The Pop Culture Inspiring Actor and Comedian Celeste Barber Right Now
The actor, comedian and brain behind Booie Beauty shares what she’s bingeing, listening to and following of late.
My favourite movie…
I have a few. Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is one and Bridesmaids is up there. But what I haven’t been able to get out of my head is Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, with Emma Thompson playing a woman who is lonely and insecure. She spends the entire movie in a hotel room with a guy called Leo Grande. It’s a two-hander and so dynamic and wonderful. An Australian woman, Sophie Hyde, directed it and, oh my god, Emma is brilliant. Give her all the awards, always, for everything.
The show I’m bingeing…
Amandaland. It’s a spin-off of British sitcom Motherland, about juggling kids and work. Sharon Horgan co-created it and I’m obsessed with anything she does, like Bad Sisters, which I just finished bingeing and is as funny. The women in these shows are all at the forefront, playing hilarious, flawed, unhinged, chaotic, real characters. That’s my favourite thing.
The podcast I listen to…
SmartLess. Listening to those three boys – actors Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett – reminds me of being at drama school at uni and the way we would banter backstage during a show. It’s nostalgic for me. And they make me laugh a lot.
The Instagram account I follow…
The Betoota Advocate. It’s a satirical newspaper and so on the money and funny. Sometimes it doesn’t even feel like satire. One, because the world is on fire and, two, because they are that fast and really good at what they do
