Jennifer Sorenson Research Paper

I absolutely cannot deny it. Sometimes I go on little social media excursions, and it leads to people I may never have found without that little impromptu "rabbit chase." And in this case, I was quite fortunate to happen upon Jennifer Sorenson. While she is a very busy actress, producer, and writer, she took some time recently to chat with me about her most recent work, how she became an actress, and her strong feelings concerning women in the industry.

RH: What was it that got you interested in becoming an actress?

JS: When I was in the third or fourth grade--well, it was before that. I kind of always thought I wanted to be an actor, but I didn 't know what that really meant. I just liked watching movies and TV, and I wanted to do that. But I lived in Northern California, and nobody I knew was an actual actor. In third or fourth grade, the local high school needed a little girl to play a part in a Christmas show. I played Virginia, you know that little girl who sent the letter asking if there was a Santa Claus. So they wanted a little girl to play Virginia and read …show more content…
About a year and a half ago, I was with a friend who kept calling one of the shows "Orphan is the New Black." I wasn 't sure which show she was talking about, but I kept telling her it was either Orphan Black or Orange is the New Black. And she said, "No, no, it 's 'Orphan is the New Black. '" And I said, "That 's not a show, but that would be hilarious if all the clones were in prison together." Because you know how writers are, it took me about another six months to get it down on paper. I kept talking about it for awhile. Then it took about another four months for me to find my director. And I wanted to play all the clones in the film because I thought it would be good for my career. And I thought I could pull it off. And some people think I have. We filmed it about a year ago. We filmed it last August, and then it came out in