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"    Photo: Kurt Jones   On Wilfred, Fiona Gubelmann is faced with the challenge of playing a character whose dog comes to life for her neighbor, played by Elijah Wood. Over the past two seasons of the series, Gubelmann&amp;#039;s Jenna Mueller has grown and evolved into a more fleshed-out character, one with real flaws and quirks. In the third season of the show, which premieres tonight on FX, Gubelmann&amp;#039;s character is newly married and searching for a more concrete sense of herself and her life. Although the show&amp;#039;s premise\u2013Wood&amp;#039;s character, Ryan Newman, discovers he can see Jenna&amp;#039;s dog (Jason Gann) as a grown man in a dog suit\u2013may seem a bit strange, the character&amp;#039;s plight of self-discovery is relatable with or without humans in dog costumes.    Gubelmann, who wears far more fashionable attire onscreen than Wilfred, spoke with ELLE.com about Jenna&amp;#039;s evolution, how the character&amp;#039;s onscreen style reflects her own, and the best advice for dressing for the red carpet.  How would you describe the tone of this new season of &amp;#039;Wilfred?&amp;#039; I feel like last season got a little dark, and this season definitely has some of that, but I think there&amp;#039;s a lot more humor in it. I think [the writers have] lightened it up a little bit. The humor needs to be in there, because it&amp;#039;s one of the things that people love so much about the show. While it can be serious, it has a lot of heart, and there is a journey that the characters are all going on, the humor is part of what people really relate to.  Where did we leave your character Jenna at the end of last season? We left Jenna at her wedding. So she has just gotten married to Drew, and it&amp;#039;s a very happy ending for her. Season three starts off with Jenna coming back from her honeymoon, and throughout the season, you get a sense that married life is exactly what she thought it would be. It goes beyond married life in that Jenna is seeing where she is at in her life, career, relationship, and friendships. Is she who she thought she would become? I like the journey that she goes on throughout this season.  How has she changed since the show began? Jenna at first\u2013and she still is\u2013lighthearted and bright. She&amp;#039;s like a ray of sunshine to this dark world. What the writers have really strived to do is give Jenna more dimensions so she&amp;#039;s not always lighthearted and bubbly. She&amp;#039;s going through her own emotional journey and her own set of problems, and dealing with things. They&amp;#039;ve always given her imperfections. Jenna makes mistakes like all real people do. She learns from those mistakes and she&amp;#039;s struggling to find her own happiness and work on her own relationships. I&amp;#039;m really grateful to [the writers] for having done that. What&amp;#039;s the greatest challenge playing Jenna\u2013besides pretending a man in a dog suit is a real dog? Initially relating to Wilfred was hard. I [channel] the way I treat my pets in the relationship I have with Wilfred. I think the real challenge is finding that balance of being bubbly and happy and not being afraid to show a dark side. I feared that the audience would turn on Jenna when they saw some her flaws, and I think that comes from the greatest issue in myself\u2014which is wanting to be liked. Most people can relate to that. How does Jenna&amp;#039;s onscreen style compare to your own? Jenna&amp;#039;s style is sweeter than mine. I love all the beautiful dresses they put me in on the show, but I grew up in Southern California, and I spend a lot of time at the beach. I love being outdoors and hiking. So I&amp;#039;ve always said that my fashion sense growing up was girly girl meets tomboy, just because I like having a little bit of roughness and edge mixed in with the lace.  Do you have a go-to look for the red carpet? I got some really great advice last year from Allison Mack. She was on the show playing Elijah&amp;#039;s love interest during season two. I have a lot of anxiety about the red carpet. As a woman, it&amp;#039;s uncomfortable to be in a position in which people are judging you, looking at what you&amp;#039;re wearing, and criticizing you\u2014not necessarily in a negative way. I asked Allison how she handles it, and she said that whatever she wears, she wants to make sure it&amp;#039;s something she feels comfortable in and that it&amp;#039;s a reflection of herself. As long as she feels great about herself, it doesn&amp;#039;t matter what anybody else does. That is such great advice.  Which designers do you like?  I love Rebecca Minkoff, especially for the sexier red-carpet stuff. Her cuts are gorgeous, and there&amp;#039;s definitely a feminine sexuality to them as well as a funky rocker edge. I also love Yumi Kim. Her dresses are very feminine and sunny. She uses flowy fabrics in the most beautiful prints. I&amp;#039;m also a fan of a new designer Harlyn. She also has these really great cuts for women that are very flattering as well as these fantastic prints that she designs. I have an hourglass shape, and I think it&amp;#039;s important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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