“Walking Dead” actress and New Orleans native attends rare autograph signing in her hometown

METAIRIE, La. — Although she has spent the last 13 years as an adjunct professor at her alma mater, Loyola University New Orleans, television and film star Ann Mahoney has kept a low profile locally. But on Saturday, Mahoney fans will have a rare opportunity to get up close and personal The Walking Dead Star at BSI Comics in Metairie.

Mahoney, best known for her role as “Oliva” in AMC’s long-running post-apocalyptic zombie series, says she is looking forward to meeting TWD loyal fans at the autograph session this weekend.

“Just come and meet me, I love talking to people,” the 2020 Catalina Film Festival Best Actor winner told WWL Louisiana. “I love hearing (your) perspective on the show, what you like and what you want to know about behind-the-scenes stuff. I’m happy to share that.”

In addition to the TWD series and her award-winning role in The other side of the nightMahoney’s achievements include Big Mama’s House 2, Just as different as me, Stolen in Front of Everyone, Logan Lucky, 99 Holmes, Midnight Special And Barefoot and the television series The Good Cop, Rectify And Hard by Dixie.

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Mahoney is currently involved in the F3 Films project Fanfare, for which she wrote the screenplay.

Earlier this month, F3 Films announced its partnership with SilverScreen Pictures. Fanfare and A Big Easy Christmas were written by fellow New Orleans screenwriter Michael Perrone.

“I was disappointed that all films about women in midlife crises end with their deaths,” Mahoney explained. “And I love Thelma and Louisebut I thought, what if a woman left her life behind like men do all the time in midlife crisis movies? So I wrote this movie and when they announced the partnership, I wrote to Chuck, a friend, and said, ‘Hey, Chuck Bush, it’s Ann Mahoney and I have a great script for you.’ And he said, ‘I’d love to read it,’ and within a week I had the option.”

To hear more from WWL Louisiana’s interview with Ann Mahoney, watch the video below:

Or stop by BSI Comics on Saturday, June 22nd to see them in person. The signing will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3030 Severn Avenue in Metairie.

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