Get to Know Momona Tamada

Rebel Girls

Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Get to know Japanese Canadian actor, Momona Tamada! Momona brought us the story of her costar from the Babysitter's Club– Malia Baker. Listen as she tells us about her love of dance, acting, and family! This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This interview was written and produced by Haley Dapkus with sound design and mixing by John Marshall Media. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Our executive producers are Joy Smith and Jes Wolfe. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
0:09.2	Hi Rebels!
0:10.2	This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the interview.
0:13.2	I'm your host, Annabelle, and today we're talking to Momona Samada.
0:18.8	She narrated the story of Malia Baker, an activist and actor best known for playing Mary
0:24.6	and Spear in the Baby Citizen's Club.
0:27.5	If you haven't heard that episode yet, you might want to listen to that first.
0:34.5	Hi Momona, can you please introduce yourselves to our listeners?
0:38.7	Hi, my name is Momona Samada.
0:40.9	I am a 16 year old Japanese Canadian actress from Vancouver.
0:45.8	In my free time, I love dancing, baking, hanging out with my friends, just being a regular
0:52.2	teenager.
0:53.2	Cool.
0:54.2	Are there things that you've learned from dancing that help you as an actor or in real life?
1:00.2	Oh, so many things.
1:01.5	I think from the acting perspective, dance teaches you how to take corrections very quickly.
1:08.7	You know, your dance teacher will tell you to fix your posture, do your arm a certain
1:13.1	way, and that's something you have to be able to adapt to very quickly.
1:17.5	And with acting, that is also a very similar thing that happens on set.
1:22.3	They'll give you a note, and of course you want to quickly adapt to that and change
1:27.3	your reading or how you do things as quick as possible.
1:30.6	So dance definitely taught me how to be very flexible.
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