Nathalie Kelley: “When I moved to the US, I lost the whole foundation I had built my life on – I was without my family or my sense of purpose. I had been a uni student studying social science and policy, majoring in development in the third world, and working as a volunteer in the inner-city with indigenous youth, then all of a sudden I moved and all that purpose was gone. It suddenly seemed that my purpose was to be a famous actress. Certainly back then, it felt like there was only one vision in Hollywood of what success looked like. It was very narrow, hard to attain, and not in alignment with my desire to be of service. It all felt very selfish, to have this whole team of PR people and agents and it was just all about you. That seemed very alien to me. After The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift came out, I fell into a very deep depression. I think every young person goes through something like this, because we put such pressure on everyone at such a young age to know what they want for the rest of their lives. I found it depressing to be doing what had always been a dream of mine, but have it not be matching up with what I thought of as success. I took a long break, which became something that would happen often in my career. Even though common sense might say, ‘just keep at it, keep grinding in LA for however many months or years’, whenever it felt like too much for me, I would leave. I went to go and be with my then-boyfriend in Atlanta, or later in life I learned to take road trips to Big Sur & up into Northern California, to explore the beauty.” Actress and activist @natkelley may have had her big break early on in life, but she was aware enough to know that the glitzy celeb lifestyle wasn’t going to be one that worked for her. Over Zoom from Ibiza, where she had been working with the local population on sustainable food supply systems, Nat told us why she wouldn’t say yes to her break out role now, her future in Hollywood, and why helping take care of the earth is what matters to her most. Head to the link in bio for our full WHO profile. 📸 @natkelley. #nathaliekelley #natkelly #wedo #sustainablebeauty #greenbeauty #ecobeauty #ecotips #activist