Karen Pittman always looked for the humorous moments in having to juggle simultaneous shoots, on opposite coasts, for and , flying back and forth two to three times a month. One was using the time during the first-class flight from New York to Los Angeles to take out the braids that were a trademark of her character Dr. Nya Wallace on the sequel.
Walking onto the two sets was always a “pinch-me moment” for Pittman, who, to borrow a well-worn expression, has arrived. After making her Broadway debut in more than a decade ago, she landed guest roles on shows like , and . She then nabbed a recurring role in two seasons of , as well as a recurring role on , and, more recently, she starred on .
Her first main role was on Apple TV+’s award-winning original series , which debuted in 2019 and stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. She plays Mia Jordan, a top producer at the fictional network UBA. The first season tackled the #MeToo movement head-on as fictional anchor Mitch Kessler, played by Steve Carell, was exposed for having abused numerous women (Pittman’s character had a consensual affair with him).
She next signed on to HBO’s , where the executive producers were intent on bringing diversity to the show. Pittman recently announced that she won’t be returning for season three after signing on to star in the new Netflix series , a modern-day adaptation of Judy Blume’s iconic book about first love between two teenagers. Pittman has been shooting the first seaso.
