Australian Leading Actress Elyssia Koulouris

Doing big things in the world of acting, Elyssia Koulouris

Well, it’s all over now for the American actresses. They might as well throw in the towel and stay home and watch cable instead of going out on auditions. The Australians have continued their take-over strategy of Hollywood and the film industry. They’ve already given us Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, the ultra-talented Rose Byrne, Margot Robbie and Naomi Watts, among others. And now they have just sent us another talent, Elyssia Koulouris, who is sure to start sweeping up all the great female roles along with all the awards that American women could have gotten if they had only stopped her before she got off that plane at Los Angeles International airport. 

 

In the short time that Elyssia has been here she has snagged several lead roles. She landed the female lead in the TV series Death Squad after just barely settling in to a palm tree surrounded cottage in Tinsel Town. The 13-episode show, directed by Dan Goldman and produced by Clayton Turnage for Academy Films, whisked her off to Armenia, of all places and had a whirlwind shooting schedule of only two months. Adjusting to a lightning fast job like that in a foreign country could lead other less resilient actresses to experience a great amount of culture shock, not to mention jet lag and dietary deprivations. However, this Aussie showed her physical strength along with her strength of character and plowed into the role with zeal and gusto. Did we just say zeal and gusto? Okay then.

Elyssia has everything she needs to be a top actress in this cut throat business (figuratively speaking, of course). She has acting chops because she took the time to actually learn the art and craft of acting in Australia, where there are arguably some of the finest acting teachers and coaches in the world. She studied at the world-renowned NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art), VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) and she received an arts degree from the University of Melbourne. Australia doesn’t even consider sending any “B’ Team here to make a name for itself. Every actress who comes to the U.S. comes with a one-way ticket because they know that they are going to make it once they arrive. Okay, maybe we are exaggerating a bit here, but we are thrilled to have these wonderfully talented Australians here in our country. They seem to brighten things up along with make movies so much better.