This week I chatted to Ajay Banks. I've known Ajay for the last two and a half years and he was one of my first friends when I moved to Vancouver. We chatted about his acting journey from Australia to Canada, changing agents and auditioning, creating your own work and some fun rapid fire questions! So, grab a coffee and enjoy! :)
BIO:
Ajay Banks is a Queer Australian actor and writer. After getting his start in plays and musicals, his first credited acting role in television was in the well known Australian soap ‘Neighbours.' In 2015 he temporarily relocated to Los Angeles and studied at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting, and the New York Film Academy. Later that year, he was one of the leads in the award winning comedy web series ‘The Happiness Curve’ (Best Ensemble at the LA Webfest) He was also featured in a series of mockumentary educational films for ClickView that can currently be seen in Schools all around Australia. In 2016 he wrote, produced and starred in the short film ‘Always.’ For ‘Always’, he won Best Actor for an LGBT Short Film at the New Renaissance Film Festival in 2017. ‘Always’ also won Best LGBT Short at the Perth International Queer Film Festival. ‘Always’ was available to stream on OutTV Go in Canada from 2017-2020. In 2017 Ajay (alongside his partner) relocated to Vancouver, Canada. He was also apart of the award winning ensemble for the short play ‘Compelling Spencer’ in the About Love Festival in 2018. Ajay recently appeared in an episode of ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 2 and has also had small roles in Hulu’s ‘Woke’ and Disney Channel’s ‘Gabby Duran and the Unsittables’. In August 2020 Ajay placed in the Top 10 of the Artist2Artist Showcase. He can currently be seen as the very normal face of ‘Omegamart’ In 2020 he produced, co-wrote, directed and starred in ‘The Realists’. The Realists is an up and coming four part Queer Comedy-Drama series. It will be released later this year. Ajay is represented by Candice May-Davies at Leo Management.
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