She didn't snag an Emmy nomination Thursday -- despite being in the cast of both a beloved comedy and a critically acclaimed drama series. But "Community" and "Mad Men's" Alison Brie is nonetheless having a swell week.
First, a clip of her doing a rocking karaoke duet of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" last month with Emily Blunt in Ann Arbor, Mich., went viral, proving her adorable shamelessness knows no bounds. Then GQ answered America's prayers and served up a black lingerie-clad Brie getting spanked with the business end of a hairbrush by her "Community" costar Gillian Jacobs. Take that, Betty White.
What is it about the fresh-faced Brie that makes her such a standout? Well, the looks don't hurt. Like Katy Perry, she's got the kind of doe eyes and formidable rack that would make a manga character jealous. But more than that, Brie isn't just another hot chick lucky enough to land on a sitcom.
In her relatively short career, the 27-year-old actress has managed to carve out a distinctive niche for herself as the most winningly uptight woman on television. On "Mad Men," her buttoned-up Park Avenue princess, Trudy Campbell -- the Charlotte York of the Beatles era -- has dazzling, youthful spark, touching naiveté and, increasingly, deep wells of inner strength. But it's on "Community," as the studiously "irony-free" Annie Edison, a woman who boasts, "I like being repressed! I am totally comfortable with being uncomfortable with my sexuality!" that Brie really shines. Troy and Abed may get all the attention, but Annie is the show's most reliably warped scene-stealer.
First, a clip of her doing a rocking karaoke duet of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" last month with Emily Blunt in Ann Arbor, Mich., went viral, proving her adorable shamelessness knows no bounds. Then GQ answered America's prayers and served up a black lingerie-clad Brie getting spanked with the business end of a hairbrush by her "Community" costar Gillian Jacobs. Take that, Betty White.
In her relatively short career, the 27-year-old actress has managed to carve out a distinctive niche for herself as the most winningly uptight woman on television. On "Mad Men," her buttoned-up Park Avenue princess, Trudy Campbell -- the Charlotte York of the Beatles era -- has dazzling, youthful spark, touching naiveté and, increasingly, deep wells of inner strength. But it's on "Community," as the studiously "irony-free" Annie Edison, a woman who boasts, "I like being repressed! I am totally comfortable with being uncomfortable with my sexuality!" that Brie really shines. Troy and Abed may get all the attention, but Annie is the show's most reliably warped scene-stealer.
