ScreenTalk: Amanda Billing
27 Jan 2016
Amanda Billing: On the challenges of leaving behind a much loved character...
Amanda Billing played the "neurotic, belligerent but deeply sensitive" Doctor Sarah Potts on Shortland Street for 10 years.
Billing felt devastated when the beloved character died on the soap, but it gave her the impetus to pursue other work. She has gone on to act in acclaimed comedy Find Me a Māori Bride and sci-fi children’s drama The Cul de Sac.
In this ScreenTalk, Billing talks about:
- Feeling out of her depth in her early days on Shortland Street
- How her own emotions helped her flesh out the role of Sarah Potts
- Taking a while to adjust to her character getting MS
- Feeling bereft after leaving the show
- Loving working with her co-stars in Find Me a Māori Bride
- Finding the schedule of DNA Detectives gruelling
- Getting used to the reality of being a freelance actor
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via this Creative Commons licence.
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