The first time I ever saw Carrie Coon was at the original, tiny Writers Theatre in Chicago, Northcoe. She had already done Virginia Woolf at Steppenwolf but that was her highest profile role, she was still doing Chicago theatre, nowhere near a "star".. Now, I have seen Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing numerous times and I never miss it. She was playing Annie (the Glenn Close role). And she was doing the role with an Eastern European accent! I found it odd (it was before I started going to London on a regular basis and didn't know how large a Polish population it had) but mesmerizing. It somehow sympathized a not entirely sympathetic character. Maybe because the accent "othered" her somewhat? Or gave reason for the character being somewhat distant, but this time not because she is of the upper class? It was a late choice, the video trailer for the show, she has a typical English accent. But it was a brilliant choice and she was wonderful and I have followed her on stage, screen and TV ever since.