Vivacious actor Nicole Whippy has created some memorable characters on our television screens. She debuted playing a warrior queen on Xena and then appeared in the film Vertical Limit. She made a splash on the drama Jackson’s Wharf before appearing in a slew of TV series such as Mercy Peak, Being Eve, The Strip and Outrageous Fortune.

In 2011, she starred in the comedy/drama hit Nothing Trivial.

In this ScreenTalk, Whippy talks about:

• Being terrified having to ride horses on Xena
• Having all her acting flaws pointed out by a producer on Jackson’s Wharf
• How a sexy costume helped her create Elektra in Being Eve
• Being taken on an intense emotional journey on the set of Mercy Peak
• Filming scenes from The Strip in a real strip club and refusing to go in the spa pool
• Playing an extreme version of herself on Outrageous Fortune
• How people on the street had some negative reactions to the role
• Auditioning for a role on Nothing Trivial that was modeled on her
• Feeling that her role on the show is the ‘big one’ in her career

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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