One Broke Actress

Join The Membership while the doors are still open! I am excited to share what my co-CEO, Gabrielle Byndloss, and I have been working on for the past few months: our brand new adventure called "The Membership". Our business supports actors by providing them with the resources they need to advance their careers. The Membership is a more than just a program - it’s a community of like-minded individuals working towards the same goal, offering on-camera coaching calls for personalized feedback, supportive study halls, and an actor's workout that combines exercise with affirmations and visualization techniques. Our mission is to have this community be the one we wished we had when we were starting out as actors. We go over the program's pricing and structure, and also what this means for both of our followings. If you're an actor looking for support and resources to advance your career, The Membership may be just what you need! Watch the Full Video Podcast Here! 00:12 — Welcoming My Co-CEO Gabrielle Byndloss 03:30 — The Patreon & The Membership 05:00 — Acting Training, Career Building, and Who This is For 08:25 — What The Membership Is 09:08 — Office Hours 12:05 — Study Halls 15:25 — Actor Workout 17:33 — Creativity Club 19:10 — Library 21:19 — Building Our Community 24:40 — Availability & Pricing 27:44 — Working with Gabrielle Email sayhi@themembership.co for any and all questions! Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Follow The Membership on Instagram @themembership.co Visit The Membership Website Join The Membership Follow Gabrielle Byndloss on Instagram @gabriellebyndloss Gabrielle's Links Gabrielle's IMDb OBA Season 9, Episode 5 - Gabrielle Byndloss: Marvel Actress Based in ATL Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!

In this mini-episode, DaJuan Johnson and I discuss the WGA Writer's Strike and the possibility of a SAG-AFTRA strike as SAG heads into negotiations in June. We have a full sit-down talk coming, but we wanted to share this segment early because we believe it could help energize the acting community ahead of the SAG Strike vote. We get really transparent about our paychecks, the importance of actors receiving residuals, and why we believe the strike is necessary to continue doing what we love while also being able to pay our bills. We believe that when we stand united as a group, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Vote YES to the 2023 SAG Strike Authorization Vote for TV/Theatrical/Streaming contract negotiations! Watch the Full Video Podcast Here! 00:12 — Intro 03:00 — The WGA Writer's Strike 05:15 — Residuals 09:01 — Nonunion Actors 13:05 — Staying in the Line Union Strong Resources Mentioned in This Episode: DaJuan Johnson's IMDb DaJuan Johnson Official Website Follow DaJuan on IG @dajuanjohnson Think Bigger Coaching Think Bigger Actors Podcast Learn More About the SAG Strike Authorization Vote! ------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!

Happy Mother's Day! To the mothers out there, to those who have chosen not to have children, for those who can't, for those who have lost a mother, for those who may not be close with their mother, for those whose mother is their best friend. Being in this business is hard enough without having to worry about dependents, and families, and schedules, and pregnancy. For all the moms out there that are also actors, they have to juggle a million and one things all at once. Today I wanted to speak with some women who have made the choice to have children, and what that has looked like for them in their day-to-day life and in their career. We are joined by Christine Lin, a stage and screen actress born in Indiana with a biomedical and electrical engineering degree from Duke. She originated the role of Miss Zhao in "Chinglish" on Broadway. She is known for Surfside Girls, The Blacklist, and Abominable. Then we have the wonderful Linara Washington, who graduated from the University of Chicago, and who moved to Los Angeles after booking the role of Keisha in Barbershop 2. Since moving here, she has been on several of your favorite shows; Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, Madame Secretary, and more. She is the co-owner of Picture Palace Films and has produced two feature films. Last but not least, we have Wendy Wynne who you can see on Who is Killing the Cheerleaders and Jesus Revolution. Wendy is a wife, mother, actor, advocate, hope dealer, cheeleader/sister/friend on a mission to remind you of your greatness! Watch the Full Video Podcast Here! 00:12 — Intro 02:45 — Welcoming Christina, Wendy, and Linara 06:25 — Time Management with Dependents 11:47 — Staying Creative 21:39 — Deciding to Have Kids 40:35 — Women Supporting Women On Set 44:04 — Having Kids On Set 52:40 — The Financial Impact of Having Kids 1:09:54 — Social Media & Kids 1:13:17 — Showing Up 1:17:40 — Wrap-Up Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Follow Christine Lin on IG @Christine2Lin Follow Linara Washington on IG @LinaraWashington Follow Wendy Wynne on IG @wendywynne Christine's IMDb Linara's IMDb Wendy's IMDb -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message

