Kara Zor-El (Supergirl)

For this particular role, I would have to implore you to read issue 6 of Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow. I have dubbed the issue myself if anybody needs a reference and I will leave it at the bottom of this description. Issue 6 is high suggested because it gives the majority of Kara's backstory that will be useful for forming a superobjective and all that jazz.

If I'm to drop all the fancy actor talk and be objective here, your key to this performance will be human. More specifically: be a woman. Be a woman who lost everything and everyone she ever knew at a very young age and is trying to be okay with it. Be a 21-year-old whose cousin is Superman, a 21-year-old who has mixed feelings on her "perfect" cousin while also is trying to be good and a hero like him. Be a 21-year-old who's messy, who swears even though her family will get on her, who has a big big heart and is honestly a little bit sick of it. Kara is complicated. Kara is human.

I'd strongly suggest you read the book and not just the singular issue I dubbed. I honestly can't put Kara into words. If you were to take one piece of advice from this, let it be this: forget you're playing Supergirl. Instead, play a 21-year-old woman who just so happens to be Supergirl.

In the audition lines, I listed what issue the line is from in the book. If you haven't read it, I highly suggest you look it up.

Here's the dub I did of Issue 6 I did a while back. It's not my best work as a director/editor, but it'll get the job done. Don't take any inspiration from the Kara VA. That was a friend of mine in my theatre department who owed me a favor. She's great, but don't base anything off of her performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3IdxMvLnSg&t=8s