
A couple of decades back, Adelaide actor and drama teacher Genevieve Mooy had the larger-than-life Celeste Barber in her acting class. Barber was funny and charismatic, entertained everyone non-stop, and was clearly going to be a star.
At the end of the course at Nepean in Sydney, Mooy – one of the kindest people you could meet – had a quiet word with her and offered some advice she thought might help.