Non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon told fans she’s looking for a job back in the food service industry now that acting roles have dried up.
The 41-year-old actor’s last role was in an independent film in 2025 Outland and who stars in the 2023 series BillionsLast week, she took to social media to lament the state of actors in Hollywood.
On October 20, Dillon wrote on Instagram: “I have been working in theater, film, and television for the past 11 years. Now, like many of my acting colleagues, especially those of us who are trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming, acting jobs have pretty much dwindled and I am once again in need of service work.”
DiLeon told fans that one of her early jobs was at a bakery when she was 15, and she later found various feed service positions until her acting career began to take off.
“I love customer service,” Dillon continued. “I love creating welcoming environments where people can relax and connect with each other. I love food and drink.”
Despite playing high-profile roles, Dillion said acting simply wasn’t enough to make ends meet.
“I guess the barrier to re-entry would be learning a new POS system, but I’m a quick learner. I can work part-time, evenings and weekends,” she concluded.
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Tillon isn’t the first LGBTQ actor to lament the loss of a role.
Actor Billy Porter said this year that queer actors can’t make a living in “Donald Trump’s America.” He claimed that Trump’s “authoritarian” and “fascist” administration was somehow holding back the development of queer actors.
peacock’s queer as folk Star Ryan O’Connell also complained about Hollywood cutting back on gay-themed projects. “This is Tim Allen’s world again, we’re just living in it,” lamented the actor and writer.
In another case, matrix Trans director Lilly Wachowski blasted Hollywood for refusing to support an all-trans action movie.
But it’s not just queer actors who have trouble making a living in today’s entertainment industry.
Many actors include princess diary Star Heather Matarazzo and actor Jake Harvin noted that their roles have also dried up and that they are losing their union health care plans because they can’t make enough money from acting to meet the income threshold for union health insurance benefits.
Actor Drake Bell, best known for his role in the Nickelodeon show, is so bad drake and joshActors union SAG-AFTRA publicly denounced actor after major Hollywood union said he was ineligible for health insurance.
“Don’t be an actor. Don’t join the Screen Actors Guild. You can work for 35 years and they still say [middle finger emoji],” Bell wrote in a social media post in October.
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