Oh for sure, I'm sure there are plenty of actresses who've had their big break at 30+, but most of them have years of experience prior to that and an acting education - even if its just doing smaller roles on soaps or other British shows before they get a big blockbuster. I guess what I meant more was that, a lot of actresses do get their 'big break' in their teens/20s, and because they are known and directors know they will bring in viewers, they still get meaty roles close to or in their 30s (like Emma Stone, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Blunt etc) instead of just the 'mum' roles or background roles. Then there's the other actresses who do put in the work, but also have connections/a famous parent on their side like Lily Collins, Blake Lively etc.
The trouble is though is like you said, she's not willing to put in the work and instead just added a bunch of stuff to her CV that wasn't there. I feel like her being a Youtuber previously also means she kind of needs to put in even more work to be taken seriously as well, as she'd get backlash. I remember when Sam Frost started on Home & Away, a lot of people weren't happy as she was previously on The Bachelor/The Bachelorette and didn't have much (if any) acting experience.
