Talking Prisoner EP 8 Interview with Maria Mercedes (Irene Zervos/Yemil Bakarta)

Talking Prisoner

Welcome to the eighth episode of Talking Prisoner. Hosts Ken Mulholland and Matt Batten sat down with one of Australia’s most successful and enduring performers Maria Mercedes. We spoke in depth about Maria’s life growing up as a child, the racism that she experienced towards her and her family, how she always wanted to pursue acting and performing from a very young age, why she is an animal activist and eats a plant based diet, Maria also shares with us how she got two parts on Prisoner and a very funny story about Shelia Florance, what it was like in the early days of Prisoner and the later seasons when she came back as Yemil. We also spoke about her experience working with Kerry Armstrong and Peta Toppano and how she would have loved to have stayed longer and develop the part of Yemil more, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and like our FaceBook page.
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