Emmy-Nominated ‘Pluribus’ Stars Rhea Seehorn & Karolina Wydra Talk Season 2, Sisterly Bonding & Details Of Seehorn’s New Film ‘Running’
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- Pluribus earned 18 Emmy nominations, including Drama Series, with creator Vince Gilligan picking up nods for Writing and Directing and Carlos-Manuel Vesga landing a Supporting Actor nomination alongside Karolina Wydra in Supporting Actress.
- Rhea Seehorn, nominated for Lead Actress, said she 'started crying 100%' upon hearing the news and spent the morning trading phone calls with co-stars and crew, including texts with Jeff Hiller and a cry with Miriam Shor.
- Wydra said she was 'in shock,' revealing she had no agent or manager and had been a stay-at-home mom before landing the role of Carol's friend Zosia out of an audition that came 'out of nowhere.'
- Wydra described her on-set bond with Seehorn as a 'soul sister connection' and a 'giggle fest,' calling Vesga a 'brother' figure and crediting Seehorn with making the production so joyful.
- Seehorn addressed the Season 1 finale cliffhanger in which her character Carol orders an atom bomb: 'I do not know what I'm doing with the atom bomb in the driveway… I don't think it's secretly an ADU for a mother-in-law. I think we're going to do something with it.'
- Seehorn is currently shooting the Gavin O'Connor-directed Apple Studios film Running, playing a track and field coach who used to be a high-level runner — despite calling herself 'the least athletic person in the world.'
- The cast of Running includes Spike Fearn, Brian Tyree Henry, and Andrew Shultz, and the story follows a homeless high school running prodigy trying to outrun his past; Seehorn prepared by interviewing coaches Marlene Wilcox, Jennifer Ferrara, and Ken Reeves.
Why it matters: With 18 nominations spanning Drama Series, Writing, and Directing, Pluribus cements Vince Gilligan's post-Better Call Saul return to prestige TV, while Rhea Seehorn's first-ever Lead Actress nomination — after six seasons as Kim Wexler without a single nod — marks a long-overdue industry recognition that reorders her career trajectory going into Season 2.
