Sorry to be so harsh, but I can't stand Jennifer Finnigan. She may be a sweet person and she's cute but average looking, but she's an awful actress. She was not convincing on Close to Home, she was like prosecutor Barbie. On Close to Home, her...
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Sorry to be so harsh, but I can't stand Jennifer Finnigan. She may be a sweet person and she's cute but average looking, but she's an awful actress. She was not convincing on Close to Home, she was like prosecutor Barbie. On Close to Home, her acting was wooden, stilted and unnatural. The way she acts is almost painfully annoying and boring--it's like she's not even acting at all.

There is absolutely NO dramatics in her voice when she speaks or even expression in her face! Not even when she's talking about something intense! I understand her character is very "important" and reserved, but that doesn't mean she has to bore us all to tears with the NO emotion she has on screen. On Committed, she was a bit better but still annoying as hell. Her idea of acting comedically was raising her voice to be heinously shrill.

At first glance, Ms. Nichols appears to be like any other fair haired, light eyed young actress; a dime a dozen in Hollywood. But watching her act you'd notice she is definitely something special. Her on-screen presence is wonderful - she just...
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At first glance, Ms. Nichols appears to be like any other fair haired, light eyed young actress; a dime a dozen in Hollywood. But watching her act you'd notice she is definitely something special. Her on-screen presence is wonderful - she just illuminates the screen whenever she has a scene.

Rachel has the amazing ability to act in a way that is so wonderfully natural and believable. You really believe that she is the character, and her very natural approach to acting makes her such a great actress.

On the Inside, her portrayal of Special Agent Rebecca Locke, a rookie FBI agent with deep seated emotional scars from an abduction as a child which she barely survived, imparted Nichols' scenes with an undercurrent of tenseness. Rebecca is no damsel in distress, no princess waiting for her knight in shining armor to come save her. No, Rebecca learned at a young age that nobody was going to come and rescue her, so she's learned to save herself and become independent. Nichols' played Rebecca, which was a very difficult role - the actress had to strike a balance between hollow and strong - to perfection.

The girl's got range as an actress, I must admit. From a stupid gross-out comedy Dumb & Dumberer to her serious dramatic turn in The Inside, Rachel Nichols plays all her roles perfectly. After seeing some interviews and talk shows of her, I have come to really admire her a lot. Not to mention she is absolutely stunning and gorgeous - I know that if stupid-ass Fox would have aired The Inside at a decent time (like, hmm, in the fall TV season and at an 8-10 timeslot) it would have been a huge hit, mainly due to Nichols' beauty which would have brought in male viewers and the cases, which are unique, gruesome and interesting.

In all, Ms. Nichols is unique and indeed one of the all-time greats. I hope she gets her chance to shine with a starring role in a TV series which actually gets the chance to become popular or a hit movie.

Her acting is wooden on CSI: NY. Belknap seems uncomfortable playing Lindsay Monroe. I've seen her in other things, such as "Medical Investigation" and her acting was better there. I do have to admit she does have a lot of chemistry with the cast,...
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Her acting is wooden on CSI: NY. Belknap seems uncomfortable playing Lindsay Monroe. I've seen her in other things, such as "Medical Investigation" and her acting was better there. I do have to admit she does have a lot of chemistry with the cast, especially Carmine Giovanazzo. She brings no life to Lindsay Monroe. For example, in "Sleight out of Hand", her crying in the testimony was beyond fake. I could barely watch her.

I haven't heard much about her personality, but Anna Belknap seems down to earth and judging by her interviews, laidback. In my opinion, she was miscast in CSI: NY as Lindsay Monroe