This page lists our articles aimed at actors and supporting artists, who are also known as extras and background artists.
The industry views acting and extra work as two different professions.
However, there is often an overlap between the two, and actors can find supporting artist work paying more of the bills between acting jobs.
Getting Started: Actors
- How Does an Actor Get a Role
- Casting Websites For UK Actors
- Where to Start an Acting Career
- Is Starnow Worth Paying For?
- Mandy.com Jobs (the Mandy Network)
- Facebook Groups UK: Filmmaking Near Me
- Grants for Actors UK
- Are Actors Considered Self-Employed?
- Screen Actors with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Casting Type: What actor type are you?
- Can you be an actor and a filmmaker?
- Actors who Served in the Military
- Will Actors Be Replaced By Robots, CGI or AI?
- Do Actors Stay in Hotels?
- Can Actors Have Tattoos?
- Can Actors Drink Alcohol On TV?
- Does Acting Require Talent?
- Do Actors Really Kiss?
- How Do Actors Cry?
- Do Actors Have Personalities?
- Are Actors Smart?
- How Do Actors Remember Their Lines?
Extras (Supporting/Background Artists)
Finding An Agent
- How to Get an Agent for Acting in the UK
- Acting Agencies: Which One Is Right For You?
- Acting Agencies In London
- Acting Agencies In South East England
- Acting Agencies In South West England
- Acting Agencies In Central England
- Acting Agencies In North West England
- Acting Agencies In North East England
- Acting Agencies In Scotland
- Acting Agencies In Wales
- Acting Agencies In Northern Ireland
- Why Your Agent Provides A Calendar
- Fake Agencies: Spotting Them Isn’t Easy
Casting
- Finding Free Monologues For Your Audition
- Monobox & The Monobox Monologue Library
- How to Balance Acting and a Job
- What to Wear for Headshots
- What To Wear To An Audition
- How To Get An IMDb Credit
- Setting Up the Best Ring Light for Self Tapes
- Showreel For Actors
- Self Tape Audition Example
- Martin McDonagh Monologues
- Funny Musical Theatre Songs
- What Does A Casting Director Do?
Training For Actors
- Drama School & Actor Training To Start An Acting Career
- How To Get Into Acting Without Drama School
- Getting Into Drama School In The UK
- Accredited Drama Schools UK
- Acting Classes in Liverpool
- Youth Theatres & Young Actor Companies
- Summer Schools for 6th Formers
- Oxbridge Summer Schools & Open Days
- National Youth Theatre Audition Results Rejection? Try Again!
Casting Directors
- Sonia Allam
- Lucy Allen
- Lucy Amos
- Jane Anderson
- Dorothy Andrew
- Shaheen Baig
- Briony Barnett
- Carolyn Bartlett
- Heather Basten
- Cerri Bedingfield
- Leila Bertrand
- Lucy Bevan
- Lizzie Bichard
- Sarah Bird
- Nancy Bishop
- Nicky Bligh
- Claudia Blunt
- Francesca Bradley
- Olivia Brittain
- Emily Brockmann
- Jo Buckingham
- Aisha Bywaters
- John Cannon
- Anji Carroll
- Lucy Casson
- Claire Catterson
- Suzy Catliff
- Urvashi Chand
- Charlotte Chapman
- Andrea Clark
- Lou Clouter
- Kharmel Cochrane
- Ali Coffey
- Louise Collins
- Anna Cooper
- Irene Cotton
- Katy Covell
