Sophie’s Blog
The Best Survival Jobs
Being an actor is one of the most expensive jobs in existence. You step into the acting world and immediately get slammed with a check-list of things you need to do or purchase in order to become a professional: Acting classes, a singing coach, dance lessons,...
How To Find Your Perfect Monologue
I am not the biggest fan of monologues; they’re hard to find and they can be difficult to perform well. Yet no matter how much I wish them away, I find myself often having to perform one of my monologues whether for Theatre Bay Area, auditioning for a play, and even...
My Actor Bag
In this business, we often attribute an individual’s success to luck; “they were in the right place at the right time,” or, “they had a certain look the casting director was looking for,” or, “they’re friends with the producer.” While I agree these are often reasons...
How to Be a Working Actor
This blog has been a long time coming, and I am so excited it is finally here! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Sophie Blackburn and I am an actor & model here in the San Francisco/Bay Area. I have been an actor since 2008 where I started working in...