Who Is Emma Nolan in ‘The Pitt’ Season 2? And Who Is Laëtitia Hollard Playing the Character?

Hospitals on television rarely whisper. They declare dominance through chaos, hierarchy, and fluorescent dread. The Pitt returns in season 2 with sharpened instincts, where new faces threaten old rhythms.

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Laëtitia Hollard arrives in The Pitt carrying classical performance weight

Laëtitia Hollard’s professional foundation is built on stage rigor rather than overnight visibility. Based in Wisconsin, as per her Instagram bio, she trained early with Children’s Theater of Madison, Theatre LILA, and American Players Theatre. 

Her formative roles demanded range and physicality, including Peter Pan, Carrie White in Carrie the Musical, and a Macduff Child in Macbeth. These performances established emotional precision long before camera proximity entered the equation.

Hollard later refined her craft at The Juilliard School Drama Division, performing Viola in Twelfth Night and Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. Her screen experience includes projects such as Larry Fessenden’s Trauma or Monsters All, and Ravel (2025), as per IMDb.  

The Pitt marks her first major television role.

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From Entertainment Weekly By Emlyn Travis

Director Ben Leonberg said that Indy the Dog was “thrilled to be recognized for his work in a movie he does not totally understand he was in.”

The 9th Annual Astra Film Awards has gone to the dogs! 

No, literally. Good Boy star Indy the Dog took home the award for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller at Friday’s ceremony, beating out a collection of talented humans that included Ethan Hawke, Alison Brie, and more. 

In a pre-recorded message, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever could be seen sporting a black bow tie as his owner and director Ben Leonberg accepted the trophy on his behalf. 

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A payphone in the desert. That’s how it all started.

A few years ago, I was clicking around the internet and I stumbled upon this photograph. The photo shows a Pacific Bell payphone in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The image was so stark and uncanny I had to find out what it was. I learned the payphone was installed in the 1960s for the extremely remote communities that lived in this part of the desert, and it was eventually discovered by popular culture in the 90s. People would call the payphone from all around the world, while others made pilgrimages in hopes they would hear the phone ring. Those who became fascinated with the lone booth seemed inspired by it, hoping to connect to something that felt greater than themselves. The phone booth became a surreal symbol for serendipity and connection in the modern world. Fun, right?

But then I started wondering: What if the person on the other line was… Me? But not just me… Me from the future. What existential turmoil could that bring? What opportunities could that present? And how could that go horribly, horribly wrong? The rest of the story developed from there.

When writing this piece, I was inspired by the mythology of the siren as well as classic social-experiment focused episodes of The Twilight Zone. I was also inspired by films such as Donnie Darko, Time Crimes, Coherence and Triangle as well as the delightfully evil desert-set horror anthology Southbound (which also happens to feature the great Larry Fessenden).

I molded each character to my talented cast, and we recorded at Underground Audio NYC with the wonderful Matt Rocker. The day was filled with laughter and screams, and then I went into post with my amazing producer Jordan Gass-Poore’ supporting me throughout. I worked with friend and composer Graham Reznick to craft the uncanny siren-like song that rides atop the desert winds. I provided the vocals for this song, and Graham was masterful at layering and extending the tracks, stretching them into the darkening horizon.

And my sound designer Shawn Duffy, with whom I work as often as possible, helped bring the rest of the world to life. This is the first time I’ve written for audio, and I quickly realized the best thing about audio drama is that you can go BIG. I wanted to begin this piece as a contained drama and social experiment and crank it up to blockbuster levels, embracing the full audio potential of films like Dune and and Tremors in the end. The climax of this piece was really vital to the story, and Shawn masterfully drove it home with his design.

Glass Eye Pix continues to be a subversive yet joyful beacon of light in the darkening desert of media monopolies, empty franchises and AI driven content. I’m honored to join the long lineage of Tales From Beyond the Pale contributors and continue sharing grassroots, independent tales of terror with the audiences I love the most.

