Nava Plotsky

Student

“If I don’t make it as an actress, it’s okay. Just as long as I’m happy and always manage to learn something new.”

I’m going to audition for the lead in A Shot in the Dark, which is the summer play at the Theater department. And I’ve got my hopes up,” says Nava Plotsky, who was “born in Israel and born to act.” Nava has immersed herself in the studies she hopes will lead to a career in films. “I’ve taken every acting class that SMC offers,” she says. “And every teacher has been hard and demanding, but never judgmental. I’ve learned a lot from every teacher here, and I hope to put it all to use when I audition for Julliard next year. All things in their own time.” But there was a time when nothing moved fast enough for Nava.

“I dropped out of high school because I couldn’t see how chemistry was going to help my acting career,” she says. “I got my GED and came straight to SMC. And since then, I’ve learned to be a little patient with myself and persistent, especially in my studying. My parents,” she continues, “really want me to have another career path to fall back on. But acting is what I want to do with my life, and I won’t feel really good about myself unless I give it everything I’ve got. There’s a transformation that happens when you perform,” she continues. “For a while, you become someone else. That’s the beauty of it.”

Nava heads home for Israel most summers to be with family, and reports, “In spite of all you hear, it’s very safe and a woman can walk in the street in total darkness and not worry. But L.A. is the place for what I really want to do. And if my timing is right…,” she says, laughing, “I might consider doing a movie with Gary Oldman.”

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