Sometimes it can be a little tricky to explain the types of roles I play, and why I’m just as likely to play a leading lady as I am a villain or bombshell.  At their core, most of the roles I play have a common theme of being incredibly resilient, many of them underestimated at the beginning of the story.

 

As a North Carolina native, I am undeniably attracted to southern stories and navigating the women that inhabit them.  Being Southern is a part of my DNA and when I get to take on playing a southern woman it just comes natural.

 

And then we all have our inner bombshell or villain, don’t we?  When I play these types of roles, they all seem to have something in common.  They are a seismic force that propels the story forward.  After all, every villain thinks they’re the hero of their own story.

 

The real magic is when these themes combine such as a resilient southern woman, like Lucille Frank, Calamity Jane or Nellie Forbush or an underestimated bombshell like Sally Bowles or Amneris.

 

So I guess that’s the best way to sum me up.  I’m a resilient southern bombshell sometimes in equal parts, sometimes divided.