Kathryn Hahn is playing a sex-crazed, porn-fuelled divorcee in the riotous new
HBO comedy Mrs Fletcher. She reveals why she has forbidden her children to
Google her name
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‘I’m 46 years old,” says Kathryn Hahn, curled up on a seat opposite me. “And I still have no idea who I am.” For a while,
Hollywood wasn’t sure either. She was the supportive romcom friend in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the sex-crazed wife in Step Brothers and the dutiful mum in The Visit, stealing scenes whenever she could – but always playing a woman defined by someone else.
“I was burning for bigger opportunities,” she says, in a meeting room in HBO’s new Manhattan office. “But I never thought they would happen. I never thought I would be seen as the lead. I always felt like an outsider.”