COVER STORY

Interview: Alison Brie talks body confidence, marriage and why she’s choosing not to have children

She found fame as Trudy in Mad Men. Now, the actor is leading the Netflix hit series Glow as a female wrestler. Interview by Marisa Meltzer

White trench coat, £2,375, The Row
White trench coat, £2,375, The Row
MATTHEW KRISTALL
The Sunday Times

For someone who wears a leotard to work, playing a female wrestler on the Netflix hit series Glow, it’s no wonder Alison Brie is a woman comfortable in her own skin. On the set of Style’s cover shoot, she breezes through six hours of modelling thigh-high leather boots and slip dresses with flashes of bra. Freshly changed into skinny blue jeans, she hugs the crew goodbye then bounds over to a sofa for our interview, alabaster skin tinged with pink blusher.

“I look at my body in a different way now,” says Brie, 35. “I feel like an athlete. It’s this tool that can do active and amazing things, versus looking at my body as the enemy that is never going to look the way