Asia Kate Dillon Seeks Service Work as Acting Jobs Dry Up

Asia Kate Dillon, star of "Billions" and "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum," announced on Tuesday that they are looking for customer service work because acting opportunities have "all but diminished" after eleven years in the industry.

Dillon, who uses they/them pronouns, made the disclosure in a public statement posted to social media. The actor laid out their employment history in detail and framed the move as a return to where they started.

"When I was fifteen, I got my first job in food service," Dillon wrote, describing a weekend position at Ithaca Bakery in the year 2000. The duties were concrete: sorting piping hot bagels into bins, rotating drink fridges, maintaining the coffee station, restocking the restroom, mopping spills and greeting customers. "I loved it," they wrote.

How did Dillon reach this point?

Dillon worked food and general customer service jobs — dishwasher, food runner, floor manager — alongside whatever acting work they could find until the fall of 2015. At that point, they achieved a full-time income solely from acting. "I have worked exclusively in theater, film and TV for the last eleven years," Dillon wrote.

The credits behind that run are substantial. Dillon appeared in single episodes of "Younger," "Opus for All" and "Master of None" before joining "Orange Is the New Black," where they played Brandy Epps across 19 episodes. In 2017, they landed the role of Taylor Mason on "Billions," a part they held for six seasons and 71 episodes. Film work included "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum," "The Outside Story" and "Gen: Lock," and in 2025 they starred in the film "Outerlands."

Dillon attributed the slowdown to forces hitting their peers hardest along gender lines. "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," they wrote.

What does the announcement change?

In practice, Dillon is back on the job market under ordinary conditions, not celebrity ones. They are available for part-time, night and weekend work. They flagged one gap in their skills: "I imagine the hurdle to reentry will be learning the new POS systems, but I'm a quick study."

The statement also stressed enthusiasm for the work itself. "I love customer service. I love creating welcoming environments for people to relax in and connect with each other," Dillon wrote. "I love food and drink. I am passionate and curious, and a great teammate."

Dillon has history as a public advocate on industry questions of gender. In late 2026, they came out publicly as non-binary, becoming the first gender nonbinary performer to play a nonbinary character on a major TV show. In 2020, they called on the SAG Awards (now the Actor Awards) to abolish gender-specific categories, writing that "separating people based on their assigned sex, and/or their gender identity, is not only irrelevant when it comes to how an acting performance should be judged, it is also a form of discrimination."

The announcement stands as a pointed data point in the ongoing squeeze on working performers — and, by Dillon's account, an especially tight one for trans and nonbinary actors.