grit

I was headlining at an age where most of the people around me were still gritting it out in clubs and you’re alone.

The actor, who hails from Merseyside, England, often gravitates to characters with a sense of grit, even in bigger blockbusters like “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.”

As a woman, she was a trailblazer, a unique combination of privilege and humility, grace and grit, who overcame great personal trauma and natural reticence to help guide the country through political and cultural turmoil.

Host Conan O’Brien immediately broke the ice during his opening monologue when he cracked a joke at her expense that literally made the crowd grit its teeth and groan.

I fell in love with Rome when I staged there in 2017: The simplicity and elegance of the food, the grit of the city, the history, the markets, all of it.