‘The Paper’ Star Sabrina Impacciatore on Catfishing, Learning to Do the Worm Dance, and Working With an All-Female Creative Team

By Jazz Tangcay

Jazz Tangcay

Artisans Editor

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Episode 5 of Peacock’s mockumentary series “The Paper” marks an important turning point for Sabrina Impacciatore’s Esmerelda Grand. The series follows a group of journalists working under editor-in-chief Ned Sampson, played by Domhnall Gleeson. The Toledo Truth Teller was once a well-respected publication, but now mostly licenses stories from larger news organizations and has only two real journalists on staff.

In the fifth episode, titled “Scam Alert,” Ned chases a story about a local scammer operating through a dating app and realizes he may already have the scoop when he learns Esmerelda was one of the victims. Impacciatore knew the episode would give Esmerelda a chance to finally shine. The “White Lotus” star had one goal: “I wanted her to be lovable somehow. So I made strong choices about her emotional vulnerability and fragility.”

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