Isabel May grew up in Los Angeles, which afforded her easy access to auditions. In an interview for the “Awards Chatter” podcast, May recalled being a ravenous reader growing up. Her sixth grade English teacher noticed that she also did not socialize much, and May told Terroir that he spoke to her parents about her behavior, advising them that she needed an outlet to express herself. May decided acting would be that creative outlet. “I did audition for three years, but I was devoted to school as were my parents,” May recounted. “We kind of made a pact, that I had to wait until ninth grade to really commit to something like this.”
May had no luck getting gigs during those years, but mere months after she reached the agreed-upon grade and began online schooling, she landed a lead role in the Netflix series “Alexa & Katie.” From 2018 to 2020, May played a highschooler named Katie whose BFF Alexa (Paris Berelc) has cancer and is doing her best to lead a normal life. “I’d never watched a sitcom before. I did not find myself to be very funny,” May told “Awards Chatter.” While she proved that she did possess comedic skills, May began watching reruns of various sitcoms to see how she could improve. “I have quite a long body so I found I could express myself comedically, physically in certain ways,” she told Terroir.
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