I want to be an actress what are the skills i need to be an actress?

Question

i want to become an actress please help me out by telling me what i need to do to become an actress
please and thank you so much
♥
savannah s

Answer 1

Assuming you're in the USA, and you're still in high school or earlier, here's your process--if you're an adult, look at the end of this post--

1. Get involved in as many shows as you can: school plays, community theatre groups (if you don't know where they are, call your local newspaper or ask a librarian!), and nearby college or university theatre departments (call and ask if they have a play with a role for a girl your age). If you can't audition yourself into a role, volunteer to work backstage or as an usher even. As you do this, you'll gain experience and also make contacts with actors and directors.

2. Polish your skills--get instruction in acting, voice, dance, acrobatics, horseback riding, stage combat, or any other aspect of acting.

3. Take a good college-prep curriculum, including four years of English, four of math, chem, bio, physics, and a wide range of electives. Read lots of plays!

4. In your junior year, look for four or five college theatre programs--you want to get into a bachelor of fine arts (BFA) program, which is a professional-training curriculum--NOT a bachelor of arts (BA) which is a general degree. You want to identify 1 or 2 really top programs (Yale, NYU, etc.) that are very tough to get into, 1 or 2 that are somewhat selective, and 1 "safety net" that accepts everyone. Your contacts in theatre can help, along with your counselor. Also, take the ACT/SAT test and do well on them.

5. Senior year: apply EARLY to the colleges you chose. Early is important because (a) you beat the deadlines for some financial aid (b) after you get accepted to the university, you must then apply and get accepted specifically to the theatre program. The program admission will depend on your resume (your list of shows that you've done), letters of recommendation (best ones come from your theatre contacts, especially any college profs you've worked with), and an audition that you'll have to pay your own way to get to.

Now, the BFA program is the best formal preparation you can get--but afterward you're going to have to work hard to get your career started. If you're already past college age, then you start at this point in the process:

--Usually, relocate to a theatre center--New York, LA, Chicago, etc.
--Keep studying! Take acting seminars, voice lessons, dance classes. This also helps with networking.
--Find out where open auditions for professional shows are held; go to all of them!
--Find out the requirements for membership in an actors' union (Actor's Equity, Screen Actor's Guild, or American Federation of TV and Radio Artists). You only need to join one of them, they accept each others' members.
--AFTER working your way into membership in the union, find a good agent to represent you.

Answer 2

there's not much to it.

First you have to know that this is what you want to do. Think of all the celebrities that turned out because of fame.

2. Realize that you have talent.-take it to the next level by going to acting classes and drama.

3. Participate in school productions and local theaters.

4. Get an agent-a good one would be william morris or exploretalent.com as a beginning one.

5. Audition, audition, audition

6. Land a role!!!


Hope that helps!!
Break a leg!!


~JULIA~

Answer 3

1. get your parents to help you. 2. do everything speech and drama in school. 3.take lessons 4. be in lots of plays 5 take more lessons 6. build a resume, 7. get an agent. This process could take several years.

Answer 4

Michelle Pfeiffer all day lengthy, she will have to of had an oscar in 1989 for the terrifi baker boys and quite can tackle any function :) Also, for a favorite movie it could quite be too tough, love her in all her films, however stand out needs to be whilst she quite made her mark, Scarface

Answer 5

u need talent!! haha jk

u need passion, to stick with it, to be nice, to work hard, etc.

but the main thing is u need a good resume, acting classes, and an agent

good luck