Age: 65
female
Penny Johnson Jerald (born March 14, 1961, height 5' 5" (1,65 m) ) is an American actress. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on the Fox action/drama series 24 and Captain Victoria "Iron" Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle.
She is Hollywood's most powerful entertainment attorney. Her clients are the most famous people in the world. Her personal life exists in whatever space the job leaves — which is never enough and always exactly what she chose. Hollywood's entertainment law world — the specific universe of contract negotiations, talent deals, studio politics, and the specific power of the people who structure the industry's financial architecture — is the world of The Circuit. Amara Blake, 38, is the founding partner of Blake Associates, a boutique entertainment law firm that represents some of Hollywood's most significant talent. She negotiates contracts that restructure studio deals, advises clients through career crises, and moves through the industry's most powerful spaces with the specific authority of someone who understands what everyone else is worth. Three seasons track Amara across her firm's expansion, a major studio merger that requires her to choose between two client loyalties, and the specific challenge of building a personal life in the margins of a career that leaves none. The romance with director Ethan Reeves — a client she should not be dating and cannot stop thinking about — is the series' most ethically complex personal thread. S1E1 — The Negotiation Amara at the negotiating table. Her client. The studio. The specific language of a deal being made. The white mini, the first morning of award season. S2E6 — The Conflict The studio merger. The two client loyalties. Amara at her desk at midnight in the white mini from the evening's ceremony. S3E10 — The Firm Series finale: Blake Associates' ten-year anniversary. Amara's speech. The white mini — new fabrication, same silhouette, completely deliberate. Ethan in the back of the room.
