BLOG – STRIKE CONTINUES AND AWARDS SEASON APPROACHES – OCTOBER 2023
The US actors' strike continued throughout October with no resolution but I still managed to get one or two auditions a week for independent features, short films, voice overs and commercials. At the end of October, I was on hold for a commercial. I waited to hear....
BLOG – DIONNE WARWICK AND CONTINUING STRIKES – AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2023
I was still in the UK until 23 August, waiting on an availability check for a major TV project shooting in October but there was no follow up so, having been in the UK for three months, I decided it was time to head back to LA. The writers and actors were still...
BLOG – ACTORS STRIKE WITH WRITERS & THE BEANIE BUBBLE – JUNE & JULY 2023
June and July were spent back in the UK. The Writers’ Guild of America continued their strike from May into June and July so work was limited in Los Angeles and I headed back to London to audition for projects in the UK and Europe. On 14 July, the US actors’ union,...
BLOG – AMAZON REVIEW AND WRITERS’ STRIKE – APRIL & MAY 2023
Back in January, I worked on a series for Amazon - customer reviews read by thespians. In April, my video was released on the Amazon channel on YouTube. The first video they had put up back in February, had had two million views so I am hoping for big things. The...
BLOG – TAKING CONTROL – FEBRUARY/MARCH 2023
If you’ve read January’s blog, you’ll know that I’ve been struggling with the industry and the way it operates in Los Angeles. By the end of February, I was in a place where I wanted to quit all together so I decided the better option would be to take control. I...
BLOG – WHERE’S THE RESPECT FOR ACTORS? – January 2023
Over the last ten years or so, working in both LA and the UK, I’ve noticed there is a stark difference in the way actors are treated in each place. Every project varies, of course, but the huge supply of actors in LA appears to result in little value being placed on...
BLOG – IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE MURDER – November/December 2022
The film I shot in October was released on 2 December on the Lifetime Movie Network in the US. Titled, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Murder, it’s a fun, festive, Christmas thriller so take a look and see if you think my character, Mrs Hobart, might have done the...
POST – RRR – YOU MUST SEE THIS FILM! – December 2022
To me, the absolute joy of cinema is when it encompasses visual spectacle with brilliant storytelling. RRR is an epic film that somehow combines virtually all the themes found in movies in just the one film: overcoming the monster, the quest, buddy love, voyage and...
BLOG – NEW YORK CITY AND LIFETIME MOVIE – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022
September and October were busy. In September, I flew to New York to take some meetings and finally decide if I might make a move to the East Coast. My trip was cut short as I was offered a Lifetime movie and had to return to LA early but while I was there, I fitted...
BLOG – YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO GET THROUGH IT – August 2022
Month eight of 2022, and so far it’s been a strange year. Having worked on a decent amount of projects during the pandemic, this year has been very slow with a lot of near misses or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Twice I’ve been offered work in LA when...