NATASHA LYONNE, CARRIE COON, and ELIZABETH OLSEN on challenging AUDIENCES-and EXPECTATIONS-in Hollywood

There are actors, and then there actors-the type of performers who bring a life and vitality to each and every role, no matter how small or large, and routinely take on gutsy projects that inspire extraordinary devotion and passionate defenses.

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They make everything they touch better, richer, and more complex.

Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon, and Elizabeth Olsen all fit the bill; they make the kind of work that sticks with you long after the credits roll. They have a true reverence for filmmaking and the artistry that goes into it. And this month, they star as sisters in Azazel Jacobs's His Three Daughters, which premieres September 20 on Netflix. The film follows the trio of estranged sisters, who all converge in New York City to be with their dying father in his final days of home hospice care. There's Katie (Coon), the high-strung and opinionated eldest of them; Rachel (Lyonne), the middle sibling and a stepsister to the others, who has lived with and cared for their dad for the past year; and Christina (Olsen), the softhearted youngest.

His Three Daughters is a sterling example of the type of sensitive work Jacobs is known for as a filmmaker; his movies feel almost revelatory, with their dialogue-heavy, character-driven explorations of everyday relationships. It takes place almost entirely inside of a small Manhattan apartment, and the borderline-claustrophobic setting is transformed into a pressure cooker as the sisters fight over past traumas and vendettas while coming to grips with losing the one person who connects them. It also serves as a showcase for the extraordinary talent of the actors; Jacobs wrote the parts specifically for Lyonne, Coon, and Olsen, who all serve as executive producers on the film and have each built a vastly different but equally formidable body of work for themselves, both onscreen and off.