Becoming an actress!

[majoun]

Originally Posted by albion

There are actors who have graduated from RADA who can't find any work.
You will have to be incredibly talanted or unbelievably lucky to find any kind of work in the industry at 17.

Unless one resorts to the actions that Catherine Zeta-Jones did to get her career going as a teenager.

The casting couch is alive and well on both sides of the Atlantic.

[cobolt]

Most Brit actors who are popular in the states first made it in the UK. I say gain experience and popularity in your home country before coming to America.

[impala666]

Go to acting school in London,if you can make some progress in london you may be able to do something in LA, but don`t bank on It.

[quickdraw]

Originally Posted by Cristinaxzx

Hi, im 17 and from the UK. I have decided that i want to become an actress and maybe move to LA when i am 18. I am currently doing acting classes but wondered if anyone knew how to get noticed, improve my reseme and be successful in this industry?
Any advice would be appriciated!

There's so much luck involved. There are plenty of actors and actresses
who are better than those who are gainfully employed, they just weren't in the right place. Or don't have quite the right look. Basically, becoming an actor is like playing the lottery. Not to mention that television series here are being replaced with reality shows where idiots are willing to work for nothing. Coming to LA without establishing yourself in the UK is crazy. You'd be in for a very discouraging time.

Good luck.