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🎭 Acting tips for beginners, returning actors, and creatives trying to stop feeling awkward, fake, over-the-top… or just plain cringey on camera.

Because honestly?
Most cringey actors don’t realize they’re being cringey until they’re on the other side of it.

And trust me…
I was one.
And sometimes still am. 😂

True story:
I won Best Actress in a film competition. I asked a mentor which clip I should use for Actors Access.

He said:
“…maybe not the crying scene.”
“You’re a bit cringe in it.”

OMG.
I got all actor schmactory again. 😭

Hi! I’m Dawnnie Mercado, and I have an MFA in Acting from NYU… proof positive there’s no such thing as perfect. So let’s just fix one thing at a time. Together. 🎬✨

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