VANESSA RANCOURT: PORTRAIT DE NOTRE NOUVELLE ARTISTE
Vanessa Rancourt's passion shines through in all areas of her life. The reason is simple, she is passionate about people. Curious by nature, she draws her artistic inspiration from the people around her, which makes her performance authentic.
This flame allows her to renew herself as a person and as an artist. Wanting to avoid stagnation in her professional life, she sets different goals, the main one being to surpass herself.
In this respect, we can say that the 28-year-old actress has been able to persevere. Founder of the House of Actors in Montreal, this achievement is undoubtedly her greatest pride. Always driven by her inquisitive mind, sharing knowledge is the basic principle of the project, which came to life in 2016 and has been evolving ever since.
To come to owning her own actor training school, Vanessa went through several stages. Initially, the project started with free workshops, trips to California for actor development, and finally, the Montreal Acting Workout. Drawing heavily on Hollywood training methods, Vanessa gained enough experience to start her own business and help other actors propel their careers.
Her passion shone through and allowed her to expand her network of contacts to create the House of Actors.
Today, she combines dreams and reality by working with her idols Bernard Hiller, a multi-disciplinary artist and acting coach in Hollywood, and April Webster, a casting director for productions like Star Trek and Lost.
Through the ups and downs, Vanessa has never lost sight of her goals. Having always felt the call of the stage, she believes that her profession allows her to work on herself first and foremost: "in order to inspire the world through our art, we have to face who we really are.
After these accomplishments, Vanessa does not stop there and she foresees several collaborations, including one with one of her idols. Whether it's in front of or behind the camera, in front of an audience or a classroom, we'll definitely be hearing from this Quebec actress in the coming year!