Romola Garai

Birth Name:

Romola Sadie Garai

Birth Place:

British Crown Colony, Hong Kong

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack, Director, Writer

Critic's Guide to Monday TV: The New Normal, Crimson Petal, Katie Joins Daytime

My Two Dads was never like this. Which is partly the point of NBC's The New Normal, a biting yet sweet-at-heart sitcom that bucks current network comedy trends by actually being about something — in this case, a hot-button social issue so polarizing to some that at least one affiliate (in Salt Lake City) opted not to air the ...

Mon, Sep 10, 2012

Critic's Guide to Monday TV: The New Normal, Crimson Petal, Katie Joins Daytime

Cheers & Jeers: Romola Garai's Finest Hour

Cheers to Romola Garai for her starmaking turn on The Hour.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!The voluptuous British actress is making a big noise as Bel Rowley, the ambitious producer of a 1950's TV newsmagazine on BBC America's thrilling new drama. In this week's episode, the triangle between Bel, her ...

Thu, Sep 1, 2011

Cheers & Jeers: Romola Garai's Finest Hour

Roush Review: BBC America's The Hour

Finding yourself in Mad Men withdrawal this summer? Missing those nattily dressed men and women of a bygone modernist age, smoking and drinking their way through glamorous-seeming media jobs as dark clouds loom in their personal and professional lives? Fret not. BBC America has come to the rescue, with a deluxe six-hour diversion set in the politically charged mid-1950s, titled The Hour — and few hours this summer have been so stimulating and absorbing. The problem here, typical of so much British TV, is there just aren't enough of these hours — though each one counts. And by the end of the twisty sixth hour, you'll be satisfied, if still craving more...

Wed, Aug 17, 2011

Dirty Dancing Remake in the Works: Good Idea or Does It Deserve to Be Put in a Corner?

Ready to have the time of your life again?Kenny Ortega, who choreographed Dirty Dancing, has signed on to direct a remake of the 1987 classic, according to The Hollywood Reporter."The opportunity to direct Dirty Dancing is like returning home for me," Ortega said. "Growing up in the '60s on the dance floor helped define me as a person and as an artist. I am looking forward ...

Tue, Aug 9, 2011

Dirty Dancing Remake in the Works: Good Idea or Does It Deserve to Be Put in a Corner?

Movie News: Hayden Eyes Bigger Pom-poms, and More

Hayden Panettiere is in talks to star in I Love You, Beth Cooper, a coming-of-age comedy in which the Heroes heroine would play a high school's hottest cheerleader who gives a nerd the night of his life after he confesses his love for her in his valedictorian speech.... Also per the Reporter, Timothy Olyphant is a newlywed whose honeymoon turns sour when he and his bride are stalked by killers in A Perfect Getaway.... Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas and Romola Garai will star in The Other Man, based on a Bernhard Schlink book.

Thu, Jan 17, 2008