Welcome to One Broke Actress' first international episode! 🇨🇦🇺🇸 I am joined by Emilio Salituro, a talent agent at LUCAS TALENT. With over 30 years of experience and a background as a working actor, Emilio prides himself on being his actors' advocate. He shares with us what he looks for in talent, how to best network with agents, and the key to a longterm successful acting career. He takes us through his journey towards becoming an agent in 2008 — from young theatre student, to director, to producer, to acting coach, to Shanghai Business Consultant, to manager of a restaurant, back to acting, and then to finally becoming an agent. Today, Emilio's journey has landed on him being one of Canada's most popular talent agents, and his clients have worked across Canada, Europe, and the US. Watch the Full Video Podcast Here! 00:12 — Intro 02:50 — Working in Canada as a Local Hire 05:55 — Role Credits in Canada 10:05 — Dual Citizenship 16:00 — From Actor to Agent 28:07 — What Makes a Good Client 34:11 — Acting Class 36:38 — The Writer's Strike in the US 40:55 — Finding The Right Agent 46:08 — A Lifelong Pursuit 49:25 — Networking 53:23 — The Writer's Strike's Effect on Canada 56:28 — What Emilio is Watching 59:30 — Where to Find Emilio Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Follow Emilio on Instagram @lucasagentes Follow Emilio on Twitter @lucasagente Lucas Talent OBA 10.13 "ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK" Showrunner JT Billings on What it Takes to Write + Run a Hit TV show -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message

TW: Body Dysmorphia + Disordered Eating My relationship to my body has been a lifelong uphill battle. There are so many moments in my life where I have just felt absolutely disconnected to what my body really looks like. After years and years and years of eating disorders and body dysmorphia, I have finally gotten to a place where I am happy with where I am. I fuel my body, I take care of it, and I have learned how to engage in the pursuit of acting without the toxic Hollywood ideal of becoming ever-thinner. This episode was immensely personal and vulnerable for me to share, especially as I look back on an article that dove into what 2017 Sam believed to be a healthy relationship with food. Let me know if this helped you in some way, and how you have learned to take care of yourselves and your body as an actor in this business. Watch the Full Video Podcast Here! 00:12 — Intro 00:56 — Trigger Warning + Our Bodies in this Business 04:06 — My Eating Habits Blog 12:55 — My Relationship with Fitness 15:30 — The "Definitive Answer" 20:41 — Actor Tip #1 21:45 — Actor Tip #2 25:03 — Actor Tip #3 27:52 — Where I'm At In 2023 Resources Mentioned in This Episode: One Broke Actress Blog → "Why My Eating Habits no Longer Have a Label" One Broke Actress Blog → "Why I started CrossFit. Why I Quit. And Why it Was One of the Best Things I Have Ever Done." One Broke Actress Blog One Broke Actress Blog → "The time I was Kicked Off a Set for Being 'Fat'." One Broke Actress Blog → "I lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks for a movie..." One Broke Actress Season 4, Episode 1, "Dana Powell" Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message

Jen Ponton is an actor, writer, and creator who seeks to make others laugh while also remaining true to her values as a queer fat activist. You may have seen her work on AMC's Dietland, The Unbreakable Jimmy Schmidt, Orange is the New Black, Love on the Run, or her new highly anticipated recurring role on Three Women opposite Shailene Woodley and Betty Gilpin. Recently, she wrote and produced a TikTok social media horror event called Caretaker. In this episode, I sit down with Jen to talk about her experience creating that film, what inspired her to make content specifically for social media, her transition from theater to film, and how loving herself completely changed her acting career for the better. Watch the Full Video Podcast Here! 00:12 — Intro 04:30 — Jen's TED Talk, MG, and the Spoon Theory 08:32 — Fatphobia in Theater vs. Film/TV 15:11 — Film/TV Casting Type Change 19:45 — What Could We Do Better 22:11 — Eating Disorders + Social Media 24:52 — Stopping the Pursuit of Thinness 28:03 — Body Positivity and Acting 32:22 — "Love on the Run", "Dietland", & "Deadbeat" 36:37 — Acting Classes 40:46 — Caretaker Film 59:10 — Making Your Own Content for Social Media 1:06:13 — Where to Find Jen Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Jen's Instagram Jen's IMDb Jen's Professional Website Follow @caretakerfilm on Instagram Follow @capemaycaretaker a #HorrorTok on TikTok Listen to Jen's TED Talk: "Hollywood's Fatphobia Problem" Learn More about MG - Myasthenia Gravis Learn More about the Spoon Theory "Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" by Sabrina Strings Hollywood’s Secret New Weight Loss Drug, Revealed: The Hype and Hazards of Ozempic by Matt Donnelly The BGB Studio -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message

