Chrissy Metz’s New Tune

The actor and singer Chrissy Metz chuckles a little when she calls herself “a positive Polly.” Metz, who grew up in Gainesville, Florida, spent nine years as a talent agent, a natural fit for a woman accustomed to putting other folks first. “So much of my life has been lived for other people,” she explains, noting that it’s only now, at age forty—with an Emmy nomination for her poignant, unguarded portrayal of Kate on the NBC series , among other accolades, under her belt—that she’s stopped asking, “Oh gosh, do I deserve this?” Traveling back Like, ” But she adds that she wouldn’t change her newly hectic, high-profile life for anything. Metz feels immense pride that her work has touched so many, that she’s representing for all the overlooked, small-town dreamers out there. “We all deserve what makes us happy, ya know? I try to remind myself of that every day.”