Seems time did not permit for me to update my acting blog before now.
So, here, in the proverbial nutshell, is a review of highlights from my acting career in 2017.
Probably, the easiest way to do this is to start with my most recent acting work, and work backwards into early 2017.
In the last quarter of 2017, I portrayed a character named Jessie in an Internet series titled "From Here to Breakfast" which was shot at Versus Café in Toronto, on Adelaide St., East.
I also played the role of a 1990s newscaster in a short film directed by Angie Bird called "The Day Grunge Died". This involved both voice acting and and recording visual footage to go with my voice recording, done a day or two earlier. That isn't as easy as it sounds; synching yourself takes some work! It also meant I had to get my hair and makeup done in true 1990s style!
In September, I also appeared in the film "Rubbles of Love" directed by Nollywood director Isioro Tokunbo (TJ) Jaboro. Well-known Nollywood and Ghallywood stars appeared in this film, most notably Jackie Appiah in the role of Molly. I played Molly's mother-in-law from her first marriage… One of my friends found the following link to information on the film and so I'm including it here.
http://www.damiadeniyi.com/anticipate-tokunbo-jaboros-next-movie-rubbles-love-starring-jackie-appiah-desmond-elliot-nosa-obaseki-kenneth-okolie-bts-photos/
NB: This film has since been given the title of: Molly's Love Story.
As always, it's really challenging as an actor to get a hold of footage, meaning it's even more challenging to put together a decent show reel. I really want to get mine updated but have been holding off, in the hopes that some directors would be decent enough to let me have some footage.
It hasn't happened lately… That's why, a film I was in called Transmission in which I played a society matron named Dina Welles, won't be featured in my reel - the film is still in post-production but is supposed to be released this year - and also why I can't get any footage from my role as Mrs. Thompson in the short film "Black Donnellys".
And I haven't even bothered to try and get the footage where I played at new Interpol boss in a TV series called "Killing the Cure" or for my role as Candy Spelling in an episode of "Broke and Famous" which looked at the story of Candy's daughter Tori Spelling.
I also shot a number of commercials and/or industrials, as they are known, and those may be available on the Internet or on TV. Like many performers, I don't really have time to follow up on it all, although I do hear from people that they have seen me. One training video I was in, for Scotiabank, was seen by someone I occasionally go to movies with, and another actor told me that the commercial we shot for Telus was also up and running.
So, sorry there aren't more links in footage for you on this blog post but, as they say, that's showbiz!
Copyright Deborah C Sawyer
