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
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 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
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 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! ever