Hi, my name is Sarah Siadat [sa-da] [see-a-dot] and its my dream to see myself shine on the small screen. Can you relate to that?

After I graduated from college with a degree in Theatre Performance, I thought the big opportunities were just going to fall into my lap. So I got a headshot and resume, a job at a restaurant and I waited. I spent too long waiting, working for minimum wage, and nothing happened. Every time I turned on the TV I felt sad and jealous watching those actors work because I wanted those jobs so badly, but I didn’t know how to get them.

I didn’t know how the industry was structured, or put together, and how I fit into it. It wasn’t until I became committed to becoming a professional actor that things started to shift. I educated myself on the roles that were appropriate for me, how to create working relationships with casting directors and agents, and what I looked like when I walked into a room. Not long after, I found myself turning into the person industry players trusted and wanted to work with.

Over the years, GE flew me to Dubai for a week to shoot a commercial, I’ve worked with award winning theater companies and on network television. But more important than the credits, I feel fulfilled as an artist because I get paid to do what I love.

If you keep hearing yourself say I want to act, that’s not enough. If you’re ready to work harder than everyone you know, and book the jobs your dreaming of, then we need to talk. I get what you’re going through because I did it too, you don’t have to suffer, you can just be prepared.