Is she genuinely helping them find him, or is she more aligned with Lucifer? She’s definitely in line with all of the [women] in the “Wayward Sisters” spinoff. “Supernatural” is revisiting the world of faith healers and this time the one the Winchesters encounter is played by star Jensen Ackles’ real-life wife, Danneel Ackles. According to herself, she had many ideas for the souls but they were rejected by her superiors and she was forced to continue her work.Due to the Fall of the Angels, she was expelled from Heaven along with many of her brethren. I think it worked really well with Jared [Padalecki’s] wife Gen — I think it was great when they did “The French Mistake;” it played perfectly because she was Ruby before she was his wife.

She thinks about herself first, and if she can help out somebody along the way, great, but she is No.1. Do you feel like that’s better for the character because it just lets her live in the world of the show on her own?

I think they kind of like that about each other. It just worked. Why Is 'Saturday Night Live' Suddenly Booking So Many Older Rock Bands? She ends up helping them in a way. Plot.

The brothers look for her mother Ellen at Harvelle's Roadhouse—a saloon frequented by hunters of supernatural creatures—after she leaves a voice mail message on the phone of their deceased father, John Winchester.

Nobody really pranked me except just acted really goofy during all of our scenes that were supposed to be really serious. A faith healer … She’s a faith healer, but also a businesswoman. I think we can think about her as more aligned with herself. How did it feel to work with him again now? Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. I haven’t acted in, like, six years.

27, and I think that dynamic has totally changed. Danneel, the real-life wife of Supernatural star Jensen Ackles, joins the series in this week’s episode, titled “Devil’s Bargain,” wherein Sister Jo finds herself making a deal with Lucifer. I need professionalism.” So we had, I think, just the right amount of interaction, but it was fun — it was really fun. Anael was once a low ranking angel who acted as the apprentice to Joshua. Is there anyone you would compare her to when it comes to the type of strength or abilities she exhibits? The brothers look for her mother Ellen at Harvelle's Roadhouse—a saloon frequented by hunters of supernatural creatures—after she leaves a voice mail message on the phone of their deceased father, John Winchester. Absolutely. Tags. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. I don’t know that yet. And I’m like, “Please take it easy on me.

How different is Sister Jo from previous faith healers the show has introduced? In “Devil’s Bargain,” the first episode of a recurring guest star stint, Ackles introduces her character of Sister Jo — and proves the titular devil’s bargain to be literal. How is my pacing?” He is the show, and he knows that, so I just really leaned on him for direction, so if everyone hates it, it’s all his fault. And I think that’s kind of been done, so they wanted this to be cleaner and she can be a standalone character.

Very surreal. So I would love to [and] if the opportunity came up, and it worked like this, great. And they screenshotted it and sent it back to me, so I guess the universe was like, “Yep, it’s time.” But I think it was just more the offer because before there had been some talk of going on and doing something like a demon or a sexy-something, and this particular role really interested me, and I thought it was good, and I don’t have to play a love interest of Jensen’s, so it works. That’s how they end up meeting, and she ends up helping them track Lucifer.

Now he’s directed and Jensen knows “Supernatural” from behind the camera and in front of the camera, and all of the little nuances that make the show so great, so I just really leaned on him more than ever.

She spurned Joshua's offer of more responsibilities after visiting Earth and seeing the pain and suffering of humans and questioning why God does nothing. Sister Jo is described as "a well-known faith healer whose good works attract the attention of someone very, very bad: Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino)."

Dean Buscher “Supernatural ... Ackles introduces her character of Sister Jo — and proves the titular devil’s bargain to be literal.

Jensen’s so supportive and he’s so sweet, and then we get to set and he’s like the big prankster — laughing, making faces at me behind the camera. Kenzi's 21st Birthday Drabbles by TheLittleRedWhoCouldWrite Fandoms: Supernatural, Hawaii Five-0 (2010) Explicit; Rape/Non-Con; Multi; Complete Work; 30 Mar 2018. She’s powerful enough that she’s able to negotiate with him, and that makes her different. She’s a very strong woman, and I think that he intrigues her. At some point afterwards, a disillusioned Anael left Heaven and struck a deal with a woman praying for her dying husband -- in exchange for saving her … Aside from the personal relationship, you also worked with Jensen years ago.

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Where does Sister Jo fit in when it comes to the female characters on the show?

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You know, I would love to, but we have twin one-year-olds and a four-year-old and we just had another baby, which is our brewery we just opened about 30 days ago.

