While Egan was studying at the elementary level with Paul Hammond, she also took up acting and appeared on ABC television's Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten (Pacific Films)[REF] whose studios were behind GTV9 (now called Channel Nine) in Bendigo Street, Richmond.
In December 1965, during the ABS holidays, Roma auditioned at the St. Martin's Theatre, South Yarra, Melbourne, to earn money to help support herself.