”Holding a Fabergé egg every day.” Series 2, Episode 4. A Conversation with Daisy Tormé, actress, singer, and looper

This series of The Dangerous Women Podcast showcases just how vital enduring friendships are to being dangerous. So, it is fitting that in this episode Sophy catches up with school friend Daisy Tormé,

Daisy is an actress, singer, and host and is also the daughter of Jazz legend Mel Tormé and British actress Janette Scott and the granddaughter of national treasure Dame Thora Hird. Following in the footsteps of the “family business” Daisy has always known that her one true love was performing and she has worked in almost every corner of the performing arts: Film, television, radio, stage, opera and much voice-over and animation.

Forging her own path and crafting an incredible portfolio career, Daisy has ridden the double storm of the pandemic and actors strike, whilst jumping between LA and London. With home studios on both sides of the world, she spreads her – wonderfully shape-shifting – voice far and wide.

Daisy's voice has appeared not only on her own daily radio show, but in House of Cards, Homeland, 24, The Mentalist, Shrek 4, The Hangover, Sliders, and Sex and the City, the movie, to name a few! She is also a live event host, from jazz events with Josh Grobin to compering the London New Year's Day Parade.

In this episode, we talk about the business of Hollywood, the ups and downs of being a nepobaby ("I know why I am in the room, I am no idiot), why wallowing is essential and self-advocacy is vital. Daisy talks about the entertainment industry as an industry, and it is interesting to see how much of our discussion is relevant beyond show business.

Below is just some of the stuff we cover:

• Navigating one of the toughest industries in the world (even when you believe you are in the 1% of those who have the chops to make it) and how important it is to pivot and craft a portfolio career to survive.
• How and why hustlers and grafters win (and the demise of the casting couch - mainly).
• The power of relationships: "The phrase now is it's not just who you know, but who you know well."
• Self-advocacy, vulnerability, and the revitalising power of wallowing (all key traits of every Dangerous Woman I have spoken to). Being dangerous involves putting yourself out there, and being judged. And suceeding!
• Why we must do our jobs well. It is all in the preparation. And this could be a particularly female superpower.
• Changing power-dynamics in Hollywood, from navigating sexism to the move from studio to tech company
• Creativity's battle with AI, "Don't let the computers get all the jobs."
• Why getting older means we stop wasting time.
• The support we get from enduring friendships.

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About:

Daisy Torme

Sophy Norris

Sponsorship:

Selbey Anderson

Items referenced in this episode:

The Authority Gap: Why women are still taken less seriously than men and what we can do about it

Gregg Wallace Says Only 13 Complaints Have Been Made - Why He Might Be Right, But That's Not The Whole Story

AI doesn't stand a chance against actors, of Shakespeare. Ben Affleck