Never say Never..
In my wildest dreams did I ever see myself being paid and working as an Actor/Talent!!!
Be careful what you wish for x
Yes I’m sometimes the loudest, funniest person in the room and a super confident soul, but let me tell you I was a painfully shy teenager.
To the point that I couldn’t look at a boy without turning every colour of the rainbow TRUE STORY..
However the desire to be on the other side of the camera was something that was calling me from a very young age, I just never thought I was good enough. Doesn’t that make you squirm in your chair with EMPATHY?
So I set out on a path to have a crack at working in the multi faceted areas of the Television and Film industry. Mainly so I could get a crystal clear idea of how in front of and behind the camera and how everything joins together in order to create the magic that we see when we watch a movie, or a TV show, Commercial etc works.
I loved Australian Idol, so I landed a job on the style team as one of the Makeup Artists. Both Promos, Live and recorded shows. Wow what an adventure, especially doing Makeup for Damien Leith on the Grand Final at the Opera House, the night he won.
I went to Film School and studied Production Management. Learning how to Script write, Cinematography, Lighting, Sound, producing call sheets the list goes on.
I then decided Post Production was something I needed to know more about, so I could understand how story telling evolves.
I think I’m a process Junky LOL.
So I landed myself a gig working as a Transcriber on a reality show called House Rules, Season 1. Wow transcribing word for word 10 hours a day of 1 couple and handing that over to one of the Editors to create a story for next weeks episode was pretty mind-blowing but long and laborious.
I then decided to go to Acting School, this was both Fun, Terrifying and Liberating at the same time. I learnt allot and worked a little bit. Back then I couldn’t handle the rejection.
Fast forward 10 years and by chance Acting found me.. Thanx to my talented Agent Samantha at Dare Enterprises, who saw something in me that I could’t see.
My point is Never ever give up or doubt yourself, do the inner work and continue to evolve as a person, you’ll never know who you are if you don’t push through fear, doubt, comparison, limiting beliefs and create balance and healthy boundaries.
I’ve shot some lucrative TVC’s recently and I’m earning 10 times more money then I ever expected.
Grateful AF..
Stay tuned for some reels…