ACTRA Ottawa’s “Feature 5” is part of our Spotlight Initiative. This feature is released regularly on our social media sites and in bulletins to members profiling ACTRA Ottawa members.

Feature 5 is intended to help bring the city’s professional talent (you) closer together and help you get to know each other a little better by having you answer 5 questions about yourself.

Please take a moment and answer any five of the Feature 5 questions below and submit your photo so that we can profile you!

Feature 5 Qs (answer 5 only):

1. What’s your favorite movie?
2. Who’s your favorite actor?
3. Who’s your favorite actress?
4. Describe your most memorable role.
5. What is your dream role?
6. If you had one piece of advice or tip to an actor starting out, what would it be?
7. What is your goal in the acting industry?
8. If you could do one thing differently when starting out in the industry, what would it be?
9. What’s your favourite Canadian show of all time?
10. Who is your favourite director and why?

Please forward your responses along with a current photo to ottawa@actra.ca

Currently Featured…

Abraham Lau

1. What’s your favourite movie?
   I regret saying this because it’s an American movie, but “Waiting..” It should be an orientation video on starting out in the working world where you learn to suffer and have a ton of laughs at the same time. 
   
2. Describe your most memorable role
   Being cast as a boom mic operator (BG) in Designing Christmas. Learned so much about other aspects of production, and had the actual boom mic operator (Julien Desormeaux) and sound mixer (Laszlo Szijarto) show me what to look and listen for while they’re doing their thing so I can replicate it on-screen. 
   
3. What’s your dream role?
   Being any kind of BG on any of the Star Trek series. I told my casting agent that I would babysit her kids for a solid week if she can get me in. Spoiler alert: no babysitting gig yet. 
   
4. What’s your favourite Canadian show of all time?
   Schitt’s Creek. It’s light, funny, a bit over the top, and just a great show to take my mind off things after a hard day. 
   
5.  If you had one piece of advice or tip to an actor starting out, what would it be?
   Absorb everything and have fun. There’s so much to learn and the best part is, you get to choose which path works best for you. So many different methods to make it enjoyable. Oh, and don’t be a prima donna; nobody likes that.