Laura Darrell's Page

Actor contact info (phone & email)

labeliever@yahoo.com

Actor's web site:

http://lauradarrell.com

Actor's age range:

16-20, 21-25

Actor's Unions:

AFTRA, AEA eligible

Actor's ethnicity, physical traits (height, etc.) and skills (juggling, driving, etc.) - be descriptive as possible:

PHYSICAL TRAITS:
Ethnicity: (Caucasian, white)
Height: 5' 2"
Eyes: Hazel (brown/green)
Hair: brown, long
Dress: 0, 2

I can do accents: Cockney, Irish, RP, Southern (texas), Puerto Rican and with a couple of days Boston, New York, and Polish.

Common types: quirky girl next door, new girl to town, age range 18-25, good skin

Strong comedic and dramatic actress, conservatory trained, new member of The Groundlings improv troupe in Los Angeles. Maintain a bi-coastal lifestyle- go where the work is!

Singing (classical, musical theatre, pop, rock, country) dancing (tap, jazz), drive stick shift, a little hula hooping, Drive three-speed (old 1940s chevy for independent feature film shot in LA), biking, hiking, very athletic so pick up most sports quick, hand model, professional speaker

Actor's relevant work experience (past 1-2 years), training & acting classes (list actual projects, dates & your role):

See resume on lauradarrell.com.

Just some examples are:
Shot several independent films this summer including one feature titled City of Anger produced by Unified Resources Productions (being submitted to several festivals), starred as Maria in MTLA's production of West Side Story on the theatre strip in Hollywood, Shot a commercial for Opsource Software (soon to be on my website lauradarrell.com) Also shot two spec commercials currently in contests one for Quiznos and one for Doritos. Other starring roles include Liz Morden in Our Country's Good at the Bing Theatre in LA directed by Jack Rowe, Julie Jordan in Carousel at the same theatre, and Pearl in the Los Angeles Premiere of shAme, the rock opera written by well-known composer Mark Governor. Also of note I was nominated for a N.E. Emmy Award for the PBS Special that I starred in titled Laura Darrell's A Very Special Christmas, prod. by Con Fullam.

Trained two years at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU in NYC and two years at USC's prestigious School of Theatre in LA. Graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Continue to pursue acting with coach in LA, improv, and singing lessons.

Other work, hobbies, charities, etc. in which this actor is involved:

Raised over $50,000 for Maine Children's Cancer with Emmy nominated PBS Special titled Laura Darrell's A Very Special Christmas.

Recording Artist, raised money with a CD and concert for Habitat for Humanity.

Love using talents to help out charities.

Illustrative words describing this actor's voice range (e.g. Boston & southern accents, conversational, announcer, etc.):

Cockney, RP, southern (texas) accent, and Puerto Rican. Quick study and have studied Boston, Irish, and Polish accents as well.

Extensive vocal training- flexible, large range, can be intimate/conversational, polished announcer.