For Connie Fisher, a radio advert changed her life. The year was 2006 and a 23-year-old Connie, who was born in Northern Ireland but grew up in Pembrokeshire, had been working in telesales after graduating from drama school and, in her words, had been immediately experiencing “tumbleweed” ever since.
Prior to landing the telesales job Connie, who recently turned 40, told the WalesOnline podcast In the Spotlight that she’d been working in Pizza Express. “I was serving really famous people,” she said. “I remember serving Gary Barlow and thinking, well, maybe one day he'll spot me.”
After realising that a position serving pizza was dangerous for her diet, Connie decided to take up the headset and hit the phones. Little did she know that on one shift, the universe would finally present her with the ‘big break’ she’d been looking for since she was a child. Listen to In the Spotlight with Connie Fisher below.
