Description:
Sherry Locher, an actress, commercial print model, and voiceover artist based in New York, discusses building a career across theater, television, film, and modeling without ever picking just one lane. She shares her journey from studying with Uta Hagen at HB Studio to landing a nine-year run as a pharmaceutical spokesmodel, and what it took to co-create and star in the two-time Best Comedy-nominated web series Smart Actress. Sherry also opens up about her years of volunteer work with wounded veterans in New York, and the confidence it takes to say no to a role, even a lucrative one, when it doesn't feel right.
Takeaways
- Building a multi-hyphenate career across acting, modeling, and voiceover
- Confidence and boundaries come from experience, including the mistakes
- Choosing work that moves you financially or creatively, not just any work
Chapters
- 00:42 Introduction to Sherry Locher
- 02:34 A Week in the Life of a Working Actress
- 04:18 Finding What Feels Most Like Her
- 05:37 Growing Up in a Family of Performers
- 08:02 Choosing Both Academics and Acting
- 09:54 University of Michigan and Learning by Doing
- 10:29 Studying with Uta Hagen at HB Studio
- 16:04 The Transition to Modeling and Voiceover
- 19:14 The Nine-Year Spokesmodel Contract
- 19:18 Creating the Web Series Smart Actress
- 22:31 How Modeling Found Her
- 25:20 Managing a Multi-Hyphenate Career Without Anxiety
- 26:51 Knowing When to Turn a Role Down
- 30:18 Volunteering with Wounded Veterans
- 32:48 What's Next
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