Works; Bookmarks; Filters; RSS Feed; Listing Works . It was great. Ahead of her first “Supernatural” episode, Ackles talks with Variety about why Season 13 was the perfect time for her to appear on the show, how her faith healer differs from what we’ve seen in earlier seasons, and what the dynamic is like between Sister Jo and the Winchesters.

Dec 25, 2018 - 12 Likes, 1 Comments - Miss Dean (@carocolomb_) on Instagram: “#New my beautiful Sister Jo Mrs. Danneel Ackles so sublime and beautiful with this Christmas jacket…” Not that call sheet numbers matter, but when we did “Ten Inch Hero,” I was like No. I think so. He wants to elicit her help. She’s an extremely powerful faith healer — powerful enough that Lucifer finds out about her and is intrigued. Joanna Beth Harvelle, nicknamed Jo, was the daughter of hunters Bill and Ellen Harvelle. She’s attracted to him and his power. The pranks come up all the time, but were you off-limits for any kind of hazing? In the past, the show has gotten very meta, winking at actors’ past works or relationships. Read Next: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Sidelined After ‘Close Contact’ Tests Positive for Coronavirus, ‘Superstore’ Bosses on What America Ferrera’s Exit Means for Jonah, Artisans Elite Report: A Survey of the Talent Behind the Best of Crafts Over the Last Year, ‘The Masked Dancer’ Teaser Reveals Tulip, Sloth and Exotic Bird Costumes in Action, ‘The Tonight Show’ Head Writer Rebecca Drysdale Exits, Also Says She’ll ‘Never Work on Another Trump Sketch’, Johnny Depp Forced to Exit ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise, Inside the Groundbreaking ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episode With Trans and Non-Binary Characters, Why Bret Baier Calling Biden ‘President Elect’ on Fox News Is Such a Big Deal, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Sidelined After ‘Close Contact’ Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Republic Records Signs 14-Year-Old Norwegian Singer Angelina Jordan (EXCLUSIVE), Brax, Rapper and Social Media Influencer, Dies at 21, ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Release Date Delayed to 2022, On 'The Undoing,' a Heavily-Dressed Manhattan Townhouse Plays the Home of Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman, Steve Bannon Banned by Twitter After He Calls for Trump to Behead Dr. Anthony Fauci, 'Mank' Review: Gary Oldman Plays 'Citizen Kane' Screenwriter in David Fincher's Drama. After her father's death, Jo became a hunter in his memory.

4 and he was like No.

Obviously she encounters the Winchesters pretty quickly — what does the dynamic look like when she does? Good God, no!

However, after becoming disillusioned, she left and became the soul counter in Heaven. Jensen Ackles may want to think twice about trusting his wife on Supernatural.

Jo first meets Sam and Dean Winchester in the second season episode "Everybody Loves a Clown". “Supernatural” airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on the CW.

As a result, she was demoted to a low-level functionary, counting souls as they enter Heaven. Because Lucifer has found her, that then attracts the Winchesters. Does that happen with you — little nods to either your marriage to Jensen or previous collaboration in “Ten Inch Hero”? Lucifer in “Supernatural” is very charming and kind of sexy in an offbeat way. Although she fulfilled her dream, she died while saving Dean and Sam from a hellhound set upon them by the demon Meg.

Is this marking a turning point for you, where you want to come back to acting?

All of those female characters are so strong, and “Supernatural” is great about writing strong, female characters, and I feel like the majority of them hold their own.

What is it about her meeting with Lucifer that either inspires her to want to make a deal or forces her to have to make a deal?

This is fun, and literally we had all our kids in the trailer, and I was just running back and forth, and [Jensen] was the babysitter.

We have talked about doing another episode sometime before the end of the year, so we might find out then how it all ends up, but as of right now, I don’t know.

The show has a huge fan based and they’re all on social media, and somebody pointed out to me that in 2006, on Twitter, I said that if “Supernatural” goes to Season 13, that’s when I’m going to guest star.

1 Work in Sister Jo/Dean Winchester. Most of my scenes were with Mark Pellegrino, not really the guys too much, though we had a few things together. Unlike many angels, Anael saw this as a chanc… Jo first meets Sam and Dean Winchester in the second season episode "Everybody Loves a Clown".

How was it stepping onto the set to work with all of these people — cast and crew — that you’ve developed such close relationships with through Jensen through the years? At least not “Ten Inch Hero.” But no, I think they kept it pretty clean.

So I feel like in that she fits in with how “Supernatural” writes women.

It’s good. Sister Jo is an angel who was formerly known as Anael in Heaven, where she worked as Joshua's right-hand angel.

Plot. “What do I do here? What was it about this time in the show’s history and your own life that made it the right moment to come on “Supernatural”?