Jason’s wife won the PRISM Award
Actress KaDee Strickland and her husband actor Jason Behr attended the 15th Annual PRISM Awards on April 28, 2011 in Beverly Hills. The PRISM awards recognize the accurate portrayal in movies and TV shows on substance abuse, addiction or mental health issues.
KaDee Strickland was honored for her performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline. Her character Dr. Charlotte King was brutally attacked and raped on ABC’s “Private Practice” and the response to this storyline has been overwhelming. The storyline lead her to work with the organization RAINN, as well.
The actress and show creator Shonda Rhimes talked about it in the “TV With a Conscience” Panel at the Television Academy Foundation and Variety’s 2011 TV Summit:
[…] “It’s a dream for someone to be given material that you know is going to affect people’s lives,” Strickland says. “It was such a conscious effort…to get this as accurate as possible, to really legitimize the victim’s experience, to humanize them in that process.”During the panel, Rhimes talked about how hard it was to watch the episode in which Charlotte was raped, but hoped it could help survivors and non-survivors to better understand the subject matter. […] (via zap2it.com)
Read more:
KaDee Strickland talks about her brutal rape storyline on ‘Private Practice’, EW
‘Private Practice’: KaDee Strickland and Shonda Rhimes talk rape storyline, zap2it.com
Portraying Charlotte’s Rape On ‘Private Practice’ Has Been ‘Life Altering’ Exclusive Video!, hollywoodlife.com
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