Editor’s Note:
This acting career update from actor Sonia Lozada shares recent auditions, callbacks, and the renewal of her commercial contract with the DDO commercial department, with reflections on presence, process, and joy in the craft.
I realized it’s been a while since I last wrote here. This acting career update isn’t about a big announcement — it’s simply a check-in after a season of listening, working, and staying present in the craft.
Not because I stopped acting.
Not because I disappeared.
Mostly because life happened — and honestly, I was busy listening.
Listening on set, where every project asks you to stay flexible and curious. Listening in auditions, where the work is to show up prepared, grounded, and then let it go. Listening in callbacks — including one just last week — where you’re reminded that being invited back into the room is its own quiet affirmation.
There’s a certain joy that comes from staying in the process long enough to appreciate these moments. Auditions start to feel less like judgment and more like conversation. Sets feel familiar in a comforting way — still exciting, still unpredictable, but grounded in experience rather than nerves.
Today brought one of those steady, encouraging moments that make this career feel sustainable: my commercial contract with the DDO commercial department was renewed. It’s not flashy news, but it’s meaningful. The kind of professional continuity that reminds you the work is being seen and trusted.
Somewhere along the way, I traded constant updates for presence. Turns out, the camera doesn’t mind. The work feels better when it’s less about chasing and more about listening — to the material, to your scene partner, to the moment as it unfolds.
So this is me popping back in to say hello — still acting, still auditioning, still grateful to be on set, and still finding joy in the rhythm of this career. No big announcements. No dramatic comeback story. Just a return to sharing thoughts now and then, as the work continues.
More soon. Or not too soon. Either way, still here.
— Sonia
I have been very busy this month going on commercial auditions due to the film and television strike from the SAG-AFTRA union. Being put on hold/avail for a casting decision is an exciting step, yet I was released from three of those holds in a row, and unfortunately did not book any of them. This is why many SAG-AFTRA members must find other sources of income alongside acting.