Vanity Fair May 2012 : Claire, Julianna, Michelle & Sofia by Norman Jean Roy

**Flashbang** · 03-04-2012

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As our culture critic James Wolcott will tell you, it is now television shows rather than films that dominate the cultural conversation and “enrich the iconography and collective lore of pop culture.” Four examples of television’s lure? We can think of none so enticing as the lead actresses of Modern Family, Homeland, The Good Wife, and Downton Abbey, shown in a photograph by Norman Jean Roy on the cover of our TV issue—the inside pages of which also feature cast members from The Big Bang Theory, Revenge, Curb Your Enthusiasm, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Shameless, and more. (Plus: an oral history of Friends!)

Check back to VF.com next week for TV Week, in which we feature inside scoops on our featured shows, video interviews with TV-issue stars, best-of-all-time television slide shows, and a classic-TV quiz. Meanwhile, watch video of the photo shoot with Danes, Dockery, Margulies, and Vergara here:

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blueorchid · 03-04-2012

Actually, this is kind of nice. Although it's kind of weird how Michelle Dockery is shoved at the bottom down there. It would have been better if they just stuck with Claire, Sofia and Julianna on the cover.

Srdjan · 03-04-2012

DEJA VU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sofia V. looks nice. Others are disaster

honeycombchild · 03-04-2012

Michelle does look like a random addition, she could have been placed better for sure. Either way, I'm glad to see Clare and Michelle on a cover for sure.

visualoptimism · 03-04-2012

i really like it actually! great choice of actresses and love to see claire danes!

tigerrouge · 03-04-2012

That cover shot just looks like three glamorous women in bed together, and a girl below who's really not part of the gang, who's doing her best to be part of the picture.

liberty33r1b · 03-04-2012

good to see Claire, she really deserves to be on that cover!

Les_Sucettes · 03-04-2012

There is nothing worse in fashion than american styling.

Love Claire Daines, she should have had the cover all for herself.

jmrmartinho · 03-04-2012

I like it! Claire looks the best to me. Sofia looks kind of lost, Julianne looks over photoshoped and Michelle looks totally random in the picture (even throught she looks good)

Miss Dalloway · 03-04-2012

I like them all, but so happy Michelle was included.

Its not the best cover, Claire looks really bad, that is an unfortunate angle for her face. And that second shot of the other actresses makes me sick! Just ridiculous!

YoninahAliza · 03-04-2012

It's not a bad cover but it's way too text heavy! And it's funny as soon as I read the thread tagline, before clicking on it, I was like, "maybe it's Michelle Dockery?!" Can't believe I was right! It's fantastic to see her score the cover of an American magazine so I'm happy with the cover in that respect.

Marc10 · 03-04-2012

I love it, all the ladies are looking stunning and super sexy, especially Claire and Sofia.

LUXXX · 03-04-2012

So happy for Michelle!!

ALAUU · 03-04-2012

Nice, I like it.

kokobombon · 03-04-2012

I like that they picked excellent actresses but not the usual suspects. I´m very happy for all them, I enjoy all their shows

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YoninahAliza fashion elite Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Avonlea Gender: femme Posts: 2,921	It's not a bad cover but it's way too text heavy! And it's funny as soon as I read the thread tagline, before clicking on it, I was like, "maybe it's Michelle Dockery?!" Can't believe I was right! It's fantastic to see her score the cover of an American magazine so I'm happy with the cover in that respect. __________________ http://miss-rumphius.tumblr.com/ "It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable." Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

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blueorchid you soft and only Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada Gender: femme Posts: 4,403	Actually, this is kind of nice. Although it's kind of weird how Michelle Dockery is shoved at the bottom down there. It would have been better if they just stuck with Claire, Sofia and Julianna on the cover.

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Srdjan fashion insider Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Belgrade Gender: homme Posts: 2,194	DEJA VU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sofia V. looks nice. Others are disaster

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honeycombchild V.I.P. Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London Gender: homme Posts: 6,317	Michelle does look like a random addition, she could have been placed better for sure. Either way, I'm glad to see Clare and Michelle on a cover for sure.

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visualoptimism V.I.P. Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: wonderland Gender: femme Posts: 7,039	i really like it actually! great choice of actresses and love to see claire danes!

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tigerrouge don't look down Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Béal Feirste Gender: femme Posts: 10,979	That cover shot just looks like three glamorous women in bed together, and a girl below who's really not part of the gang, who's doing her best to be part of the picture. __________________ You're perfect, yes, it's true. But without me, you're only you.

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Les_Sucettes fashion insider Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London Gender: femme Posts: 2,193	There is nothing worse in fashion than american styling. Love Claire Daines, she should have had the cover all for herself.

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jmrmartinho fashion insider Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Portugal Gender: homme Posts: 2,380	I like it! Claire looks the best to me. Sofia looks kind of lost, Julianne looks over photoshoped and Michelle looks totally random in the picture (even throught she looks good) __________________ Daphne Groeneveld.Daria Strokous.Caroline Brasch Nielsen.Vanessa Axente.Julia Nobis.Kristen McMenamy

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Miss Dalloway V.I.P. Join Date: Mar 2006 Gender: femme Posts: 21,709	I like them all, but so happy Michelle was included. Its not the best cover, Claire looks really bad, that is an unfortunate angle for her face. And that second shot of the other actresses makes me sick! Just ridiculous!

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Marc10 V.I.P. Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Brazil Gender: homme Posts: 4,371	I love it, all the ladies are looking stunning and super sexy, especially Claire and Sofia. __________________ le rêveur

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LUXXX V.I.P. Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: femme Posts: 4,235	So happy for Michelle!!

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ALAUU fashion icon Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New York Gender: femme Posts: 3,188	Nice, I like it.