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Podcast: The Actor's Instrument: Tools for the Long Game with Hassiem Muhammad
Episode: Working in the Big A with NCIS' Andrea Laing
Description: This week on The Actor’s Instrument, host Hassiem Muhammad sits down with actor, host, and model Andrea Laing to explore what it’s really like to build an acting career in Atlanta — the “Hollywood of the South.”
Andrea shares her journey from broadcast journalism to performing in hit shows like Atlanta, Pain Hustlers, NCIS: New Orleans, and Yule Log. She opens up about navigating the entertainment industry as a first-generation American, finding the courage to pivot from a stable career to acting, and how Atlanta’s thriving film and TV scene offers unique opportunities (and challenges) for working p...