Fatima Nasir

Institute: Can you tell us a bit about your background? How did your career begin in makeup? Fatima: I’m self-taught – I’ve been passionate about makeup since I was 15, and I’ve spent most of my time since then to read, watch, practice, research and learn as much as possible. The interesting thing about learning…

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Institute: What made you take the career path as an actress? Mary Elizabeth Winstead: I’ve always been a performer in one sense or another- from the time I was about 2 years old. I always needed to be singing or dancing, and I gravitated towards a stage whenever I saw one. I tried my hand…

Oh Land

Institute: Do you remember the first time you realised you wanted to become a musician? Oh Land: I never gave it much thought, it just happened naturally so that suddenly everything I did was to make music and after a while I was like “wow- I guess I’m a musician”. Institute: Both your parents are musicians,…

Edoardo Ballerini

Institute: What made you take the career path as an actor? Edoardo: It’s an odd story. I was studying Latin in Rome the summer after I graduated from college and I saw an call for American actors. It looked intriguing, and I was bored, so I thought I’d check it out. From there, it all…

James Badge Dale

At 35, James Badge Dale has secured a special place for himself in the sprawling landscape of American television. Previously known for filling the hand grenade of a man prototype on such shows as CSI and 24—Keifer Sutherland memorably took an ax to his hand in the season three finale—Dale’s emotionally devastating portrayal of Private…

Gillian Zinser

Institute: Do you remember the first time you realised you wanted to become an actress? Gillian: My mum took me to see ‘The Fantastiks’ off broadway when I was a kid and the opening scene was a girl my age praying at the foot of her bed pleading “Please God, PLEASE! Please don’t let me…