Having grown up in the Hollywood world, she says she felt like responding, “‘You have no idea how hard it is to be an actress.’

“I had an awareness of how tough it really is from my parents. To me, it’s never been, ‘You get to be a star!’ It’s been things like putting on a brave face when they ask you to reshoot a scene at the end of a hard day’s work.”

How did her parents feel about her acting aspirations?

“My parents were pretty supportive. I don’t know how much my dad wanted me to be an actress all my life, but he never denied me of it.” Indeed, Troian was able to get her feet wet doing guest roles on ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘JAG,’ ‘NCIS’ and other Bellisario productions.

“I had the opportunities and I took them for the experience. I was always aware of the nepotism. I didn’t feel respect on the set,” she continues with a strikingly matter-of-fact candor. “I didn’t focus on what I was doing. I focused on, ‘These people think I’m only here for one reason, because of my dad.’ I didn’t like it.”

Things got better once she found a home at USC, studying theater. By then, she was firmly committed to her decision that “not only do I want to be an actress, I want to be one on my own and be good at it on my own.”
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