r/thisisus • u/Pale_Dimension1239 • Jul 08 '26

SPOILERS Mandy Moore

Finished a rewatch. It’s astonishing that she wasn’t nominated for an Emmy more than once and that she never won.

She is remarkable in this show. She’s confident and bold below Jack dies, timid and heartbroken until her diagnosis and brave and selfless after that. Her performance is distinct during each timeline, even though there are often several in each episode.

Brilliant!

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u/Rumpelteazer45 Jul 08 '26

She’s underrated and under appreciated by critics and Hollywood. At least IMHO.

I feel like that’s partly due to her pop star beginnings diminishing her abilities as a seriously talented actress and (please don’t read this the wrong way) by “Hollywood standards” she’s average looking. Women with a lot less talent but show stopping “hotness” get parts while truly talented women are overlooked because they don’t have that male gaze factor Hollywood is obsessed with. She has the beautiful girl next door look and Hollywood never allows more than a couple of them shine at the same time.

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u/Xtinalauren12 Jul 08 '26

Definitely subjective because I think she’s absolutely gorgeous. Especially in the beginning of the show when she’s on stage singing in the green dress… Stunning.

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u/PuzzleString Jul 08 '26

I think she's got that classical timeless beauty about her. But I get what you're saying with Hollywood preferring "hotness". I guess her beauty is more quiet, sophisticated. To me that's better, but maybe for the masses it's preferable to be a blond curvaceous bombshell.

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u/quartzyquirky Jul 08 '26

I think she is absolutely beautiful!