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Article: Grace of Arcadia: Becky Wahlstrom on the ongoing curiosity about the sexuality of her Joan of Arcadia character, Grace Polk.(Fall Television Preview)(Brief Article)(Interview)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2004
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Everybody's clamoring to know the story on Grace Polk of the award winning dramatic series Joan of Arcadia, which begins its second season on CBS this fail. Grace, Joan's lab partner and close friend, spurs her classmates' endless speculation about her sexuality with her tomboyish appearance and self-assured behavior. They're not the only ones who are anxious to know what's up with Grace--on Internet bulletin boards, fans energetically discuss competing theories about the character's elusive identity.
"Grace is rather close to me," says Becky Wahlstrom, the actress who portrays her on the show. "Some of the clothes I wear as Grace are my own clothes from high ...