Isabel Gillies
Isabel Gillies
Isabel Gilliesis an actress and author. She played Elliot Stabler's wife, Kathy, in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Her memoir, "Happens Every Day," was a New York Times bestseller, and her most recent book is the young adult novel Starry Night...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 February 1970
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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It was a long time ago: 'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt. It was a great story that was lasting, and I loved it so much. I also love Nora Ephron. I gobble up everything she writes. Also, I love Anthony Bourdain, very irreverent and funny.
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In New York, everybody looks great and is well dressed, but seeing someone in Ohio wearing Marc Jacobs is like spotting an owl in Central Park. Rare.
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There are a lot of great love stories. It's just the best thing. Why wouldn't you write about it? Why wouldn't you want to read about it? But it's hard to write about. It's weird to have such a powerful and universal feeling and hope that you can write that and make it real for people.
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Growing up, I'll always remember knowing from movies and TV that there was a possibility that you wouldn't fall in love. I always thought, 'Oh my God, I hope I'm not that person.'
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Anita Shreve is an author I adore. I rip through her meaty books and get off on the robust romance immensely - especially if I am feeling less than robust in my real life.
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Accounts of eating Christmas sweet potatoes baked in ashes and jackrabbit stewed with white flour dumplings are testaments to pioneer resilience and pleasure - and they help inspire my own best scratch cooking.
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When you have a traumatic event in your life, you change. You're not the same person you were, and you have to discover who you've become.
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When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the dinner table and recount the day.
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Sometimes it makes me sad that I didn't get to have one family for my entire life.
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Reading cookbooks will help with just about anything in your life, including heartbreak.
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