Melanie A. Ragone started her career in Atlanta, Georgia, as a Production Assistant before moving into the Grip department. Throughout her career, she has worked in a variety of feature films and television productions, including The Walking Dead, Love Simon, Captain America, Sleepy Hollow, The Hate U Give, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 2018, to pursue producing and directing. She has since launched a Kickstarter for her new book, "Below the Line", giving women on film crews a survival guide filled with all of the information Melanie wishes she had when she was first starting out. Melanie breaks down being a female crew member, what her day-to-day life is like, and how to work up the crew ladder in the below the line set hierarchy. Melanie's kickstarter ends April 8th and it is almost 50% funded. Let's give our crew some love and help publish this survival guide that we could all learn something from! 00:12 — Episode Intro and "Below the Line" Kickstarter 03:30 — Living in a Man's World & Putting Herself Out There 05:52 — What a Grip is & What They Do 08:47 — The Best Boy Grip and Below the Line Set Hierarchy 11:13 — Working Up the Crew Ladder 15:31 — Day Player for Crew 17:07 — Being a Female on Crew 20:12 — Breaking Down a Typical Day 24:18 — Union (IATSE) Sets vs. Nonunion Sets 28:42 — What Actors Need to Know About Crew 31:05 — Melanie's Volvo Oscars Commercial 37:30 — Tips for Working Crew 43:25 — Scheduling Time for Ourselves 48:15 — What Keeps Melanie Going Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Melanie's IMDb Contribute to "Below the Line" by Melanie A. Ragone Kickstarter -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message

Back in December 2022, I was asked to join The Financial Diet YouTube channel to talk about my experience as a working actor in Los Angeles. I am a long time fan of theirs, and jumped at the chance to be real about living paycheck to paycheck in a city with an incredibly high cost of living. We sat down and got honest about it all: rejection in the industry, nepo babies, and the financial realities of the Hollywood dream. Today's ⏮️REWIND⏮️ is just a small snippet of the whole collaboration, so be sure to check out the full video with The Financial Diet to hear all Chelsea Fagan and I had to say! — Financial Realities of the Working Class Actor — Agents, Managers, and The 10% Cut — SAG-AFTRA Dues — Auditions & Money: Coaching, Wardrobe, Hair, Makeup, Nails — Accepting Rejection & Criticism — Nepo Babies & Socioeconomic Privilege — What Being On TV + Film Actually Pays — Why Actors Leave — Being an Entrepreneur — Motherhood and Women in Hollywood — Social Media and Actors Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Watch the Full Video on The Financial Diet's YouTube! Listen to the Financial Confessions Podcast Episode Sydney Sweeney Shares She Doesn’t Have Enough Money to Take a Break from Acting, Talks Salary Jennifer Aniston Has Spoken Out About The "Hurtful" Assumptions That She "Chose Career Over Kids" -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message

Today I wanted to share a little bit of my thoughts on the recent Casting Director controversy, as well as fact check my old blog post from 2018. Titled, "Little Acting Admin Tasks We Forget About", this is a blog I wrote about actor homework given to me at the time by my then-coach Brian Patacca. It was all based around making sure I had everything up-to-date and accurate on my end, to make it easier for casting and reps to find me. But a lot has changed in these 5 years, and the things we have to do now to keep up may not be the same as they were. So join me as I fact check myself and see what I got right and what I disagree with now. 00:00 — Intro 01:05 — The Casting Director Self Tape Controversy 06:33 — Reacting to My Blog 08:20 — "Little Acting Admin Tasks We Forget About" 11:30 — Task #1 16:23 — Task #2 17:30 — Task #3 18:00 — Task #4 22:50 — Final Reflections Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Little Actor Admin Tasks We Forget About Deadline Article: "SAG-AFTRA Scolds Casting Offices For Charging For Audition Tapes: “It Is An Optical And Ethical Disaster” by Lynette Rice and David Robb Request Credits from IMDb Backstage 2012 Article: Casting Workshop Crackdown by Dan Holloway OBA 10.5 -  Actor, Comedian, and Improv Queen Dana Powell on How the Pandemic Changed the Game Watch the Full-Length Video Podcast Here -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message

I just had a week that was, objectively, very good. I was productive, got to go to an in-person callback audition for an indie film, and was put on avail for a national commercial. All in all, major wins, right? In hindsight, I can say yes. But in the moment, I was absolutely devastated. It was hard for me to see what I had accomplished because I had so many negative emotions and thoughts swirling around in my mind. And that is so common in the actor world, where we ricochet back and forth alongside the peaks and valleys of this career. So I walk you through what I did to bring me back to myself again after losing my way. If you've gone through something similar, let me know what you do in moments like these! 00:11 — Recap of My Week: Auditions, Callbacks, and On Avail 4:00 — Being in "That Place" 5:34 — Friday 9:37 — Saturday 23:30 — Sunday 24:38 — Monday 25:55 — Wrap-Up Resources Mentioned in This Episode: 9.5 - Gabrielle Byndloss: Marvel Actress Based in ATL Follow Gabrielle on IG BRICK Los Angeles Watch the Full-Length Video Podcast Here -------- Want more? Check out Patreon for bonus episodes, IG Close Friends content, and so much more. And don’t miss all the content on IG and as always at, OneBrokeActress.com And if you're needing some personalized help from Sam, you can schedule a chat with her right here. Don't forget to join the mailing list here!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-broke-actress-podcast/message