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108 || CELEBRITY MAGAZINE || MAY-JUNE 2017Unlike most teens, veteran actress and vocalist Isabella Amara has spent most of her time over the past couple of years in front of a movie camera. Most recently she was seen as Michelle Darnell, the teenage Melissa McCarthy, in Universal Pictures%u2019 The Boss directed by Ben Falcone and in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life.Up next Amara stars opposite Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern in Wilson, which hits theaters on March 24th. She has also joined the cast of the hit CMT show %u201cNashville%u201d in a recurring role and will co-star in SpiderMan: Homecoming, which comes out in July. She will also reunite with Dern on another film, The Tale, which also stars Jason Ritter and Common. Past film projects include Kyle Newman%u2019s Barely Lethal starring Samuel L. Jackson and Hailee Seinfeld and director Todd Graff%u2019s Joyful Noise opposite Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah and Jeremy Jordan.Amara%u2019s love for acting and singing was discovered when she was 4 years old and with the support of her family, she began auditioning at age 10. Over the next several years, she was cast in leading roles in community theatre, independent films and performed with national Broadway tours. In between filming projects in her teens, Amara attended a performing arts high school, focusing on acting and music. A classically trained singer, Amara has performed in Atlanta and surrounding areas in a variety of styles and venues including as a lead singer for a collaborative band. In 2015, she returned to the stage as Tracy Turnblad in the hit musical Hairspray, one of her favorite roles.Amara was born on October 9th in Atlanta, Georgia and recently relocated to Los Angeles. She continues to ActressIsabella Amarawww.instagram.com/isabella.amaraPhoto Credit: Marc Cartwrightwww.marccartwright.comstudy with a vocal coach for recording artists. Her love for singing is matched only by her passion for acting and story-telling through performing arts.Describe your favorite and most challenging aspects of your job?My favorite part of my job is getting doing what I love...acting, singing and storytelling through the arts. There are some perks like travel, meeting new people, learning/understanding different walks of life, the therapeutic benefit, and being able to move and touch people emotionally. There are so many rewards and challenges too. The most challenging part is having my insecurities/flaws pointed out on film for the world to see. Craft wise, tapping into intense emotions take after take after take takes its toll and drains me both physically and emotionally. Also, I basically skipped my last two years of %u201ctraditional%u201d high school and needed to complete my high school classes online. I love being around people and find on-line school very isolating for me. I miss the social interactions of my friends, classmates and teachers but not the drama of high school.You just worked with Laura Dern and Woody Harrelson who are two of the greatest actors of their generation. Did you ask them for advice on your career or just sit back and take them in?I asked them both Woody and Laura for advice during filming and after but for the most part I learned a lot from observing them and soaking everything in I could. We spent the summer together in Minnesota and had incredible times both on and off set. Laura taught me some cool breathing exercises we would sometimes do before our scenes together. Laura is truly one of the sweetest people I%u2019ve ever met and so