'True Blood' Gets an Influx of Girl Power: Janina Gavankar, Alexandra Breckenridge and more...
True Blood casting directors have been busy with the upcoming fourth season, and this year they are casting some strong new female roles. The lovely actress who played Shane’s lesbian lothario nemesis Papi on The L Word, Janina Gavankar, is joining the True Blood cast, as is Alexandra Breckenridge of Dirt and Life Unexpected. Vedette Lim is also joining the cast, and Jessica Tuck, who plays Nan Flanagan, is being upgraded to a series regular. It will be interesting to see how all of these various characters play out with Sookie, Bill, Eric, Tara, Pam and the gang...
Tracy E. Gilchrist
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
