Success Stories | Acting

Introducing: Dakota Vegh! Dakota hails from Langley, BC where he began acting at a young age before attending NIC’s acting program. Most recently, Dakota wrote and starred in a short romantic comedy entitled “So Close, Yet So Far”. This graduate is making his own work!

Today we are spotlighting a NIC graduate with many talents: Yu Matsushita! Yu began her journey training extensively in many dance forms including ballet jazz, lyrical jazz, modern dance, contemporary, hip hop and tap (and even theatrical singing!). Since graduating from our acting conservatory here at NIC, Yu has become a successful stunt actor. Most recently,

Introducing: Rodrigo Massa! Rodrigo graduated from NIC’s acting program, and is best known for his role as ‘Piero Scarinci’ in El Dragón. Not only that, Rodrigo released his album entitled: La Fiesta in 2020, and just released his new single, ‘Una Mujer Diferente’. Check him out on YouTube to watch his killer music videos! Fun

This is Erika Hau. Erika began her career in Mexico’s musical theatre industry, performing in Mamma Mia, Spring Awakening and Madagascar Live! She then moved to Vancouver and graduated from NIC’s acting program before beginning her very successful career in film/tv. Erika is best known for her role as ‘Carmen’ in the Netflix series Black

Introducing Rob Guthrie! Rob is a graduate of our Film Acting Conservatory who took advantage of assisting in the NIC Film Projects during his studies and continued on within the NIC Community to help with New Image Entertainment. He then went on to find major success as an Assistant Director and Production Assistant. Rob has

Congratulations Roberto Lanzas! Having over 50 credits on his resume since graduating NIC, Roberto Lanzas has been doing everything he can to keep himself busy in order to continue working on his craft. Some of his bookings include the Feature Film: Outrunners directed by Ken Hagen, where he gets to work along side actor Dan Payne!

Congratulations to Jacob Tazelaar who just booked a feature film which will be shot in BC’s own Ucluelet! Booking in the pandemic is no easy feat, but our NIC graduates are defying all the odds. Jacob can also be found in the TV series The 100 and Arrow. We can’t wait to hear all about

Congratulations to Guillerme Babilonia who booked a Guest Star role on a major US TV series! Guillerme can also be found on The Good Doctor, Motherland: Fort Salem, and Julie and the Phantoms. Want to see him in action? You can check out Guillerme’s STELLAR demo reel below. Be sure to follow along for more

A big congratulations to NIC graduate Juana Lerma Juarez who booked The Good Doctor! Juana can also be seen in the TV series The Terror as Paula, and Altered Carbon as Xalbador’s Wife. Be sure to keep an eye out for her! Our graduates work.  

Congratulations to Eduardo Britto who debuted in North American television for the first time in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Eduardo was born in Aracaju, Brazil and he wears many hats in his career. Eduardo is an actor, singer, songwriter, musician, and music producer. This graduate works X5!