And next time, when your phone rings, maybe don’t let it go to voicemail. After all, you never know. The next voice you hear might be your own.

—Emily Bennett

“The Next Voice You Hear Will Be Your Own”
Episode 52 of TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE

TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE Season 6 Episode 3

THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR WILL BE YOUR OWN
written and directed by Emily Bennett

After a week-long bender in Las Vegas, a group of road-tripping friends stumble upon
a pay phone in the middle of the desert that allows them to talk to their future selves.

Featuring Madeleine Morrell, Nick Fondulis, Samuel Dunning
Rigo Garay, Larry Fessenden and Emily Bennett. 
Sound design and mix by Shawn Duffy, Original score by Graham Reznick.
Additional music by Epidemic Sound. 
Produced by Larry Fessenden and Glenn McQuaid along with Jordan Gass-Pooré and Rigo Garay. 
Poster by Trevor Denham.

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Ti West’s Trigger Man leads the charge in a new wave of stripped-down, scary movies fueled by seat-of-the-pants filmmaking ingenuity.

Reggie, Sean, and Ray leave Manhattan for a day trip of deer hunting in Delaware, expecting to drink a few beers in the woods free of the city-life responsibilities that are slowly forcing the childhood friends apart. But with one well-aimed shot, a walk in the sun is transformed into a frantic and desperate fight for survival, as Trigger Man morphs from a character-driven rural amble into a “”smartly compact and radical survival thriller (Variety). Writer, director, and editor Ti West (The Roost, Cabin Fever II) expertly exploits audience expectations, using minimalist handheld photography to relentlessly build tension to “a genuinely terrifying payoff” (New York Sun).

directed by: Ti West
starring: Reggie Cunningham, Ray Sullivan, Sean Reid,
James Felix McKenney, Larry Fessenden, Heather Robb
2006 / 80 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 5.1

• Region A Blu-ray
• Commentary with Ti West and Larry Fessenden, recorded in 2025
• Commentary with Ti West, sound designer Graham Reznick, actors Reggie Cunningham, Ray Sullivan, Sean Reid, recorded in 2007
• TRIGGER MAN Behind the Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Q&A from the Los Angeles Film Festival
• PREY short film by Ti West
• Booklet featuring new writing by Isaac Feldberg

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Alex Breaux is a popular actor, director, and writer who you might have spotted in your favourite series or movies. Be it Lieutenant Akers in Stranger Things or Wild Bill Hickman in American Primeval, or as Camish/Caleb Grimmengruber in Joe Pickett, Breaux handles each role with ease

He was born on January 4, 1986, in Richmond, Virginia. While he was a student and exceptional athlete at Harvard University, he auditioned and was accepted to The Juilliard School’s Drama Division. Breaux initially appeared in a bunch of plays, such as The Real Thing and Red Speedo. He also appeared as Dr. Martin Brenner in Phoenix Theatre’s Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

In 2016, he appeared in projects like Josephine, Katie Says Goodbye, and CBS’s Bull. Apart from that, he also played guest/recurring roles in shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Blue Bloods, and Blacklist, to name a few. Here are some of Alex Breaux’s must-watch projects.

Depraved- Watch on AMC+

If you’re in the mood for something eerie, Depraved is the right pick. A modern take on Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, this horror film was released in 2019. Larry Fessenden serves as the director, and it follows Henry, a former US Army medic who now works at a Brooklyn lab to heal from his past trauma. He tries to recreate a man with cobbled body parts and names it Adam, played by Alex Breaux. However, the hard part comes when Henry has to teach Adam how to survive in this evil world.

Foxhole- Available on Prime Video

Bored with horror and supernatural series/movies already? Foxhole is a film that you need to add to your watchlist now. This war/action film follows scenes from three different wars through a US Soldier’s perspective, highlighting the moral dilemmas they face. This Jack Fessenden directorial features Motel Gyn Foster, Alex Hurt, Cody Kostro, and Alex Breaux, to name a few.

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