ON ALLY
XPOSE Magazine
"Ally Walker, as ever, gives a magnetic performance."
"There is no denying that Walker is just superb in the role. Her natural charisma has bled onto the screen, making Sam a fully rounded, accessible person. She is the heart and soul of a show that deals with the darkest side of human nature."
"Walker recognizes that Sam is a rarity on television: beautiful and intelligent, she stands out in a medium that repeatedly fails to provide decent roles for women."
"Once again, Ally Walker is superb in the scenes in which she is required to show extreme emotion, wrestling with her guilt over the death of two lovers."
"…allows Ally Walker to triumph in a touching scene in which she recounts the profiler’s own tragic past."
"…a classy performance from Ally Walker…"
The News Herald
"Walker, Sander says, was cast after several better-known actresses were auditioned to play Sam."
The News -Times
"In 'Profiler,' Ally Walker is one of most intriguing personas on TV."
"Very spooky lady - and she's one of the good guys. We're talking 'Profiler's' mistress of moody intellect, actress Ally Walker."
"Over the past season Walker has refined the role of Dr. Sam Waters, intuitive hunter of serial killers for the FBI, into one of the most compelling brave-but-brittle acts on TV."
"Note that Sam is not just another tough-TV-woman-on-the-verge-of-emotional-breakdown. Keenly intelligent Walker keeps Sam too smart for that. Rather this is professional burnout with a very high price - and Walker does it wonderfully well."
"Still, Walker builds a shivery momentum that similar Fox serial-killer drama 'Millennium' can't touch."
Ian Sander/ "Profiler" Executive Producer
"Ally brought a beauty, sexiness, intelligence, humor, and range to the role. We instantly felt that we could surround her with an ensemble and that she could carry the show as a television star."
"She really nailed it when she read and tested."
"She has a real intelligence which absolutely translates to film and this was a character that wasn't a cupcake, a woman who is a hero and has a talent and a take-charge attitude."
Kim Moses/ "Profiler" Executive Producer
"We read many female actors for the role of Sam, but when Ally met with us she nailed the role of Sam immediately! ...... hands down."
"Believe it or not, she is a goddess and is as nice a person as she is beautiful and talented."
Bob Lowry/ "Profiler" Story Editor
"What the writers like about Ms. Walker is her intelligence and inexhaustible eye for consistent logic and thorough line of Sam's story."
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