spacey

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Many know her from her role as D-list comedienne Jenna Maroney on “30 Rock” or spacey socialite Jacqueline Voorhees in “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Over spacey sirens and an accumulating bass line, on “Broken,” she admits to being “a fool / acting all cool” and being on her knees, without a sense of faith.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

And he appeared just as often in more popular fare, playing a spacey tank commander in “Kelly’s Heroes,” a demented arsonist in “Backdraft” and an authoritarian president in the “Hunger Games” films.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Whereas he once presented himself as a vain peacock, Clay here comes off as spacey and a bit doddering, swaddled in scarves and wide sunglasses and outfits Susie Essman might wear on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

So he wasn’t just a careless, spacey, moon-eyed idiot who’d witnessed a crime and couldn’t identify the man who did it.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby