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Jada Pinkett Smith (The Women, The Matrix trilogy) is the latest talented actress to join TNT’s line-up of strong, complex female characters, following in the footsteps of Kyra Sedgwick on The Closer and Holly Hunter of Saving Grace.
Pinkett Smith executive-produces and stars in HawthoRNe, a drama series about a nurse who is a true everyday hero – told from the nurse’s perspective.
HawthoRNe airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT with encore performances at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Tonight’s episode is “Healing Time.”
Pinkett Smith plays Christina Hawthorne, Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital. She is known for being compassionate and head-strong. She’s the kind of nurse you want on your side when you or your loved one is in the hospital. She will fight for the patient, takes on doctors and administrators who can’t see the “human” angle they need to see.
Personally, Christina is recently widowed. Her husband died one year ago after a battle with cancer, leaving her to raise a smart, rebellious teen-age daughter on her own. Hawthorne is still coming to terms with losing her husband, finding a way to balance her career while raising her teenage daughter Camille (Hannah Hudson) now as a single parent.
Joining Pinkett Smith in HawthoRNe is Michael Vartan (Alias) as Dr. Tom Wakefield, the oncologist who treated Christina’s husband and serves as Chief of Surgery for the hospital. The cast also includes Suleka Mathew (Men in Trees) as Bobbie Jackson, a fellow nurse and one of Hawthorne’s best friends; David Julian Hirsh (Lovebites) as Ray Stein, a nurse struggling with being accepted in a female-dominated profession; Christina Moore (90210) as Candy Sullivan, a nurse with a unique sense of duty. In addition, special guest star Joanna Cassidy (Six Feet Under) portrays Amanda, Hawthorne’s mother-in-law, who also happens to be a member of the hospital board.
Here are some clips from HawthoRNE:
View free episodes of HawthoRNe here.
Also, HawthoRNe salutes nurse heroes: Nominate your nurse heroes and give them the recognition they deserve!
Image: TNT/HawthoRNe
I heard that this show was cancelled. Is that true, are they seriously doing that after all I wasted to watch this terrific show. How could they do that.
Its the best that Mrs. jada has ever done.. she is a strong and determined woman whose career is taken very seriously.. Look, neilsen ratings people and TNT boardmemeber, you must find a way to continue this so that we as a determined audience may be able to look forward to something on TUESDAY nights. Figure it out and bring her BACK.
I see the demographics for women, and age group? Do you have any Nilson rating number of the ethnic make-up of the women viewers who watch Hawthorne?
Please Adivise. Thanks!
Ada