cover Media that she has always been "balancing the two", a practice she believes is more accepted in America. ”I think in America especially they know that to do more things than one is better but I think sometimes in the U.K. and Ireland they can be like, 'Which is it?' I think it's more old-fashioned to be able to do a bit of everything.” The Irish star noted that comedy and drama go "hand-in-hand" before naming comedy as the hardest of the two. ”That's why more people don't do it. I think it's less appreciated because to be good at it you need it to seem effortless but there's lots of effort and passion. If you ever talk to a bunch of comedians backstage, none of us are laughing and smiling.” THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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