matriarch

Golestani’s matriarch desperately wants the security that comes with obeying the regime.

So yeah, that femme performance is so defining of how to hold yourself, to be erect because matriarchs are the oaks of families.

Second thought: Make sure Kit, beloved grandmother to my children and matriarch of my wife’s family, had fled.

The buttoned-up, pantsuit-wearing former oncologist is not a repeat of the eager “Goldbergs” matriarch, but the character maintains the actor’s knack for playing beleaguered exhaustion for comedic effect.

“They are not the typical tiger moms or strict matriarchs, like in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ or ‘The Joy Luck Club.’