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VIDEO: YOUNGER's Sutton Foster Talks Ageism in Hollywood & More

By: Mar. 28, 2016
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In a new interview with PEOPLE, Broadway's Sutton Foster opens up about portraying a 20-something year-old on her hit TV series YOUNGER, which just recently wrapped it's second season.

"I never really thought about ageism until people started asking me about it!" jokes the Tony Award winner. "I hope to grow older gracefully and naturally and I have no desire to ... hold on to all the roles I played when I was 20. I'm excited about what's to come." She goes on to share that she and her husband are considering having children in the near future. "It's definitely on the table," she reveals. Watch the interview below!

YOUNGER follows 40-year old Liza (Sutton Foster), a suddenly single mother who tries to get back into the working world, only to find it's nearly impossible to start at the bottom at her age. When a chance encounter with the sexy Josh (Nico Tortorella), a young tattoo artist, convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 - with the help of a makeover, courtesy of her best friend Maggie (Debi Mazar).

Armed with new confidence, she lands a job as an assistant to the temperamental Diana (Miriam Shor) and teams up with her new co-worker and 20-something Kelsey (Hilary Duff) to make it in the career of her dreams. Now she just has to make sure no one discovers her secret.

YOUNGER star Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in 10 Broadway shows and originated roles in the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Young Frankenstein, Shrek the Musical, and her Tony Award-winning performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie. She was first seen on television on "Star Search" at age 15, and has more recently appeared in "Bunheads" (TV Critics' Choice Award nomination for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series"), "Psych", "Flight of the Conchords", "Law and Order SVU", "Royal Pains", and "Sesame Street".







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