that that those words scare parents, right? it was bad. it was really bad. i was a very studious young lady, so yeah, they they definitely thought i would do something good like like a more traditional type job, put it that way. so i took a gap year, which i thought was really smart after high school, and i was what s called a youth ambassador for australia, based in southern africa, so that really changed the trajectory of my life. i was going in and out of malarial zones all the time with the work that i had to do over there, and i got malaria really bad when we were in mozambique. and when i was in the hospital back in south africa recovering from it, i had a hallucination that i was an actress, and, like, it was so real! everyone thought, no, she sjust demented, but that was enough to convince me that that s what my life was gonna be. so i come back to australia and i go, guys, i m going to become a professional actress i have seen it, i m gonna win an academy award.
ambassador for australia, based in southern africa, so that really changed the trajectory of my life. i was going in and out of malarial zones all the time with the work that i had to do over there, and i got malaria really bad when we were in mozambique. and when i was in the hospital back in south africa recovering from it, i had a hallucination that i was an actress, and, like, it was so real! everyone thought, no, she sjust demented, but that was enough to convince me that that s what my life was gonna be. so i come back to australia and i go, guys, i m going to become a professional actress i have seen it, i m gonna win an academy award. it s, like, really good, and everyone was like, oh, my god . like, no . like, you re an idiot. like, no one s gonna pick you, like, you re not an actress. like, you re not you re naturally quite a shier person. i was like, yeah, but i ve seen the vision. so i went and enrolled in law school but did acting sneaky
it was bad. it was really bad. i was a very studious young lady, so yeah, they they definitely thought i would do something good like like a more traditional type job, put it that way. so i took a gap year, which i thought was really smart after high school, and i was what s called a youth ambassador for australia, based in southern africa, so that really changed the trajectory of my life. i was going in and out of malarial zones all the time with the work that i had to do over there, and i got malaria really bad when we were in mozambique. and when i was in the hospital back in south africa recovering from it, i had a hallucination that i was an actress, and, like, it was so real! everyone thought, no, she sjust demented, but that was enough to convince me that that s what my life was gonna be. so i come back to australia and i go, guys, i m going to become a professional actress i have seen it, i m gonna win an academy award. it s, like, really good, and everyone was li
and i was what s called a youth ambassador for australia, based in southern africa, so that really changed the trajectory of my life. i was going in and out of malarial zones all the time with the work that i had to do over there, and i got malaria really bad when we were in mozambique. and when i was in the hospital back in south africa recovering from it, i had a hallucination that i was an actress, and, like, it was so real! everyone thought, no, she s just demented, but that was enough to convince me that that s what my life was gonna be. so i come back to australia and i go, guys, i m going to become a professional actress i have seen it, i m gonna win an academy award. it s, like, really good, and everyone was like, oh, my god . like, no . like, you re an idiot. like, no one s gonna pick you, like, you re not an actress. like, you re not you re naturally quite a shier person. i was like, yeah, but i ve seen the vision. so i went and enrolled in law school bu
but there was something about me that i was like, i have to finish. i have to complete this degree. it was very, very difficult like, in australia, law and medicine, you know, you need the top marks in your final exams to get in and i got into, like, the best law school, so i was like, ok, i m going to, like, graduate, even though it was clear i was working in as an actress. what was your parents reaction then when you were like, i want to be an actress in hollywood ? i always imagined, though, that that those words scare parents, right? it was bad. it was really bad. i was a very studious young lady, so yeah, they they definitely thought i would do something good like like a more traditional type job, put it that way. so i took a gap year, which i thought was really smart after high school, and i was what s called a youth ambassador for australia, based in southern africa, so that really changed the trajectory of my life. i was going in and out of malarial zones all