Anxiety is both a common and an important experience to acknowledge, especially for actors.
As a recovering actress, I have an interest in the mental health of actors. Over the past month I’ve spoken with several actors about their experiences with anxiety on the red carpet as part of my doctoral dissertation research. Lots of what I’ve heard in these interviews has confirmed things I already knew, but some new information came to light that put some things together for me. Now that I’m no longer in the business but am studying how it impacts mental health, specifically anxiety, I have some thoughts I’d like to share.
