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Harkness

American  
[hahrk-nis] / ˈhɑrk nɪs /

noun

  1. Edward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.


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Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness is chased by her vengeful lover, played by Aubrey Plaza, in “Agatha All Along.”

From Salon

It’s not like I do close reads on Marvel comics, but even the die-hard comic fans that I know had never heard of Agatha Harkness.

From Los Angeles Times

Spin-off show Torchwood left a lasting legacy when it concluded in 2011, with a shrine at Cardiff Bay commemorating the late character Ianto Jones who was in a relationship with John Barrowman's pansexual character Captain Jack Harkness.

From BBC

Poorna Jagannathan, “Deli Boys” “Agatha Harkness is Kathryn Hahn at her finest — a bit hammy and extra but also sharp, smart and nuanced. Perhaps it’s because the character is pretty much everything society tells you women aren’t supposed to be, but you can feel Hahn having a blast playing her.”

From Los Angeles Times

But in the Disney+ series “Agatha All Along,” Hahn pulls from all the disparate strands of her body of work to play the perfidious, power-hungry witch Agatha Harkness.

From Los Angeles Times