Asia Kate Dillon, known for roles in Billions and Orange Is the New Black, says they are returning to food service work after being unable to secure new acting opportunities.
The 41-year-old non-binary performer shared their resume on Instagram this week, appealing for work in the service industry.
Dillon explained that they began working as a dishwasher and food runner during their teenage years before advancing to floor manager roles at several Brooklyn restaurants.
In 2015, they became a full-time actor and performer, working “exclusively in theater, film and TV for the last eleven years.”
“Now, like for many, many performer colleagues of mine – particularly those of us who are trans/nonbinary/gender nonconforming – acting work has all but diminished, and I’m in need of service work once more,” Dillon wrote.
Dillon is perhaps best known for portraying Taylor Mason on the Showtime drama Billions, appearing from the second season through the series finale in 2023.
Non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon says they are returning to food service work after being unable to land new acting roles
The 41-year-old performer is best known for playing Taylor Mason on Showtime’s Billions
The gender-nonconforming actor also played Brandy Epps in the fourth and fifth seasons of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black and appeared as the Adjudicator in John Wick: Chapter 3.
Their most recent appearance was in the low-budget independent film Outerlands, which follows a non-binary gig economy worker balancing low-paying jobs in San Francisco—a storyline that now carries an added irony.
Our News Outlet has contacted Dillon for comment but has not yet received a response.
Dillon is not the only LGBTQIA+ performer struggling to find work in Hollywood.
Last month, transgender actor Jack Haven also issued an urgent appeal for acting work, saying they needed employment to maintain their health insurance.
The 32-year-old, who is known for starring in the acclaimed horror film I Saw the TV Glow and Netflix’s Atypical, said they needed to earn $4,000 by the end of the month to qualify for Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) health insurance for 2027.
Haven, who uses they/them pronouns, posted a YouTube video titled “Are You Casting?” to make their appeal.
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Dillon said transgender and non-binary actors are facing increasing difficulty finding work
The non-binary performer shared their resume on Instagram while seeking employment in the service industry
Four days later, Haven uploaded a second YouTube video with an update.
In the initial video, Haven said they were “in a bit of an emergency situation,” explaining that they had only two weeks to find work before losing their insurance.
“I guess what I’m asking is if you, or if anyone you know, can hire me on a set or production and pay me $4,000, I will do, pretty much, any job,” they said.
‘I can sing. I can dance. I can talk softly, loudly. I can do accents – British,’ Haven added.
A few days later, they shared a follow-up video thanking people for job offers and addressing others criticizing them for not getting a ‘real’ job.
‘I guess a lot of people saw the video where I asked for $4,000. I got a lot of offers, so thank you guys,’ they said.
Last month, transgender actor Jack Haven posted a desperate plea for acting work in order to keep their health insurance
‘And I totally understand why people are also responding to it with anger and frustration, telling me to get a real job,’ Haven continued.
‘Um, that wouldn’t really help with healthcare right now, but, um, I don’t have any skills.’
Haven was most recently seen in the acclaimed horror-comedy Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.
The film, which reunites Haven with I Saw the TV Glow writer and director Jane Schoenbrun, features Hacks star Hannah Einbinder as a rising filmmaker who’s invited to reboot a long-dead horror franchise with unmistakable similarities to the Friday the 13th franchise.
But a meeting with the reclusive star of the horror films, played by X-Files icon Gillian Anderson, upends the director’s life and leads to a sexual awakening, even as a mysterious mass killer threatens to intrude on real life.
