I grew up on a farm in Sheffield, a long way from the film industry. After school I moved to London to study Business Management at King’s College. I followed the academic path, but I already knew I wasn’t meant to stay on it. I was always drawn to the movies.

I didn’t break into the industry easily. Either it runs in the family or you have to be relentless at knocking on doors. I was the second.

My first day on set was on Disney’s Cinderella. I was locking off in the rain when the lights went up and the carriage appeared, and I was completely sold. Soaked through and happier than I had ever been, I knew this was it for me.

I spent the next 6 years working as an Assistant Director on some of the world’s biggest franchises: 007, Assassin’s Creed, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Kingsman, with a little Disney magic in between contracts. It never stopped feeling special.

On one of my first contract jobs, I was called over the radio: “Amy, go to costume, we’re putting you in this scene.” That day I performed a stunt alongside the lead cast. It was a buzz like I had never felt before. A sink or swim moment, and it was electric. Moments like that made the industry feel surreal, and they started to happen often enough that I began to see a different path for myself.

I had always loved performing, but I had never seriously considered acting as a path. Until then. Something shifted. I knew this was what I was meant to do.

In 2019, I walked away from AD life to pursue acting full time. I trained in Meisner and worked internationally across short films, stage, and features, living in several major cities around the world and calling each one home.

On my return to London, the SAG-AFTRA strikes hit and everything changed. Like many, I found myself at a crossroads and at rock bottom. Do I return to a conventional path or build something that could support the life I actually want to live and the dreams I refuse to let go of?

It wasn’t a difficult decision.

I rebuilt from the ground up, choosing my non-negotiables, defining my own rules, and putting my career front and centre. I built a marketing company, became a business growth specialist, and created a life of adventure, joy, and abundance. One that supports and expands me and, most importantly, allows me to stay in the game long enough for my acting career to unfold. Do I earn six figures yet? No. That was never the goal. But can I help others do that? Yes. And I have.

Now I use everything I’ve learned to help actors like me create stability in an industry that rarely offers it. That is how The Plan A Method™ came to be.