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Dawn Olivieri Talks ‘Yellowstone,’ Sarah and Jamie, and Her Role on ‘1883’ [Interview]

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How far will Sarah Atwood go to help Jamie take down Beth and John Dutton on Yellowstone? Actress Dawn Olivieri’s answer to that is simple: “Till it works.”

We caught up with Olivieri on the red carpet ahead of the Yellowstone panel at PaleyFest to talk about her role as Sarah Atwood on Yellowstone as well as playing a wildly different character on the show’s first spinoff, 1883.

(You can watch the full interview below.)

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HOLLYWOOD, CA – APRIL 1, 2023: Cast and creatives of Yellowstone at PaleyFest LA 2023 honoring Yellowstone, presented by The Paley Center for Media, at the DOLBY THEATRE on April 1, 2023 in Hollywood, California. © Brian To for the Paley Center

Olivieri’s simple answer to the question of how far Sarah will go to help Jamie tells us pretty much everything we need to know. She’ll go as far as she needs to in order to help him take down Beth and John.

And while no one knows what to expect from the remainder of Yellowstone Season 5 just yet, Olivieri did share her hopes for it.

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“Sarah’s been very cool and calm, and I hope there’s some table flipping that goes on. That’s what I’m looking forward to,” she said.

Watch the interview with Dawn Olivieri:

When asked about playing more than one role in the Yellowstone universe — Olivieri said she “couldn’t have done it any other way.” In addition to Yellowstone, Olivieri was actually first spotted as Claire Dutton on 1883. 

“I love that I played this strict Bible-thumping angry woman in the first one, and then the bombshell ‘whatever’ corporate shark in the second one.”

“I think 1883 gave me a shot at a role that I haven’t had in my career yet. And I was just as surprised at how I got away with it as, I think, everyone else. And I love that roles that,” Olivieri continued.

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“I wanna play the real person on the edge of life and death. That’s what I know, and that’s what I think brings the most life out of me.”

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*Additional reporting by Alicia Gilstorf.

Yellowstone airs on Paramount Network.

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Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.