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Ariana Grande is a Best Supporting Actress nominee at tonight\u2019s Critics Choice Awards for her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good<\/em>. The actress channeled the character on the red carpet, wearing a pale-pink gown with a bejeweled, sheer cape overlay by Alberta Ferretti. She had her brown hair up in a curled ponytail. <\/p>\n Ahead of the awards show, Grande sent a heartfelt letter<\/a> to the voters about how much playing Glinda meant to her, along with the work she put into the character, which she described as \u201cthe most demanding role of my career.\u201d A Critics Choice Awards member shared<\/a> the note on X, which fan accounts and news outlets subsequently recirculated. <\/p>\n Thank you so much for the incredible support. Playing Glinda has been the privilege of my life and the most demanding role of my career. From the beginning, I was drawn to her because her purpose is to invite the audience to look outside themselves and consider that it\u2019s never too late to become part of the solution or an ally, especially in a time of deep division.<\/p>\n As an actor, the challenge was making that invitation feel as human as possible rather than aspirational. Much of the work was in playing what she does not yet see but what she feels and slowly tracking her to become connected to what\u2019s truly in her heart. The character exists inside a system that rewards spectacle and obedience. I had to understand how safe and validating that system feels to her before it ever becomes frightening to her. It required balancing her performative nature and her truth, as she has had to become so skilled at presenting one thing to the public while suffering quietly on the inside. She begins as a privileged young woman so desperate for external approval that she doesn\u2019t yet recognize her own emptiness. Everything she believes she wants, and has dreamed of, is ultimately shallow and corrupt. The craft was letting that emptiness live beneath the humor, never announcing it or judging it, but allowing it to surface in moments of stillness. The most rewarding part of the work that goes into a role like Glinda is finding that balance, making room for both her light and darkness to exist together and finding the moments where each of them are in the control seat. When her light is turned on, the darkness is just beneath the surface. When she is experiencing heartbreak or loss, she uses humor to cover it up. That dance was my favorite thing about this character and a most delicious challenge that I will always be grateful for.<\/p>\n It is such a rare opportunity to play a character that requires you to use every single tool available in the tool box. A significant part of this role required balancing live singing with dramatic performance, treating the voice as an extension of Glinda\u2019s psychology. I aimed to let the character\u2019s intention and vulnerability shape the sound using the voice as another storytelling instrument. To allow that to be possible, I began training three months before my audition to be able to sing operatically and to erase all familiarity and tone that exists in my usual singing voice. This preparation made it possible for me to not even have to think about the singing or Glinda\u2019s voice because it was already there. It made it possible to be present in her body, and to just be able to listen…and respond.<\/p>\n All of the classes I\u2019ve taken, all of the things I\u2019ve practiced became useful in this one, singular role. I do believe a lot of my life experiences prepared me for her and that her comedic nature and her high voice have nothing to do with why it was my destiny to play her. I\u2019d like to think it\u2019s also her strength. She made me laugh, cry, dance, sing, float, smile, and crumble. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll ever again play a character that contains so many multitudes, and I\u2019ll cherish this experience and this challenge for the rest of my life. I\u2019d do it all again tomorrow if I could.<\/p>\n Thank you for taking the time to watch this film that I am, and we all are, so endlessly proud of.<\/p>\n Wishing you a happy new year!<\/p>\n Sincerely, \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ariana Grande is a Best Supporting Actress nominee at tonight\u2019s Critics Choice Awards for her role as Glinda in Wicked: For Good. 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