Danielle Walker is a Comedian, Writer and Actor who grew up in Bluewater outside of Townsville in Queensland. Danielle was the winner of RAW Comedy in 2016, was nominated for Most Outstanding show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was the winner of Taskmaster Australia season 1 2023.

Danielle's most recently starred in the ABC series 'Gold Diggers' and also appears in 'Fisk' season 3.

Website: https://www.daniellewalker.com.au/

Insta: @daniellewalkercomedy

Monthly Show: @spaghettititlive

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She's back!! This week's episode is a return guest and one of my favourite people, Emily Joy. Emily is an actor and acting coach/owner of Joy Studio - a boutique acting coaching service. Emily's acting credits include the series regular role in Nine's Human Error, Fisk season 2 and 3, as well as Metro Sexual and Neighbours. Emily has also appeared on stage in the debut season of 'Trophy Boys' and 'Medea: Out of the Mouth of Babes' at Theatreworks in 2022. Emily has helped countless actors on their career journey, with her students having secured countless roles in Australian film and television productions including ABC, SBS, Paramount +, Netflix, Stan, Nine and more.

Joy Studio: emilyjoyofficial@gmail.com

https://www.instagram.com/joystudioacting/?hl=en

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Actor Mindset Coaching: calendly.com/rachellaurenbaker

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In this episode Rachel unpacks the all too familiar belief that there's not a lot of opportunities in the entertainment industry. Although there may have been some experiences that led you to believe this, the reality is it ain't helping you as an actor to continue believing it's true 100% of the time. What you believe you perceive.

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Actor Mindset Coaching: calendly.com/rachellaurenbaker

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Happy New Year! It's 2024 so I wanted to wrap up 2023 with a short rambles episode. In this episode I talk about what has been going on for me in my break from recording the podcast, what it's like to take a break when you're at the peak of success in your creative endeavour, and my thoughts on creative identity.

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Nikki Barrett is a casting director based in Sydney, Australia. Nikki's casting credits include projects such as 'Australia', 'The Babadook', 'The Water Diviner', 'Mad Max: Fury Road', 'Peter Rabbit' and 'The Invisible Man'. Most recently, Nikki won a BAFTA for her work on Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis'.

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Email: info@asmanagement.com.au

Produced by: Rachel Baker, Alyssa Stevenson

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Audio Editor: Echidna Audio https://echidnaaudio.com/

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This week's episode is a short rambles where Rachel talks about hustle culture and why she doesn't find it helpful for her career or life anymore.

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Email: info@asmanagement.com.au

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Esmé Louise James is a writer and researcher based in Melbourne, Australia. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne in the School of Culture and Communication.

In 2020, Esmé was listed in the Top 30 Emerging Writers by SBS Australia. Esmé’s creative works have twice been nominated for a Fitzpatrick Award and she was a finalist for the Melbourne Arts Student’s Society’s ‘Creative Writing’ award for four consecutive years. The Awakening was shortlisted for Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel of the Year in 2013.

Esmé is best known for her irreverent lecture series on TikTok, Kinky History, which explores the evolution of human sexual history -- "the history they didn't teach you in high school." It currently stands at a following of over 2,200,000 people. In 2021, she was the recipient of Screen Australia's Every Voice initiative (in partnership with TikTok Australia and the Australian Government) to fund the creation of a new series on her channel. Created alongside her mother, SexTistics will teach how statistics can be used to create a snapshot - past and present - of gender, identity, and sexuality within Australia.

Esmé's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esme.louisee/

Esmé's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@esme.louisee

Don't Be So Dramatic Podcast:

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Rachel's instagram:@rachel.lauren.baker

Email: info@asmanagement.com.au

Produced by: Rachel Baker, Alyssa Stevenson

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Audio Editor: Echidna Audio https://echidnaaudio.com/

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Lauren’s film story started with a specialist study in film at California State University Long Beach. She backed that up with a Bachelor of Film and Television from Swinburne University and a MBA from the Australian Institute of Business.

Her work in the industry has been varied and rewarding, working with FilmInk Movie Magazine, Event Cinemas on George Street and, as an accomplished Service Producer, Lauren has produced high-level international content for companies all over the world.

Today she’s the CEO and co-founder of Iris Arc Pictures – where she produces and develops several high-concept feature films, series and podcasts across the fantasy, thriller and horror genres. Most recently she has worked on the feature film 'Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism' with its US release at The Overlook Film Festival in April 2023 and the award winning web series 'Pivot'.

Lauren's instagram: @laurenjsimpson

Iris Arc Pictures: irisarcpictures.com

Don't Be So Dramatic Podcast:

Podcast instagram:@dbsdpodcast

Rachel's instagram:@rachel.lauren.baker

Email: info@asmanagement.com.au

Produced by: Rachel Baker, Alyssa Stevenson

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Audio Editor: Echidna Audio https://echidnaaudio.com/

Video Content: Nicole Tabuena

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