Hello Everyone! My name is Adaeze, and I am your Celebrity Chit Chat Columnist. Here is my chat with the up and coming young actress, Emily Alyn Lind.
Adaeze: I understand that your first film was The Secret Life of Bees. What did it feel like working with great actresses like Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning?
Emily: It was really cool because my mother showed me all of their movies. I am a big fan of Dakota Fanning. Queen Latifah, too, but huge fan of Dakota.
Adaeze: You also acted in the television soap opera All My Children, was your experience in The Secret Life of Bees similar to your experience in the soap opera or different?
Emily: It was a little different because, I mean, one was a movie and the other was a television show. It was also a different group of people. Everybody I have worked with has been so nice. That made it really sad leaving the set.
Adaeze: Who are some of your favorite actresses that you look up to?
Emily: I really look up to actresses like Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, and Meryl Streep.
Adaeze: What about school – do you go to regular school or are you home-schooled?
Emily: I am home schooled. I like being home schooled because I get to stay home with my sisters and my mom is our teacher. It’s actually really fun.
Adaeze: You won the National Youth Arts’ Award for your film, November Christmas where you played the role of Vanessa. What did it feel like winning?
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Emily: It felt just so good. I just loved Vanessa, my character, so much. She was just such a young, independent girl. Winning felt
Adaeze: Throughout your entire career, what has been your most memorable experience?
Emily: My most memorable experience was acting in a movie called The Haunting in Georgia Last Christmas with Chad Michael Murray and Abigail Spencer. I play a little girl that talks to the dead and helps them. We were staying in a hotel and I had to spend Thanksgiving there. Usually during Thanksgiving, you wanna be home with your family but we shopped, had a Thanksgiving dinner, and made the best of it in the hotel. It was awesome.
Adaeze: Your mother, Barbara Lynd Wood, is also an actress. Is there any life lesson that you have learned from her?
Emily: Do what you love most and take it seriously. Everyone thinks that acting is just a fun thing but it is actually really hard and you have to enjoy it to actually live through it fully.
Adaeze: Are there any current projects that you are working on?
Emily: I am working on a movie with Holly Hunter. I play a little girl who is dyslexic and my mom, Maggie Dilinghall, we both struggle because we don’t have a lot of money. After doing that movie and November Christmas, I just feel so lucky to be healthy without cancer and not dyslexic. Another project I am working on is a show on ABC called Revenge.
Adaeze: What are your goals for the future?
Emily: To keep acting. I have a charity called The Love Fund. I call it the ‘Love Fund for Make a Wish’ and I started it during November Christmas because of the reason that I felt so lucky. I just want to keep doing that, that’s my main goal.
Adaeze: Do you have any advices for kids who want to become actors or actresses?
Emily: I would probably say that it is a lot of hard work. But like my mother says, if you love it, you can do it. You should get started with it and follow your dreams and you never should give up.
Adaeze: Are there any other cool details about yourself that you would want kids and teens everywhere to know about you?
Emily: I love my sisters. My family probably is the most important thing to me. I have a crush on Taylor Lautner. I love movies – I love going to the movies with my family. In my spare time, I just love to have fun. I definitely like to do a lot of charities too. I have a dog named Georgie and she is my favorite thing in entire world.