Caitlin Kinnunen (born November 8, 1991) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Emma Nolan in the musical The Prom , for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2019 .
25-1011: Kinnunen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Caitlin Kinnunen (born 1991), American actress Heikki Kinnunen (born 1946), Finnish actor Jarkko Kinnunen (born 1984), Finnish racewalker Jorma Kinnunen (1941–2019), Finnish athlete Keith Thomas Kinnunen (born 1976), perpetrator of the West Freeway Church of Christ shooting Kimmo Kinnunen (born 1968), Finnish javelin thrower Laila Kinnunen (1939–2000), Finnish singer Leo Kinnunen (1943–2017), Finnish racing driver Martin Kinnunen (born 1983), Swedish-Finnish politician Mike Kinnunen (born 1958), American baseball player Mikko Kinnunen (born 1967), Finnish politician Nastassia Kinnunen (born 1985), Finnish-Belarusian cross-country skier and biathlete Santeri Kinnunen (born 1969), Finnish actor;
50-399: A Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical . Kinnunen and co-star Isabelle McCalla 's kiss during their performance at the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made national news as the first LGBT kiss in the parade's history. The production closed on August 11, 2019, after 23 previews and 309 regular performances. In May 2024, Kinnunen originated a lead role in
75-437: A 70-year-old widower who becomes a senior intern at a fashion website, where he forms an unlikely friendship with the company's workaholic CEO. The Intern was released on September 25, 2015, by Warner Bros . The film received mixed reviews from critics, though De Niro and Hathaway's performances were praised, and grossed $ 195 million worldwide against a $ 35 million production budget. 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker,
100-477: A former law enforcement agent. She was homeschooled. Her parents enrolled her and her sister in theatre classes as children so they would not be afraid of public speaking. She moved to New York in 2008 to pursue her theatre career. Kinnunen made her Broadway debut at age 16, as a replacement for the role of Thea in Spring Awakening . In 2010, Kinnunen was the understudy for the role of Natalie in
125-399: A half-dozen supporting players," Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote that the film was similar to Meyers's other works, stating that it was "frothy, playful, homogeneous, routinely maddening and generally pretty irresistible." Despite criticizing Meyers's screenplay and "conflicted ideas about powerful women," Dargis praised the casting of De Niro, stating he "owns the movie from
150-428: A messy desk Jules agonized about, winning her good graces. After work, he notices Jules's chauffeur drinking, persuades him to leave and drives Jules home himself, a role he will continue to fill in the coming days. On their first drive together, Ben asks Jules several personal questions, so she asks her VP Cameron to reassign him. However, that evening, they bond when she discovers that he worked for almost 40 years in
175-567: A retired executive from DEX One , finds himself bored with retirement. He applies to fill the newly conceived position of senior intern at About The Fit , a fast-growing e-commerce fashion startup in Brooklyn . Ben impresses everyone and is one of three senior interns hired. He is assigned to work with CEO Jules Ostin, who is somewhat skeptical at first and ignores him. However, Ben wins over his co-workers with his congeniality and his helpful advice on life and work. One morning, Ben organizes
200-403: A scathing email about her mother to her, Ben volunteers to take some co-workers to break into her mother's house to delete it from her computer. They narrowly avoid getting caught by the police in the process. Ben also becomes acquainted with Jules's family. Her husband Matt gave up his own career to be a stay-at-home dad to their daughter Paige when About The Fit started to take off. However,
225-526: Is willing to consider the proposal. Jules asks Ben to accompany her on a business trip to San Francisco to interview a potential CEO candidate. While there, Jules reveals that she knows about Matt's infidelity, but has not confronted him about it because she was not ready to deal with it. To buy herself time to save her marriage, Jules decides to hire the prospective CEO, while Ben greatly encourages her to think about how much effort and passion she has used to build About The Fit . Matt unexpectedly drops in at
250-671: The Hindi remake of The Intern , also playing the female lead role, but the remake's production was postponed mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Rishi Kapoor was initially cast as the male lead, but after his sudden death in April 2020 due to leukemia , he was replaced by Amitabh Bachchan in March 2021. Principal photography began in November 2021. On July 5, 2022, the first episode of
275-494: The film as Oscar -worthy, stating: It does seem to be to some degree there's a boom or bust aspect when it comes to Hollywood when it comes to female directors. There becomes an era when there's a lot working then that settles down and there's a dry period—but frankly, maybe I'm just talking shit because the thing is there are female directors. Maybe they're not being the ones that are being asked to be on The Hollywood Reporter roundtable. One of my favorite movies this last year
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#1732791354325300-549: The film. Principal photography began on June 23, 2014, in Brooklyn , New York City , where De Niro was spotted on the set of the film. On October 2, 2014, director Nancy Meyers announced that filming was completed. The Intern grossed $ 75.7 million in North America and $ 118.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $ 194.6 million, against a net production budget of $ 35 million. The film opened alongside Hotel Transylvania 2 and
