In this special episode, created by one of our student podcast fellows, NYU student Ella Sullivan speaks with Fina Strazza, an actor and NYU student in Tisch’s Collaborative Arts program. Together, they discuss Fina’s experience as a child actor, her approach to acting, advice for aspiring performers, and what her experience at NYU has been like.

A native New Yorker, Fina Strazza made her Broadway debut as the youngest actress to perform the title role in Matilda: the Musical at age 8. Since then, Fina has done not just theatre, but also film and TV. Her credits include Amazon Prime Video’s Paper Girls, John Proctor is the Villain which opens on Broadway in March 2025, and Netflix’s Fear Street: Prom Queen, coming this May.

For a full transcript of this episode, please email [email protected].