Helpmann Award nominee Zoe Terakes strikes own path to success
Zoe Terakes is proof there really is no conventional path to becoming an actor. Instead of going to drama school, herapprenticeship has been on stage — and it’s paying off.
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Zoe Terakes is proof there really is no conventional path to becoming an actor.
Instead of going to drama school, the 19-year-old has learnt on the job and seems to be doing a pretty good job at it given she’s nominated for a Helpmann Award at the weekend.
“I have literally gone from knowing nothing to feeling like I know a bit,” she told Confidential.
“I still have so much to learn but I am very happy.”
Terakes is nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the Melbourne Theatre Company’s A View From The Bridge, that opens on the 18th at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre.
Unusually, she has been working on the play for pretty much the past two years, having appeared in the Arthur Miller play in Melbourne and previously at Sydney’s Old Fitz Theatre.
“I am so grateful because it teaches you so much,” she said. “You can track yourself improving. It feels like drama school, like my apprenticeship.”
Terakes’s competition at the Helpmann Awards in Melbourne on Sunday includes Helen Thomson, Maude Davey and Vaishnavi Suryaprakash.
Outside of theatre, Terakes has appeared in TV series Janet King and will be seen in upcoming Foxtel drama The End, as well as playing Abbie in local film Ellie & Abbie.
Going to drama school isn’t on the cards for now.
“I don’t think I will (go),” she said. “I think I work better this way … on the job learning from people I admire. It has taught me so much.”
Looking ahead, Terakes is hoping to continue to work across theatre and television.
“You just have to run your own race,” she said. “You can’t compare your own journey to anyone else’s. You can only be in competition with yourself, know that you are in the right place and you are not missing out on anything, even when it feels like you are.”
Originally published as Helpmann Award nominee Zoe Terakes strikes own path to success
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