The Rainmaker: Karen Bryson on John Grisham, grief and playing Dot Black

The Rainmaker: Karen Bryson on John Grisham, grief and playing Dot Black


By Michael Pickard
September 2, 2026

STAR POWER

US legal drama The Rainmaker has crossed the Atlantic after debuting on USA Network last year. Karen Bryson tells DQ what drew her to the John Grisham adaptation and how she built grieving mother Dot Black from the ground up, and reveals the request that shaped one of the series’ most powerful courtroom scenes.

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