Jamie Lynn Spears Making Long-Awaited Return to Television With Netflix's 'Sweet Magnolias' | THR News - video Dailymotion

It's 2020, and Jamie Lynn Spears is ready to step back into the spotlight.

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00:00Well, now that we've established that Bill is not what you want, can we move on to what you do?

00:04Jamie Lynn Spears is making her long-awaited return to TV in the new Netflix drama Sweet

00:08Magnolias. The 29-year-old opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about why it's finally the

00:12right time and finding the perfect role in Noreen Fitzgibbons. A young nurse whose affair with Dr.

00:17Bill Townsend, played by Chris Klein, and subsequent pregnancy make her an easy target

00:21for pervasive gossip. Spears, of course, can relate to her character. The actress's award-winning

00:26Nickelodeon show Zoe 101 ended after a four-season run in 2008, the same year she welcomed daughter

00:32Maddie, now 11, following a highly publicized teen pregnancy. Spears told THR of taking on the new

00:37role, it didn't even feel like acting. I remember being 16 years old, being pregnant in a small town,

00:42and then on top of it, the whole world was watching. Don't get me wrong, I didn't view myself as a victim,

00:47and with Noreen, it was important to not play the victim either. She put herself in a compromising

00:51situation. She's a young girl who made some adult decisions, and she's trying to take some

00:55responsibility for that. That was me too. As for why now, Spears says she was waiting for a project

01:04that made sense. She tells THR, I fell in love with the part. It's that simple. I didn't want to do

01:09something just to do it. According to showrunner Cheryl J. Anderson, from the beginning, Jamie Lynn

01:13had a great take on the character. I immediately saw an incredible vulnerability in her, and I was

01:18drawn to her as an actress. The extra layer that she brought in from her own life didn't even hit me

01:23until later. For the full interview with Jamie Lynn Spears, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood

01:27Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.