This week, Kenya is joined by Drea Pierre, an actor based in New York who keeps herself very busy through performing, songwriting and taking care of her mind, body and soul. Drea talks about her start in the music business and how it evolved into on-screen roles. She shares what it was like to land a principal role, and how the experience has been different from background roles for her. Drea and Kenya talk about ways to get your art out there because there will be an audience that resonates with it and why self care is important to show up as the best version of yourself both personally and professionally. As with so many others, the strikes have obviously affected Drea, and she talks about the realities of having to do more of that “9-5” work over these past months.

 

Also Talked About:

• How self tape auditions add a layer of accessibility to the industry. 

• Drea loves her self care, so don’t be surprised to find her charging a crystal or burning a beautiful candle at the end of the day on set! 

• Drea’s experience at landing a principal role and what it felt like to take the next step in her career. 

• Conversation starter: how diversity shows up differently on screen, especially in a post-apocalyptic world in shows like “Invasion”. 

• The beautiful duality of storytellers and more straightforward minded people, and how we need both in the industry. 

• Drea talks about a few acting classes that pushed her to share her art with the world. 

• How to deal with stage fright and critique. Don’t let it stop you! 

• How the strike is causing people of all levels to tap into other skills and think outside the box. 

 

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Kenya: IG

 

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Drea | IG