A while back my talent agency got me a gig working as an extra on a SAG national commercial. Most of the extra work I've done pays basically minimum wage. This one ended up paying about $300 a day for two days of work.

Today my agency called to tell me I had been upgraded to "Principal". Basically this means that I ended up being seen too prominently to be considered an extra.

With this upgrade comes an additional check.

To the tune of around $3400.

In addition to this, I've been on three auditions in the past two weeks for actual real paying gigs including two commercials and one feature film lead. Let's hope this trend continues to rise throughout the year!