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

Kaia, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

As a creative individual, you take risks everyday. You create art with others that sparks controversy, or you choose to personally take on a role that feels far-fetched. However, the biggest and most rewarding risk I ever took was probably moving to New York City and deliberately pursue a career in acting. I was living in Oslo, Norway at the time (the place I grew up) working in the film industry as much as I possibly could. I was young, and I didn’t know anyone around me that had moved countries to establish careers, let alone do something like acting. My family are all within the fields of teaching, medicine and business. So to choose art as a lifestyle, wasn´t quite the logical step for a prosperous future. But I just knew in my gut that it was what I wanted to do with my life. I didn´t know how quite yet, I just knew it felt right. I auditioned for drama schools, and happened to get accepted to The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts with a scholarship. I quit my jobs, said good bye to my family and with a packed suitcase with one fork and one plate, I travel to America alone and was ready to choose a career path no one in my family had ever done before. I´ve now been living in New York for about 3 years actively immersing myself in the creative field, and I could not have been happier.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I got into acting quite young, and I knew from an early age that it was something I wanted to do with my life. However it was always considered a hobby and not a professional pursuit until I grew of age and understood that one could actually have a career out of it. I used to be creative in any way I could. Act in school settings, drama clubs, sing, work in art departments for plays etc. It wasn’t until I was about 19 I started working actively in the professional field of entertainment, such as on Netflix sets, big networks and the fashion industry. Which brought a bigger understanding of what the industry was all about, and what it meant to do it for a living.

I´ve always had a fascination with Film/TV in general. As a kid I used to memorize screenplays and recite the whole thing to my mom with different voices. Cut to now working mostly with productions and projects within on-camera acting. After graduating from acting school, I´ve been jumping a lot from set to set. Through a lot of short film projects, I´ve been so lucky to get to know so many incredible filmmakers. That´s what I love about our industry, all of the people you get to know and connect with. Everyone is so highly passionate about what they do, and it´s just a bonus that you for a snippet of a moment is able to come together and collaborate to bring a story to life. The true reward is the opportunity to form lasting friendships.

What I´m most proud of will always be where I come from. My grandfather is born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, in the Caribbean. So my background is multi-ethnical. Growing up I never fully fitted in and it was a difficult topic to grapple with, I wasn’t fully Norwegian, but also not fully Caribbean – now I´m just so grateful to embrace that duality and allow it to be the full extent of what is me. My grandfather has been a leading example for truly showing up as you are, which I believe relates to life but also to being a creative individual.

When it comes to how I relate to creative work – I always try to lead with love & light. All of the projects I am a part, or all of the roles I approach, always comes from a love for what I get to do and be a part of. I keep on challenging myself as an artist because I want to understand more about the industry, about life and my own potential. It´s from a place of utter curiosity.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

To always keep on exploring what´s possible for myself as an actress, but also in storytelling. I think we all have goals we want to accomplish in life. Milestones or bucket-lists to check of. But beyond any of that, my mission in this creative field is just fully unleashing my potential. If that means writing a book, so be it. If that means accepting a role as an alien, well – okay! I just want to keep on doing what I love, and see where it might take me. I always love to explore new depth of human nature, and I often find creativity as a great way to bridge those revelations.

Have you ever had to pivot?

Oh definitely. When I grew up I was a highly active individual. I loved to do everything. And one passion was soccer. I started playing when I was six, cut to going professionally as a 13 year old kid. I was a 24/7 athlete, and my whole life was devoted to the sport. I was playing in the women’s division, on regional teams, and on the second best national level within my country. I trained 6 days a week, sometimes twice a day, and school persisted of being enrolled in a sports science program – everything revolved around a career in soccer. It was a very prosperous future prospect, and I was good at it. Everyone thought I was gonna do that for the rest of my life. Then one day I decided to walk away from it all. To flip my life on its head and pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @kaia.josephine

Image Credits

Editorial images: By Nika Mammadova

Feature image: by Thomas Brunot

(On-set picture: On the set of short film “Cuts” , to be released 2025)

(Shortfilm: Ballad Of Plain D, to be released 2025)