According to her Instagram bio, Leticia Dolera is a director, screenwriter and actor, in that order. But it was only when she came to setting up her account – she also describes herself as a feminist and professional zombie slayer – that the multi-hyphenate had to consider whether she had a preference for any of the three roles she routinely takes on together.

“It’s interesting because the day I put it on Instagram, I had to decide the order,” she laughs, before admitting directing and acting probably, maybe, take equal top billing. “But it’s very different when I act in my own things or when I act in somebody else’s, because when I act in somebody else’s, it’s like I give permission to myself to not overthink things and just do what I’m supposed to do. It’s very relaxing.”

When Dolera directs and acts, it means she has to be in the make-up chair even earlier than usual. That means “you don’t sleep a lot,” she says. “It’s funny because since my brain goes very fast and I think a lot of things, acting and directing at the same time is the way to be.”

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