ArtView May 2014 | Page 13

Young Australian actor Megan Peta Hill has appeared in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, as well as award-winning short films, stage and TV productions. Her remarkable talent is set to shine more brightly in the days ahead. You grew up in Queensland? I did – I was actually Melbourne-born originally. We travelled around a bit when I was quite young, then ended up in Brisbane when I was about 10, and I did all of high-school in Brisbane. How long have you been living in Sydney? Just over a year – I moved here in February last year. anywhere, and so it was a little bit frightening initially. But I think I settled in pretty quickly and made some pretty good friends, and a lot of industry people helped me settle in a bit, which was nice. It’s Was that for work? definitely home now. Yeah, to follow the career, there were more opportunities down here, and it sort of made sense And you recently had a photo shoot in Brisbane – timing-wise. what was that for? I did – it was just to get a whole bunch of new How have you found the move? Was it a difficult headshots – to keep them updated, things like that, but change for you? also trying to get photos that are marketable in the US There’s always going to be difficulties – I moved by myself, I didn’t know anybody, I didn’t know as well as in Australia. It’s hard to have photos that are perfect for both industries, because they both require different things