The West Wing Ensemble

[CM-BlueButterfly]

Did you have a favorite actor or was it the whole cast that made the show for you? Is there an actor you were unfamiliar with before but whose career you started following after The West Wing?

[Bastet]

Allison Janney quickly became my favorite (I only vaguely recognized her coming in), but for me this group is the embodiment of why SAG has an ensemble category among its awards.

[jah1986]

I came for Rob Lowe and stayed for the entire cast. I was familiar with John Spencer from LA Law and of course Martin Sheen. I have followed Dule Hill's career since this show. The recurring characters were great too, especially John Amos' Fitzwallace and Anna Deavere Smith's Nancy McNally. I liked Lily Tomlin when she joined but never quite got over losing Mrs. Landingham.

[Good Queen Jane]

I really liked the fact that there were minor recurring characters: Margaret, Carol, Ed and Larry. Even the same White House reporters. It just made it feel real.

[BAForever]

1 hour ago, Good Queen Jane said:

I really liked the fact that there were minor recurring characters: Margaret, Carol, Ed and Larry. Even the same White House reporters. It just made it feel real.

Not gonna google it, but wasn't the actress who played Carol related to Martin Sheen?

[buttersister]

His daughter, I believe.

[ProudMary]

Not Carol. Martin Sheen's daughter, Renée Estevez, played Nancy, one of the President's secretaries. (The real-life POTUS has four.)

[BAForever]

2 hours ago, ProudMary said:

Not Carol. Martin Sheen's daughter, Renée Estevez, played Nancy, one of the President's secretaries. (The real-life POTUS has four.)

Yep, it was Nancy. Thanks @ProudMary

[Good Queen Jane]

I always laugh at the scene in the final episode where Bartlett says to Nancy “Tell your mother I’ll see her soon.” 

[supposebly]

I loved Carol and Margaret.