Julia Garner won two consecutive Emmy Awards for her performance as Ruth Langmore in Netflix's "Ozark." With a spitfire Missouri accent that permanently bonded itself to the character by accident during her audition, Ruth is a role Garner fully inhabits, so much so that it might surprise some viewers to learn the actress grew up in the Bronx.

To get into Ruth's headspace, Garner did more than just adopt an accent. According to Rolling Stone magazine, she also wrote a diary from Ruth's perspective, as she had done with her Mormon teen character when she had her first lead role in the 2012 independent film, "Electrick Children."

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