Tiffany Babiak - April 20, 2023

Tiffany Babiak @tiffdianne shares her journey to becoming the face that you see every time you turn on your TV and your favourite show gets interrupted! 😂 Thanks so much for chatting with me Tiffany, and for inspiring so many people to pursue their dreams at any age!! We spoke about auditioning, being your authentic self, and some fun behind-the-scenes stories from her Downy, Systane eye drops, and Nissan commercials! Some insight into Tiffany's acting journey, in her own words: After 20 years in fashion and luxury goods retail sales and management, I stepped away to start a family. I have 2 sons. I've been with my husband for almost 22 years now. He's well known in Toronto for his Vintage musical instrument store, Paul's Boutique, in Kensington Market. I have a goldendoodle named Aero Minty. I didn't want to go back to retail after my kids were born, but needed a job, so did random things here and there, bookkeeping (which I had no business doing!) office manager for a Contractor (learned a lot for my own home renovation). Interior design work and eventually client care at a Pilates studio. After putting it off for a while, I finally took the teacher training and began teaching at a local studio part-time.  After an unexpected event, I decided to get off my ass and start pursuing the things I had always wanted to try. Posed for a life drawing class with the incredibly talented Kagan McLeod. Ended up sitting for him a few times. Signed up with Milo Casting real people and booked a few print jobs which led to getting an agent, Nathan Ciprick, about 5 years ago. He plucked me off IG and I am super lucky he did! He taught me so much as I had zero idea. Thought I was just going to be doing some lifestyle modelling and then auditions for commercials came up. I had no idea what a self-tape was but luckily a colleague at the pilates studio was an actress and helped me. I ended up booking my first job for Buzzfeed, a Mother's Day ad. After an audition with the very encouraging casting director Sevag Segharian, I decided to properly pursue acting and started taking classes at LB. It was an a-hah moment and I was hooked. The rest, as they say, is history. I've worked with some really incredible people now. Trained with Lewis Baumander, Daniel Baumander, Steven Yaffee (LB Acting) Meredith McGeachie (formerly AMAW, now MAP), Kate Ashby (Kate Ashby Acting Academy & Improv Goddess), Shaun Benson Meisner Technique and  Kim Hurdon & Wendy Lands for Voice Training. Creative geniuses, Daniel Ehrenworth, Mike Ford, Regina Garcia to name but a few. Casting Directors who have been amazing and have my back, Stephen Milo (Milo Casting) Steven Mann & team at Mann Casting, Andrew Deiters at Groundglass, Shasta Lutz at Jigsaw, the Powerhouse crew, Milestone, etc. AANd of course Sevag Segharian (Impact Films) who pushed me to pursue acting as he felt I would do really well. Forever grateful.  @kaganmcleod @nathanciprick @manncasting @milocasting @jigsawcasting @powerhouse_casting @sevagsagherian  @lbactingstudio @stevenyaffee @_mikefordphoto @danielehrenworth @reggiepics @shooter78 @groundglasscasting @shaunmbenson @mapactors @k8_ashby @that.wendylands.vo @khvoice @seancisterna