Sunday, March 6, 2016

An Interview with Eliza Kelley



Q: How did you get started as an actress?
Eliza: When I was 5 years old, our neighbor down the road was filming a political commercial. I then attended a performing arts high school in Atlanta: Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts at Pebblebrook High School where I studied with professionals in theatre, vocal and dance, and even though I didn't get to marry Michael J. Fox (long story), I did get to become an actress.

Q: What kind of roles are you best at playing?
Eliza: I'm best at portraying strong, passionate women with powerful, consuming desires.

Q: Is there a director whose work you admire and with whom you would like to work?
Eliza: Peter Weir has amazing work. Dead Poets Society still resonates in my mind as one of the most heartfelt and heart wrenching stories I watched when I was younger. When I was a teacher, I wanted to be able to stand on a desk and cry out O Captain my Captain, and I often would have my drama students yell out in a YAWP. That film brought so much talent to the screen and left such a mark on me. I love that Weir can bring such simplicity into films and yet they leave marks long into the future.

Q: Do you have a wish list of directors?
Eliza: Of course! I would love to work with the Coen Brothers, Steven Spielberg, Theodore Melfi, Richard Eyre, M. Night Shyamalan, Christopher Nolan, Kevin Smith, and Debra Granik to name a few.

Q: What is your background?
Eliza: As much as I loved acting, I also loved German (and foreign languages in general), so I had the unique opportunity to study German theatre and scripts. I was influenced greatly by Bertolt Brecht and G.E. Lessing. My Masters of German Literature thesis addresses the father-daughter relationships in three of Lessing's works.

For further information, contact: 
actresseliza@gmail.com
cell phone: 678-525-0651 

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