Marlena started her YAFTA journey as an evening class student. With a passion for acting, Marlena took her screen acting training to the next level and started the Acting for Screen Diploma: Online interactive delivery programme in April.

I did a few taster classes with the evening acting classes. However, I have been doing the Diploma Since April 2021

Well, I’ve done a lot of theatre but I have done very little work in front of the camera. I have been to Central but it was mainly theatre, which was wonderful, but there was a camera shaped hole in the training. Also, in my book Acting (as with other arts like music, dance, vocal, and so on) are crafts that are a lifelong study.

The teaching on the taster sessions was brilliant, I was introduced to techniques that were new to me. Like Meissner. I needed to retrain, get a fresh approach and work along likeminded actors in a team.

Yes, I have always wanted to act sing and perform, I feel so alive when I’m exercising the craft in anyway and it’s a gift. However, I’ve always put other people first and my dreams have been on hold. Until now

Poldark’s Mrs, That’s my dream role. But least said about that the better.