How To Fight Ageism in Hollywood

Case Study: Read by Sonja Mobley

Joan J. Jones is a 42 year-old Los Angeles actress, who took several years off from a relatively productive career to raise her two children, who are now at an age where Joan has more freedom to audition and work. Her credits are mainly in television and commercials, although her passion is Theater. However, nothing on her resume is current, and she senses that Film and TV are the only things lucrative enough to justify the time’ away from her family. She has reached out to agents she once knew, but they have expressed little interest. What should Joan do? Is she took old to have a career? Should she start over, accepting co-stars and waiver Theater?

Is there an agent out there for her? How can she find them?

Let’s get into it.