1.What does a typical Thursday look like for you, starting from when you wake up – to heading to bed?

A “typical” Thursday does not really exist in my world. Thursday could entail an audition, a rehearsal, grocery shopping, a mid-day gym session, a power-writing session, a mid-day nap, a voice-over recording session, dinner with my friend, dinner with the TV, or dinner before an 8pm performance. On some Thursdays, I hardly come home, and on others I hardly leave the house. Thursday is like every other day in my week: entirely unpredictable.

2.What was your first job out of school?

I decided I wanted to be an actor right after I graduated, and I knew I would need a job with flexibility. So I became a cliché and took a job in a restaurant. I was a hostess in one of Toronto’s busiest lunch spots and spent a few hours of my day telling Toronto’s elite at what table they would be enjoying their low-carb lunch. I won’t name names, but some pretty powerful people in Toronto are willing to raise their voice over not getting to sit at their favourite table. You’d also think that a high-profile, professional man wouldn’t take his mistress to the same restaurant as he takes his wife.

3.What are the 3 skills you require most to do your job well?

Perseverance – there are 50 “no”s for every “yes” in my business, and that’s if your odds are good. You just have to just keep plugging away.

Patience –In my business, professional and financial growth take quite a bit of time. Of course there are stories of people being discovered on the street and finding themselves with six-figure salaries a few months later, but those people are douche-bags. If you’re good, people will eventually notice and hire you, but it just takes time.

Professionalism – Even if you can cry on cue, or do a bang-on impression of Christopher Walken, if you’re difficult to work with, nobody will hire you. Show up on time, be ready to work, leave your shit at home, know the names of the people you work with, and be kind to the people who work hard to make you look good.

4.What do you love most about your career?

Being paid like an adult to play like I’m a child.

5. If a woman wanted to get into this business, what are your recommendations of how they should start?

Take a million classes and meet a million people. Acting, like any other profession, requires you to know what you’re doing. So first, learn to do it. Then spend as much time as you can in and around the acting community. Go to shows, go to the after-parties, go to workshops and classes around the city. In doing so, you will make valuable connections with people who can help you along your way. Fact: if you work in a restaurant 50 hours a week, and never do anything creative, then you are in the restaurant industry, not the entertainment industry. Be real with yourself.

6.Do you have any warnings?

Don’t do this to get famous. You probably won’t get famous. And don’t do it for the money either. In acting, 10% of the people make 90% of the cash.

7. If you could try a different career on for a year, what would it be?

I’d be Oprah.