325-401: The lead roles. Handed over to Warner Bros. , Fey was replaced by Reese Witherspoon as the attached star, though Witherspoon left the film on January 15, 2014, due to scheduling conflicts. On February 7, 2014, Anne Hathaway was in final talks to replace Witherspoon in the lead role. Stephen Goldblatt was set as director of photography. On June 23, 2014, Zack Pearlman joined the cast of
350-405: The marriage is slowly breaking apart as the couple grows more distant. When driving Paige home from a party, Ben discovers that Matt is having an affair. Meanwhile, Jules is under pressure to give up her post as CEO to someone outside of the company, as her investors fear she is unable to cope with the unanticipatedly high workload. Believing it will give her more time at home with her family, Jules
375-555: The moment he opens his mouth." Hathaway's role was derided as "less of a character and more of a fast-walking, speed-talking collection of gender grievances." Clem Bastow, writing for The Guardian , suggested that poor reviews for the film were primarily coming from men, who form the overwhelming majority of film critics. Bastow further suggested that female critics would "feel the need to go hard on certain films for women" such as The Intern . Director Quentin Tarantino viewed
400-488: The national tour of Next to Normal . Following these theater performances, Kinnunen took on a number of television and film roles. She was the lead character in the film Sweet Little Lies in 2011 and a minor character in It's Kind of a Funny Story , We Need to Talk About Kevin , and The Intern . She was next seen in the 2013 pre-Broadway performances of The Bridges of Madison County as Carolyn, and she continued
425-437: The office and urges her to reconsider, saying that he is sorry and ashamed, and wants to support her in her dreams. Jules goes out looking for Ben, wanting to tell him that she has changed her mind, and finds him enjoying his tai chi exercise group. She finally lets herself relax and joins him in practicing tai chi. Originally set up at Paramount Pictures , The Intern was planned to feature Tina Fey and Michael Caine in
450-651: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kinnunen&oldid=1212277208 " Categories : Surnames Finnish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Caitlin Kinnunen Kinnunen grew up in Camano Island , Washington . Her parents are Betsy Stam, an administrator at Everett Community College and Randy Kinnunen,
475-691: The play Choice by Winnie Holzman at McCarter Theatre Center in New Jersey. In 2019, in an interview for Nylon , Kinnunen announced, after years of identifying as a straight ally, that she was dating a woman. She has since come out as bisexual / queer . She has type 1 diabetes . The Intern (2015 film) The Intern is a 2015 American comedy drama film directed, written, and produced by Nancy Meyers . The film stars Robert De Niro , Anne Hathaway , and Rene Russo , with supporting performances from Anders Holm , Andrew Rannells , Adam DeVine , and Zack Pearlman . The plot follows
500-464: The role when the production moved to Broadway the following year. The show closed on May 18, 2014, after 137 performances. In 2014, Kinnunen auditioned for the role of Alyssa in a reading for The Prom . She ultimately was cast as the lead character, Emma Nolan, and went on to perform the role in Atlanta in 2016, before the show moved to Broadway in 2018. For this performance, she was nominated for
525-419: The same building which About The Fit now occupies. The next morning, Jules learns that Cameron had replaced Ben as driver with Doris, a terrible driver who nearly crashes. Jules apologizes, begging Ben to come back, and he does. Jules starts assigning Ben work, and he helps lighten her workload. He also begins a relationship with About The Fit's in-house massage therapist, Fiona. When Jules accidentally sends
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#1732791354325550-472: The son of Heikki Kinnunen Santtu Kinnunen (born 1999), Finnish ice hockey player Tapio Kinnunen (born 1954), Finnish weightlifter Tero Kinnunen (born 1973), Finnish heavy metal musician Tuija Kinnunen (born 1965), Finnish cyclist [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Kinnunen . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
575-520: The unorthodox chemistry of its talented leads." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 51 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half out of four stars, stating, "With some genuinely insightful dialogue, a number of truly funny bits of physical business, and small scenes allowing us to get to know and like
600-462: Was Nancy Meyers' The Intern . They're not considering that for the Oscars even though I think Robert De Niro gave one of the best performances this year in that movie. I thought the script was actually one of her best. Right up there with It's Complicated . They're not asking her to be part of the discussion. On January 27, 2020, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone announced that she will produce
625-423: Was projected to gross $ 15–20 million in its opening weekend. It grossed $ 17.7 million, finishing second at the box office behind Hotel Transylvania 2 ($ 48.5 million). On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 59% of 202 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's consensus reads: " The Intern doesn't do enough with its timely premise, but benefits from
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