Vancouver actor Tijana Popovic sits down with Colby to talk agents, auditions and how to carve out a career in film and television in the proverbial 'Hollywood North'. She shares some strange audition stories, her thoughts on how to find your niche as a working actor and why it's not always a good thing to resemble a famous Saturday Night Live cast member.
Tijana Popovic was born and raised in the heart of British Columbia. Growing up, she involved herself in school and community theatre productions, eventually moving to Calgary to study theatre at the Mount Royal Conservatory. Her next move was farther east to Toronto where she expanded her resume with work in theatre, film, TV, sketch comedy and improvisation.
Tijana finally returned back to BC and has found a passionate and collaborative community of artists in Vancouver. She has appeared in over 33 feature and short films, 13 theatre productions, 8 sketch comedy troupes, as well as other performances. Her work as a professional artist has been seen at the TIFF, VIFF, Montreal's Festival du Nouveau, Winnipeg's Key Con Festival, Toronto Trek, Bloodshots Film Festival, San Francisco's Hole Head Indie Film Festival, CSIF's $100 Film Festival and Whistler Horrorfest, to name a few.
Tijana is also the creator of local lifestyle blog A Plentiful Life which is dedicated to living your best life on a budget with abundance, style and money in your pocket. She lives with her husband in North Vancouver, BC.