Betty Gilpin first major gig after bit parts as the victim of the week in assorted “Law & Order’s” was in “Nurse Jackie.” As Dr. Carrie Roman, Gilpin described her experience in her 2022 memoir, “All the Women in My Brain,” as “while a dream come true, was a constant frantic tap dance between the two gendered peanut galleries” of the misogynist tone the series took in later seasons and connecting with writers Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch.

“The first big TV job I auditioned for, I was told that getting naked on camera was the necessary toll to pay if I wanted the part,” she continued.

Flahive and Mensch then went on to create the canceled-too-soon women’s wrestling comedy “Glow,” which served as Gilpin’s breakout role. She played Debbie Eagan, former soap star turned new mom struggling with her body being a vessel for nourishment of her...