& 30 | cis female | she / her — ah , margot morrison née parrish , you again . we expected we'd see your { beauty queen smile that can light up any room } feel around these parts . on the c list for acting / screenwriting , aren't you ? we can help with that ! for starts , we'll need to make the loyal and observant side of your personality shine and do something about leaving that dependent and timid side of yours behind closed doors . at least those greta onieogou looks might just give you a real shot . that's if writing controversial screenplays under a pen name doesn't destroy you first !
––– 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 .
[ * basics ! ]
full name ; margot loretta morrison nee parrish
nickname(s) ; maggie ( only by her family and close friends, for the most part she prefers to go by margot )
age ; 30
date of birth ; 14th june, 1937
zodiac sign ; gemini
place of birth ; san diego, california
gender ; cis female
pronouns ; she/her
sexual orientation ; bisexual
romantic orientation ; biromantic
language(s) spoken ; english, and what little she’s retained from the french and italian lessons her other made her take in her early years
accent ; american
[ * appearance ! ]
face claim ; greta onieogou
hair color ; dark brown
eye color ; dark brown
height ; 5’8
tattoos ; none
piercings ; ears
[ * family ! ]
parents ; clive parrish (father), irene parrish née weber (mother)
sibling(s) ; an older sister (name tbd) and a younger brother (name tbd)
children ; none
financial status ; wealthy, with her father’s help margot’s been able to make the most of every paycheck and at this point could be support herself independently if she needed to.
––– 𝐣𝐨𝐛 .
occupation ; actress (secretly writing screenplays on the side)
since ; 1949
list status ; c-list
career inspiration(s) ; tbd!
body of work ; in her almost two decades of acting, margot has had roles in upwards of thirty roles, mostly films, although she’s had small parts in a few television shows here and there. most of her roles have been rather forgettable, shining brightest in the supporting cast. she’s had only a small amount of success in her screenwriting career. she’s finished only a handful of scripts since taking it up seriously, a few have been optioned, although not yet made. only one has made it to the big screens and it has seen quite a bit of success.
––– 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 .
from the outside looking in, the parrish’s were the perfect american family. margot was the second of three children born to clive parrish, a well-respected business man and his wife Irene, a former actress-turned-housewife after years of trying and failing to get her own film career going. sweet and eager to please, margot became her mother’s special project. determined that her daughter would attain the success that she never had, Irene had her daughter’s entire life planned out years in advance. margot’s childhood was filled with singing and dancing lessons, her education constantly being pushed aside so that she could participate in whatever beauty pageants came up, and later so that she could be dragged along to auditions for every role that she could fit.
while margot could recite her lines and was comfortable in front of a camera, it was her mother’s tenacity, not her own, that saw margot booking majority of her roles (along with a few calls from her father). at her mother’s behest, margot left school in her mid teens, so that she could spend what Irene called her best years focused on building what was sure to be an illustrious film career. although margot enjoyed her time at school, she did as her mother instructed and as she left behind her teen years, she had a string of roles in generally well received movies under her belt. despite this, margot was far from the critical darling that her mother dreamed she would be.
as she outgrew he bright-eyed child star cliche, and moved on to more mature roles, margot’s competition grew and she was far less in demand than she had once been. it was her father’s suggestion, that she should begin building a life for herself outside of her career, seeing her opportunities drying up and concerned that it was all just a dead-end. margot had never been given the chance to decide for herself what she wanted from her life, and so when her parents told her they’d found a nice boy to spend her life with, she went along with their plans. it wasn’t until after she’d been married that she began to question their judgement. her husband was not a bad man, and their relationship was amicable, but it lacked all the passion that she believed a marriage should have.
even after her marriage, margot’s mother still seemed to dominate her life. with no other real skillset, she carried on with her acting career, booking roles here and there, giving generally solid, if unremarkable performances. as the years went by, and it became clear that there was no real romance in her marriage, margot began feeling ever more lonely and unsatisfied with her life. it was then she began writing. she’d always enjoyed her english classes before she’d been pulled out of school and had often written down little stories for herself but never sharing them with anyone else. years of reading scripts gave her the skillset she needed to transform her stories into screenplays.
at first they were just for herself, a way to get all the sadness and frustration she was feeling out of herself and onto the page, but after so many years of living her life for other people instead of for herself, margot finally saw an opportunity to do something she wanted to do. afraid of what it might mean for her life and career if she put her own name to her works, she send out her screenplays under a pen name, not expecting any response, but proud of herself nonetheless. she saw little success at first, but eventually a major studio picked up one of her scripts and it was turned into a feature film.
margot has managed to keep her writing almost entirely secret, with the exception of a few close friends who help her manage the whole process. although she doesn’t want to put her own name to her work, she has more pride in that one successful screenplay than any role she’s had in her entire life. margot has continued to write as much as she can, it is the one thing thing in her life that is truly hers, while she struggles to gain any sense of independence in the rest of her life.
––– 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 .
rivals another actress around her age who she’s been competing with for roles since they were young, and who’s probably seen a lot more success in more recent years than margot has
secret crush/ flirtationship since getting married, margot has been loyal to her husband, but with so little passion between them, margot has probably developed feelings for someone else over time, and although she would never act on it, she might secretly enjoy flirting with them on occasion
co-workers people who have worked with her in the past, maybe they’ve become friends or maybe they didn’t get along and still have a bit of bad blood between them
close friends especially the people who are helping her get away with writing her scripts
more tba!
