Aubrey Dollar first entered the entertainment industry in 1993, but it is only now that the 27-year-old actress has gotten the opportunity to play a character her own age. Dollar is appearing on ABC's new crime drama,
Women's Murder Club, a show based on James Patterson best-selling novels about a group of women who use their expertise to solve murder cases.
“It's the first time I've gotten to play a role my own age, which is kind of nice,” Dollar, whose previous television credits include the teen dramas
Dawson's Creek and
Point Pleasant, told
The News & Observer. “It's really nice to have adult dialogue, to deal with a natural career and not high school.”
On
Women's Murder Club, Aubrey Dollar plays Cindy Thomas, a crime reporter for a San Francisco paper.
“She's really intelligent, she's really ambitious, she's the youngest member of the four, and she's the newest to her profession,” Dollar said of her character. “She's really focused, has great instincts, and she's a little socially awkward.”
The show, which also stars
Angie Harmon,
Laura Harris,
Paula Newsome,
Tyrees Allen and
Rob Estes, premiered last Friday, October 12, with impressive numbers, topping the key adult demographic. It is already being compared to CBS'
CSI, a highly-followed drama series that follows crime scene investigators as they try to solve cases through forensic science.
Forensics plays a big part on the
Women's Murder Club as well, given its core plotline. Dollar, however, claims that although she tunes in to forensic shows, she's not much of a fan.
“I have girlfriends who are really, really into them. I certainly like it [but] I've never been wildly into it,” she told
The News & Observer. “I think I have kind of a weak stomach for that sort of thing.”
Having a “weak stomach” for gore has not proven well for Aubrey Dollar, considering she often has to film scenes in “incredibly realistic” sets.
“Oftentimes, it's a corpse of someone who's been a character. It's an exact replica. The sweet lady that you've been talking to all week, all of a sudden, she's lying on the table with her stomach open and her brains hanging out, and it's really disgusting!” she explained.
Catch
Women's Murder Club every Friday at 9/8c on ABC.
-Lisa Claustro, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: The News & Observer
(Image Courtesy of ABC)