- Gordon Cowell
- Amy Craig
- Kahleen Crawford
- Louise Cross
- Sarah Crowe
- Suzanne Crowley
- Claire Curry
- Gary Davy
- Stephanie Dawes
- Gabrielle Dawes
- Anna Dawson
- Laura Dickens
- Catriona Dickie
- Kate Dowd
- Shakyra Dowling
- Carol Dudley
- Maureen Duff
- Jenny Duffy
- Daniel Edwards
- Camilla Evans
- Lauren Evans
- Rachel Freck
- Jessie Frost
- Martin Gibbons
- Ollie Gilbert
- Tracey Gillham
- Karen Maxwell (nee Goddard)
- Nina Gold
- Elaine Grainger
- Olivia Grant
- Francesca Greene
- David Grindrod
- Emma Gunnery
- Des Hamilton
- Louis Hammond
- Julie Harkin
- Lucy Hellier
- Rae Hendrie
- Simone Pereira Hind
- Maddy Hinton
- Nicholas Hockaday
- Polly Hootkins
- Julia Horan
- Sharon Howard-Field
- Amy Hubbard
- Dan Hubbard
- Sarah Hughes
- Peter Hunt
- Maia von Hurter
- Alex Irwin
- Amy Jackson
- Dan Jackson
- Emily Jacobs
- Jina Jay
- Lucy Jenkins
- Victor Jenkins
- Priscilla John
- Alex Johnson
- Emily Jones
- Sam Jones
- Sue Jones
- Rob Kelly
- Anna Kennedy
- Beverley Keogh
- Louise Kiely
- Sophie Kingston-Smith
- Kirsty Kinnear
- Suzy Korel
- Heidi Lawry
- Rick Laxton
- Sarah Leung
- Karen Lindsay-Stewart
- Andreya Lynham
- Stephanie MacLean
- Tamsyn Manson
- Seth Mason
- Orla Maxwell
- Ri McDaid-Wren
- Brenda McNamara
- Sooki McShane
- Debbie McWilliams
- Jemima McWilliams
- Nikki Meadows
- Frank Moiselle
- Stephen Moore
- Andy Morgan
- Ava Jade Morgan
- Carla Morris
- Katie Mozumder
- Verity Naughton
- Sue Needleman
- Orla O’Connor
- Ruth O’Dowd
- Isabella Odoffin
- Helena Palmer
- Theo Park
- Sophie Parrott
- Kate Plantin
- Gilly Poole
- Annelie Powell
- Carl Proctor
- Andy Pryor
- Alice Purser
- Gennie Radcliffe
- Lucy Rands
- Simone Reynolds
- Kate Rhodes-James
- Kevin Riddle
- Kate Ringsell
- Sasha Robertson
- Jessica Ronane
- Laura Scott
- Olivia Scott-Webb
- Karen Scully
- Alice Searby
- David Shaw
- Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn
- Georgia Simpson
- Suzanne Smith
- Michelle Smith
- Janine Snape
- Sharon Sorrentino
- Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
- Wendy Spon
- Robert Sterne
- Gail Stevens
- Sam Stevenson
- Amanda Tabak
- Vicki Thomson
- Emily Tielli
- Faye Timby
- Nicci Topping
- Nathan Toth
- Jill Trevellick
- Sarah Trevis
- Finnian Tweed
- Martin Ware
- Rose Wicksteed
- Catherine Willis
- Sarah Wilson
- Laura Windows
- Rebecca Wright
Recent articles for actors
- Casting Agents UK: What You Need To Know
- What Makes a Good Actor?
- How to Act Drunk for Actors on Stage and Screen
- Brechtian Acting Techniques & Exercises
- Film Set Etiquette: Professional Behaviour on Set
- What Do Actors Do If They Don’t Make It?
- Acting Terminology
- Self Tape Audition Mistakes to Avoid
- Meisner Acting Technique
- Can You be an Actor and a Filmmaker?
- How Do Actors Cry?
- How Do Actors Remember Their Lines?
- Can Actors Drink Alcohol on TV?
- Allen & Abel Acting Agency
- Do actors have personalities?
- Will Actors be Replaced by Robots, CGI or AI?
- Are Actors Smart?
- How Does An Actor Get A Role?
- Can Actors Have Tattoos?
- Casting Type: What Actor Type Are You?