From a small mining town in Australia to the American stage, Australian-born Cody Fern has taken many routes during his pursuit to strengthen and further his acting skills. Now, Fern is the 2014 recipient of Australians in Film’s sixth annual Heath Ledger Scholarship, an award aimed at financially and professionally supporting actors of Australian descent. On Thursday night, Fern accepted the award, which also includes a $10,000 фонди нақд, a two year scholarship at Los Angeles’ Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre and mentorship from the father of the late actor Heath Ledger, at the fundraising dinner held at the SLS Hotel. Moving ahead, Fern said he looks forward to future roles he wants to pursue, outside passions and actors that have inspired him.
What does the scholarship mean to you?
It’s profoundly important as an actor and as an individual coming from Australia. It’s one thing to be supported in your career and another thing for your peers to embrace you and say we believe in you. It feels like a sense of belonging, and especially as an actor, you need those moments in your life that tells you to keep going and chasing this crazy dream you’ve had in your life.
Коди Fern, 25, зада берун давандагони-то Шарлотта Беҳтарин ва сарборӣ Whitehead барои $20,000 мукофот.
Western Australian actor Коди Fern was named the Australians In Film Heath Ledger Ғолиби стипендия барои 2014 at a celebratory dinner in Los Angeles on Thursday that was hosted by musician, актер ва директори, Тим Minchin.
Дар 25-сола, best known for his role as Albert in the Australian version of the National Theatre of Great Britain production of Ҷанги асп, таъмин кардааст $20,000 Ҷоизаи бар зидди саркашӣ аз озмуни дигар 19 фаъолони ҷавон Австралия, with Australian Idol alum and Home ва дур star сарборӣ Whitehead ва Шарлотта Беҳтарин named as runners-up.
Fern мегӯяд, ки ба шарофати ба ҷоизаи, ӯ акнун наметавонанд рӯза-пайгирӣ нақшаҳои худро барои кӯчонидани Лос-Анджелес, ки ӯ аллакай дар муҳокимаҳо барои якчанд лоињањо.
“Ман ҳамеша нақшаҳои оянда ба Лос-Анджелес дошт; ҳоло он як воқеият аст ва хоҳад бисёр дер рӯй медиҳад,” Fern told Дар гузоришҳои Холивуд. “Русия як қатор лоиҳаҳои шавқовар идома дорад, он менигаранд дурахшон ва ҷоизаи он имкон медиҳад,,” ӯ афзуд.
HE GREW up in a tiny Outback town and did not set foot on a stage until three years go.
Now, at 24, Cody Fern has been cast in the coveted lead role for the Australian run of international stage sensation Ҷанги асп.
It goes without saying that he’s thrilled to have landed a dream role, but despite his isolated upbringing, Fern’s path into it has been anything except accidental.
He has twice sold everything he owns, turned down a lucrative corporate career offer and followed his gut feeling into total uncertainty.
This year, he arrived in Sydney from Western Australia without a job, a home or a friend in sight to blindly pursue what he believes he was born to do: act.
“I’ve known since I was about six that I wanted to be an actor, but I grew up in a very small country town and it was just not something that was possible,” Fern says.