--- title: Susan Boyle Eyes Hollywood Films After Lessons with Acting Coach description: The singer also hopes to appear in the film about her life canonical: https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-10T11:25:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:58.176Z og:title: Susan Boyle Has an Eye on Hollywood og:description: The singer also hopes to appear in the film about her life og:url: https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f08dc0d8049ab57/69885e798e06017bfe461c52/susan-boyle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Susan Boyle Has an Eye on Hollywood twitter:description: The singer also hopes to appear in the film about her life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f08dc0d8049ab57/69885e798e06017bfe461c52/susan-boyle.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Susan Boyle Has an Eye on Hollywood ## Video: Susan Boyle and Me [Watch (HLS stream): Susan Boyle and Me](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xWOrp0bv.m3u8) (4:32)  _Published 2009-05-27. Kelly Bancroft has a lot in common with talent show sensation Susan Boyle: a post-industrial home town, a lovely voice, and disdain for a makeover_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 10, 2015 11:25 AM UTC  Susan Boyle attends the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards at The Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, on December 14, 2014. Susan Boyle attends the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards at The Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, on December 14, 2014.Karwai Tang—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 10, 2015 11:25 AM UTC Susan Boyle could be headed to the big screen. The British singer has revealed in an interview with the British newspaper [the _Daily Mirror_](http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/susan-boyle-takes-acting-lessons-6225071) that she took “a masterclass in acting that was based in London for four days.” The course was run by Bernard Hiller, an acting coach who has “worked with some of the best people in Hollywood and he taught us how to resolve performance nerves and self discovery as well as inside-outside acting and how to be public with private emotions. It was brilliant and it’s really helped with my performance on stage as well.” Boyle also said that she’s hoping to land a cameo part in the long-planned film biopic about her own life. \[[Daily Mirror](http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/susan-boyle-takes-acting-lessons-6225071)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/"},"headline":"Susan Boyle Has an Eye on Hollywood","datePublished":"2015-08-10T11:25:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:58.176Z","description":"The singer reveals she's met with an acting coach","url":"https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f08dc0d8049ab57/69885e798e06017bfe461c52/susan-boyle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f08dc0d8049ab57/69885e798e06017bfe461c52/susan-boyle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards - Arrivals","caption":"BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/","name":"Susan Boyle Has an Eye on Hollywood"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Susan Boyle and Me","description":"Kelly Bancroft has a lot in common with talent show sensation Susan Boyle: a post-industrial home town, a lovely voice, and disdain for a makeover","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xWOrp0bv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2009-05-27T20:57:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xWOrp0bv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/","duration":"PT4M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3990354/susan-boyle-acting/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```