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Call Me Madam

So, Rachel Griffiths, what’s an Australian national treasure like you playing an American in a New Zealand comedy about sex work?

“Are you questioning the geography or your little industry?” replies Griffiths wryly from Melbourne, having interrupted her packing for the Monte-Carlo Television Festival to talk.

There, as the star and an executive producer of she’ll be representing the show, which is in the official selection for the event’s Golden Nymph award against some heavy hitters from the US, the

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