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The Trolls star subsequently teased, ‘Our first date \u2014 let’s give them something to talk about \u2014 we actually got dressed up and finally had dinner.’<\/p>\n
‘We sat at the bar, ordered our martinis, and suddenly we’re talking about our grandmothers who deeply affected and influenced our lives. I think that’s where we profoundly bonded,’ she recalled.<\/p>\n
The ladies met in Munich, Germany while they appeared as co-stars on season two of the Nicole Kidman-led Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers.<\/p>\n
Mikaela played the role of\u00a0Tina on the show, described as an irritable lesbian pianist with ‘rage issues.’<\/p>\n
She said about the opportunity, which was her first major acting gig, ‘I wanted to have fun, meet people, learn something new, and learn about a craft.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Adding fuel to the fire, King – whose real name is Mikaela Mullaney Straus – shared two Instagram photos of them looking cozy at the re-opening night of Mamma Mia on Broadway<\/p>\n
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The women posed hand-in-hand at the opening night of The Picture of Dorian Gray in March<\/p>\n
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The ladies met while they appeared as co-stars on season two of the Nicole Kidman-led Hulu series Nine Perfect Strangers; L-R Maise Richardson-Sellers, King Princess, Dolly Deleon, Murray Bartlett, Aras Aydin, Christine Baranski, Annie Murphy, and Henry Golding<\/p>\n
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L-R Molly De Leon, King Princess, and Annie Murphy seen in Nine Perfect Strangers season two<\/p>\n
In their conversational interview, Christine described Mikaela as ‘perfectly cast.’<\/p>\n
The younger actress noted, ‘What I like about Tina is that it’s a relatable storyline for people in their late 20s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I feel like everyone has felt this way at some point, where you’re in the chrysalis but the butterfly is not coming out.\u00a0Something is not working in her life and it’s making her really angry. Instead of figuring out what that is, she’s taking it out on everyone.’<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the seasoned entertainer plays\u00a0Victoria, who has a deep, dark secret and joins the series-centered wellness retreat with her estranged daughter.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the interview, Christine said her newly-minted connection with Mikaela is ‘possibly the greatest gift.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘We’ve curiously bonded and wanted to remain friends. That’s a great gift,’ she stated.<\/p>\n
Christine was married to Matthew Cowles from 1983 until the time of his death at age 69 in 2014. They shared daughters\u00a0Isabel, 41, and Lily, 37.<\/p>\n
Mikaela was previously in a relationship with Lizzo’s creative director Quinn Wilson from 2019-2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Christine Baranski and singer King Princess sparked dating dating rumors this week. Fans online speculated that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[118,18,117,14467,19,876,17,8169,14466,438],"class_list":{"0":"post-16011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gayle-king","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-instagram","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-katy-perry","16":"tag-sarah-paulson","17":"tag-tvshowbiz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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