We were lucky to catch up with Lindsie Kongsore recently and have shared our conversation below.

Lindsie, appreciate you joining us today. How’s you first get into your field – what was your first job in this field?

My first job working as a professional actress, was in a production of The Wizard of Oz when I was six or seven years old. I don’t remember much, but I do remember that I loved playing a poppy flower. It was great because I did a little ballet dance and then “slept” on stage for an entire scene. But my first real job as a film actress was more recently. A film called “Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet” directed by Andrew Stevens. I played Stella, and it was an amazing expirience. I auditioned, got a callback the next day, and then flew out to film a few days later. I learned a lot on that set, and I recently got to see the film at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival. It turned out so great, and I am really glad I got to be apart of it.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I started out in community theater when I was about six years old. I continued to do musical theater in middle school and high school, and attended Cap21 Musical Theater Conservatory my senior year of high school. That experience really prepared me for college auditions so I’m grateful that I went there. I then went on to get my BFA in acting from the University of Utah. That program meant a lot to me, because I was allowed the freedom to audition between the actor training program productions and the musical theater productions. I then decided to transition into film, which I had dabble in college & worked on a few student films. Once I got to LA, I had no idea what I was doing and in the meantime, I worked at a restaurant and was teaching Yoga. I started taking class and meeting a ton of other artists who to this day still inspire me to keep going. I am still an auditioning actor, and I am still working towards having consistent work, which is something I think everyone in any field desires. I think in terms of my craft I always lean on my theater training. I can tell on a film set who has done stage and who hasn’t. Not that it’s necessarily noticeable in a good or bad way it just is my comfort and what I know best. There is a certain aura of trained theater actors on a movie set, and I tend to attract myself to those artists. Even if they don’t have theater training, they have an appreciation and understanding of it. I’m really proud of the work I’ve put in, the films and projects I have done thus far, and where I stand today. There’s so much more to come, but in the meantime, I go to yoga every day. I do Pilates to feel strong and I stay on top of what’s happening in my industry.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

A lesson I had to unlearn as an actor, is that more training doesn’t always make you better, but living your life to the fullest does. I think in college- and fresh out of college- I was so focused on the certificates, the diplomas, the resumes etc. that I wasn’t really taking the time to live my life and learn the true intricacies about myself. It seems a little crazy, but I think once I took time to actually stop focusing on “being the best actor” and I focused more on myself, my health, and healing my traumas… that’s when I actually started to notice more auditions coming in and in general just finding more balance between my life and my work.

If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?

As corny as it sounds, I think this profession chose me. Because I started at such a young age, I don’t really know anything else. I know that what fills my cup outside of acting is physical movement like yoga, and Pilates. I’m lucky enough that I get to do all of those things! I think in a different world if I could choose any other profession, I would maybe be an astronaut, or maybe a mathematician. I’m not good at math by the way, but I did really enjoy algebra in middle school.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: instagram.com/lindsie_k
• Other: imdb.me/lindsiekongsore.com

Image Credits
Don Holtz Photography