🎙️Ep 055 | Kym Jackson: How To Hustle Into Hollywood and The Secret Actor Society
Release Date: 07/15/2025
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🎙️Ep 055 | Kym Jackson: How To Hustle Into Hollywood and The Secret Actor Society
Offstage Acting
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Offstage Acting
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Offstage Acting
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info_outlineToday’s guest is Kym Jackson — Aussie actor, author, and co-founder of the Secret Actor Society.
Kym’s journey spans continents and platforms: she launched her career onstage in Australia, made the leap to Hollywood, and hasn’t stopped working since. You’ve seen her on Criminal Minds, NCIS: LA, This Is Us, and SWAT — or in films like Snitch, Iron Sky, and We Bury the Dead. But acting is just one facet of her creative powerhouse.
In this episode, Kym opens up about navigating the business with grace and grit — from managing self-tapes and raising a family to launching an actor-focused education platform. She talks coaching, casting, demo reels (the good, the bad, and the too-long), and how she landed a dream pilot that never made it past COVID. It’s a goldmine of insight for any working actor.
FREE CLASS AT SAS: https://secretactor.com/pages/free-journey-4b
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 – Opening
02:45 – Todd & Jay intro banter: heatwaves and actor gigs
07:00 – Welcome Kym Jackson: Aussie beginnings
11:20 – Big credits and global acting career
15:30 – Life in Atlanta with husband Andrew Steele
18:15 – Acting with a kid: family-work balance
22:00 – Demo reel critiques: what works and what’s too much
27:40 – Secret Actor Society: the backstory
32:00 – Coaching actors through pandemic pivots
37:15 – Casting insights: reel length, slates, and self-tapes
42:10 – Building a searchable video knowledge base
47:20 – “The pilot that got COVID-canceled”
51:40 – How to brand yourself as an actor
56:10 – Real talk: career dry spells and mental health
1:01:00 – Keeping up with changing industry norms
1:06:30 – Working with agents & managers
1:10:00 – Tips for international actors in LA
1:14:50 – The value of video coaching and templates
1:19:30 – Rapid-fire questions: auditions, fails & lessons
1:25:10 – Reflecting on Secret Actor Society’s growth
1:29:45 – Todd’s nerd-out moment: structured actor tools
1:34:00 – Jay’s favorite rants & actor myths
1:39:10 – Kym on future dreams and helping actors
1:44:20 – Jay & Todd wind down the convo
1:47:10 – Final takeaways and gratitude
1:50:20 – Outro and what’s next
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