We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Coral Mizrachi. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Coral below.

Hi Coral, thanks for joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

As an actor, learning and developing my craft has been a journey of passion, dedication, and continuous growth. I believe that my learning process has been shaped by various factors, and knowing what I know now, there are several things I wish I have done sooner to deepen my work.

I’ve always been creative. Ever since I could remember myself I had the need to express myself one way or another. As a kid, I asked my mom why was I not on TV. When she explained it to me, I realized I wanted to be an actress. She then said to 7 year old me that I should educate myself about it, and I should be in theatre classes. So, I started young. Step by step I taught myself how to learn lines, I started practicing diction and singing, and read everything I could find about acting.

I learned from watching the greats. This is something that I wish people would have done more, watching our acting heroes on the screen or on stage, and take notes. Also, I learned a lot from experience. Having my first agent at only 13 years old, I entered the professional industry quite early. I wasn’t afraid to put myself out there, make mistakes, and leaning from them. I learned a lot about work ethics, set ethics, auditioning process, casting, the craft, and personal resilience just from fearlessly pushing myself out there.

One of the most essential skills I believe is crucial for actors is the ability to observe and empathize with people and their experiences. Understanding human behavior, emotions, and motivations allows actors to bring depth and authenticity to their characters. Engaging in real-life experiences, traveling, interacted with diverse individuals, and paying closer attention to the little details in life and how they make me feel, definitely helped me in my journey to creating fully rounded characters.

In addition, I owe a lot of my knowledge and achievements to my training in the US. An actor should consistently educate themselves and acquire as much knowledge and training as possible. In 2017, I was lucky enough to be accepted to the oldest and one of the most prestigious drama academy in the western world, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Drama school is hard, to say the least. But the growth I experienced, the training that I received and the work ethic that I acquired was worth every second and every penny, and I am a better actress and a better person due to my education.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I am an actress, from a young age I’ve started bouncing from theatre stages, audition rooms and film sets. Before professional training I was lucky enough to be cast in Comedy Central’s new sitcom Shutafim, and in the amazing world acclaimed musical Into the Woods, first time in Israel. I graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, one the most sought after education institutions out there. There I had the pleasure of training under some of the most amazing teachers such as Jennifer Leigh Mann (House of Cards), Timothy D. Stickney (Evil, The Good Wife), and David Dean Bottrell (Boston Legal, Modern Family, Blacklist). I have learned so much from them in my time in the Academy.

Since my start in the my hometown and after I finished my training, I was able to develop a successful career as a storyteller in three different continents, from the USA to Europe, and the Middle East. I was a part of productions like Self Conclusion, Block Boys, Vic and Nimi, and Tripping Stacia. My most recent project is the short movie My Favorite Place, a one-shot masterpiece created by my partner in crime Boris Lukman.

As an international artist, I’m able to reach multiple film sets in different countries, and I get to meet a lot of different people from around the world. I was lucky to be able to work with creatives such as Ski-ter Jones, Andrea Meshel, and Audrey Lane. Europe has been a big part of my journey as an actor, as I joined The International Acting Studio created and lead by Adam Davenport. I am truly grateful to be a working actress and feeling fulfilled everyday.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My goal is to change people’s lives the way that acting and storytelling has changed mine. I know it’s cliche, but what can I do. I’ve always been interested in human behavior and our habits. In my short time on this earth I’ve seen some horrors that I would not wish on anybody, and I’ve realized how important it is to spread love, caution, and kindness. Through film and theatre I can put a mirror in front of society’s face, and get inside the audience’s hearts. I want to create and convey powerful messages through my art, and to bring hope, laughter and joy to anyone watching. I’m here to get the audience to ask themselves the hard questions and to look at each other with kindness.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

I believe there are a few things I’d put on this list. Creatives, especially actors, often driven by an innate desire to express oneself. Non-creatives may struggle to grasp the deep-rooted need to communicate emotions, ideas, and perspectives through our chosen mediums. For me, the act of creation itself is a means of personal fulfillment, a way to make sense of the world, and a form of self-discovery.

Acting demands vulnerability and openness. An actor has to know thy self and to go deep, to actually create something meaningful. Exposing yourself and sharing the deepest secrets of your heart, is a big challenge that not everyone is up for, and it take a lot of courage, Acting also usually comes with the curse of perfection, which is a double-edged sword for many artists. While it can drive excellence and attention to detail, it can also become a source of frustration and self-doubt. Some non-creatives may struggle to comprehend the constant pursuit of perfection and the never-ending journey to refine and improve one’s work. I know that I’ve been a perfectionist my whole life, and it took a long time for me to find some balance between the strive for excellence, and the fact that acting is about humanity.

We actors live in the world of rejection. We go to several auditions every week, and we hope and pray that we book a job. We hear constant “No”s and “That was great, but”s. Being subjects to constant judgment and criticism will build resilience, but can be hard to cope with. I can’t think of any other profession than the performing arts that demands of you to go to job interviews every week, even when you already have a job (or a gig). I think that people who are not in this industry will never understand the pressure we are under working from project to project, never knowing when you’ll get to work again when it’s over, or if you’ll work again. It something that I think of when I go to bed, and when I wake up in the morning,

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.coralmizrachi.com
• Instagram: @coral.miz123
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Roi Ziv, Ofer Katz, Meshi Shy, Kristie Grosvenor, Amit Kra.