Pamela Adlon

PAMELA ADLON, THE EMMY-WINNING STAR, CREATOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, director and writer of FX’s Better Things (February 28th) never in her “wildest dreams” saw herself working behind the camera, but “where I am now came from me making decisions, creatively and practically, to keep moving this train forward.”

- H. Alan Scott

For more than 30 years Adlon was a regular character actor and voice artist, appearing on shows like King of the Hill, Californication and Louie. In Better Things, ending after five seasons, Adlon plays Sam Fox, a Hollywood actress raising three daughters, a reality loosely based on Adlon’s own life. “If something hits close to home, and it makes me feel uncomfortable, it’s going to be used. Because if it makes you feel uncomfortable, it’s making you feel something, it’s gonna work.” And so much of what dictates the story is Adlon’s long career (she made her debut at 16 in