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'''''Whatever, Linda''''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] comedy-drama [[web series]], which will premiere in spring 2015. Created by [[Hannah Cheesman]] and Julian DeZotti,<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/whatever-linda-how-two-women-are-breaking-out-in-a-tv-business-that-no-longer-plays-by-the-rules/article21598629/ "Whatever, Linda: How two women are breaking out in a TV business that no longer plays by the rules"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 14, 2014.</ref> the series stars Cheesman as Linda Thoroughbred, a woman in the 1970s who gets a job as a secretary for financier Barney Lahnar (character inspired by [[Bernie Madoff]]) and becomes the real brains behind the [[Ponzi scheme]] that will eventually bring him down.<ref>[http://streamdaily.tv/2014/11/18/the-wily-women-of-wall-street/ "The wily women of Wall Street"]. ''Stream Daily'', November 18, 2014.</ref>
'''''Whatever, Linda''''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] comedy-drama [[web series]], which will premiere in spring 2015. Created by [[Hannah Cheesman]] and Julian DeZotti,<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/whatever-linda-how-two-women-are-breaking-out-in-a-tv-business-that-no-longer-plays-by-the-rules/article21598629/ "Whatever, Linda: How two women are breaking out in a TV business that no longer plays by the rules"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 14, 2014.</ref> the series stars Cheesman as Linda Thoroughbred, a woman in the 1970s who gets a job as a secretary for financier Barney Lahnar (character inspired by [[Bernie Madoff]]) and becomes the real brains behind the [[Ponzi scheme]] that will eventually bring him down.<ref>[http://streamdaily.tv/2014/11/18/the-wily-women-of-wall-street/ "The wily women of Wall Street"]. ''Stream Daily'', November 18, 2014.</ref>


== Cast ==
The cast also includes [[Martha MacIsaac]], [[Terra Hazelton]] and [[Cara Ricketts]].
*[[Hannah Cheesman]] as Linda Thoroughbred
*[[Terra Hazelton]] as Annabelle Nascimento
*[[Cara Ricketts]] as Didi De May
*[[Martha MacIsaac]] as Pepper Bannerman
*[[Mike Shara]] as Drew Cashton
*[[Brendan Gall]] as Henry Sullivan
*[[Julian Richings]] as Aloysius Finkle
*[[Graydon Sheppard]] as Edie
*[[Sheila McCarthy]] as Sheila Hardy


==Reception==
The series garnered a [[Canadian Screen Award]] nomination for Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media, Fiction at the [[3rd Canadian Screen Awards]], and both Cheesman and Hazelton garnered acting nominations in the Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media category.<ref>[http://streamdaily.tv/2015/01/13/guidestones-whatever-linda-get-csa-nods/ "Guidestones, Whatever, Linda get CSA nods"]. ''Stream Daily'', January 13, 2015.</ref>
The series garnered a [[Canadian Screen Award]] nomination for Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media, Fiction at the [[3rd Canadian Screen Awards]], and both Cheesman and Hazelton garnered acting nominations in the Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media category.<ref>[http://streamdaily.tv/2015/01/13/guidestones-whatever-linda-get-csa-nods/ "Guidestones, Whatever, Linda get CSA nods"]. ''Stream Daily'', January 13, 2015.</ref>



Revision as of 23:10, 12 April 2015

Whatever, Linda is a Canadian comedy-drama web series, which will premiere in spring 2015. Created by Hannah Cheesman and Julian DeZotti,[1] the series stars Cheesman as Linda Thoroughbred, a woman in the 1970s who gets a job as a secretary for financier Barney Lahnar (character inspired by Bernie Madoff) and becomes the real brains behind the Ponzi scheme that will eventually bring him down.[2]

Cast

Reception

The series garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media, Fiction at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, and both Cheesman and Hazelton garnered acting nominations in the Performance in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media category.[3]

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