Jane Levycan do anything.
The 30-year-old actor delivers scathing, wry, sarcastic quips as easily as she lets loose blood-curdling screams.
FromShamelesstoSuburgatorytoEvil DeadtoCastle Rock,she has proven her versatility as a performer.
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Shes a comedic lead, a dramatic powerhouse, a cult favorite scream queen.
Levy stars in NBCs upcoming musical drama seriesZoeys Extraordinary Playlist, playing the titular Zoey Clarke.
Zoey is a smart and driven computer coder working her way through the male-dominated tech industry in San Francisco.
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This has been really fun, discovering my love of dance and singing.
Its a whole new side of myself.
We offered it to Jane, he tells EW.
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This part was going to require a wide range of comedy and drama and singing and dancing.
Were learning how to make this show together every week.
She comes out swinging in episode 2, he says.
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Its like, Oh my god, she really can do anything.
We have an episode later in the season where she does every single number herself and shes incredible.
Its a tour-de-force for her.
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Shes my partner on this show, Winsberg says.
A lot of it is inspired by shows likeSo You Think it’s possible for you to Dance.
The songs dont feel like music videos, were not doing parodies, were not just cutting and covering.
Im excited for people to see a different kind of musical.
And thats what has surprised Levy the most about making this series.
You visibly see everyones mood change to a little bit more joyful.
Because Zoeys the only one seeing it, it feels more grounded.
Zoey sees all these things that nobody else knows she sees.
Thats been a really interesting thing to explore.
Its also very hard [laughs] because they cant do anything without me.
Our show has a lot of heart in it because Zoey has a lot of heart.
How personal this story is makes it very specific but its also extremely universal.
We all know what grief feels like and we all know what yearning for parental love feels like.
Watching a character go through that, the audience gets to go through that too.
And if watchingZoeys Extraordinary Playlisthelps bring about a little bit more empathy in viewers, Levy will be satisfied.
ET (following an encore airing of the pilot at 8 p.m.
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