Brenda has been in a few things, mostly playing the uber-ice queen type of role. I guess she must prefer these parts rather than the goody-goodies. Tha Rylands have been quite active, especially "Mama" Judith ("Transparent") and "Baby" Mitch Pileggi ("The X-Files"). At least these are the ones I have found in my recent watching...
Forgot about Judith- yeah, I watched the first two seasons of Transparent- obviously it's a big critical hit, I liked it alot. I thought the second season was better than the first, I watched the first episode of the third and I've been meaning to watch the rest of it. Judith is really good- although she can get a bit over-the-top, but I guess they need someone with that extra energy in the cast to sort of balance things out.
Boy, she really lucked out. And the cast and writing is amazing. Good for her.
Yes, Brenda was the ice-queen on the Notorious episode and she's like that on "Supergirl," it must be challenging to find roles because she's at that age where she is playing the "mother" but she does a great job on Supergirl. I mean, it's "Supergirl," it's very comic-y and not Shakespeare and it doesn't always make much sense, but I love the show and watch it every week. A show like that, you give it a bit of leeway to be ridiculous at times. It's dumb fun, but the actors are really good, and for the most part very attractive, it's entertaining without you having to think too hard.