Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an actor/actress can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an actor/actress already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Actors/actresses play roles and parts on live stage performances, TV, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment or instruction. They use body language (gestures and dancing) and voice (speech and singing) in order to present the character or story according to the script, following the guidelines of a director.

Also known as musical theatre performer, actor, musical theatre actor, actress, film actor, musical theatre actress, film & theatre actress, film and theater actor, theatre and film actress, drama actor, performer, theatre & film actress.

Professionals 57 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: stand-up comedian, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
stand-up comedian 76% covered puppeteer 76% covered prompter 62% covered variety artist 58% covered stand-in 56% covered actor/actress You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from actor/actress, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an actor/actress already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An actor/actress needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • engage the audience emotionally communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret performance concepts in the creative process communication, collaboration and creativity
  • act for an audience communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt to acting roles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • self-promote communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use declaiming techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • acting techniques arts and humanities
  • interact with fellow actors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform live communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse own performance management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an actor/actress does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Actor/actress is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an actor/actress’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.