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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 29, 2017 11:13 AM UTC  Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 29, 2017 11:13 AM UTC _The Australian actor is having a megawatt summer starring as two suburban moms: a therapist who secretly befriends people in her patients’ lives in the Netflix thriller_ Gypsy _(June 30) and one who owes some bad men money in_ Twin Peaks_._ **Why do you think your character in** **_Gypsy_** **makes contact with people in her patients’ lives?** It’s not ill-intentioned. She’s exploring her identity. Everything about her life on paper looks great. But she has a wilder side she shut the door on long ago. We all fantasize about escaping to another life. **Do you dream of living another life?** I grew up uncomfortable in my own skin, probably because we moved around so much. I was always trying to reshape my identity to fit in. I think in your 40s those questions come up again: “Who am I? Who should I be?” **What do you think of the portrayal of female desire in the show?** Just because we’re 40 doesn’t mean we stop having fantasies. There’s not enough of that onscreen. Sam Taylor-Johnson \[who directed _Fifty Shades of Grey_\] has a really erotic and provocative visual sensibility, and she brought that to the direction of _Gypsy_. **Your character’s daughter Dolly has a fluid gender identity. What can we learn from her story?** Dolly is accepting of herself. She likes to play with boys and dress like a boy, and we don’t yet know how she identifies. It’s more about the labels society puts on her. **What’s director David Lynch like on the set of** **_Twin Peaks_** **?** He’s in it with you. Once he was on his megaphone calling out in the midst of a scene, “Go get ’em, Naomi! Twist their balls off!” But when you ask questions, he doesn’t give you answers. He wants to maintain the mystery even for us. I love it. 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