BROOKLYN — “Every Dairy Queen/needs a Burger King/these curves deserve the finer things/not a prom necklace and diamond rings/I want curly fries and onion rings,” actress Ashlie Atkinson lip-syncs as Chunky Pam, circa MTV 2006, now preserved not just in the hearts and minds of millennials, but on YouTube.
The Little Rock-born, Brooklyn-dwelling Ashlie Atkinson may be better known as Chunky Pam, Cheree Franco writes in Tuesday's Style section, but to the Gotham City Roller Derby, she’s “Margaret Thrasher.” And if you’re living in New Zealand, you probably know her as the straight-talking, hard-living “Nessa,” best friend to Alexis Bledel’s “Stacey” in Us & Them, a remake of a British sitcom that airs in the South Pacific country. She also logs screen time in The Wolf of Wall Street, Law & Order, Boardwalk Empire and Eat Pray Love, among other projects.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Style section for more.