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I played Atropa, the antagonist, in "Brotherwand",
a short film. The story was based on the Harry Potter novels
and when it premiered in Universal Studios FL, it was very
well received.
"Dark Fields", starring Bradley Cooper and Robert
DeNiro, called me in for background work. After witnessing
the paparazzi and the crazed fans up close, I developed a
thankfulness for my long road to stardom.
I portrayed a gallery owner in "Calendar Girl"
http://www.calendargirlthemovie.com/
I played Miriam, mother of the leading young man, in "Honest
Abe".
"Lying Beneath the Roar" had one of the most challenging
character portrayals for me thus far. I played an extremely
overbearing and depressed mom.
An experimental piece titled "Brightful" starred
me, and only me. Blake Taylor designed the short with very
quick and artistic cuts in order to give a clear picture of
his post-production skills.
I was featured in "Law
Abiding Citizen" as the nurse who inserts the IV in preparation
for an execution.
"Afternoon with Mrs.
Moore", a Drexel short, had a small role for me as the
mom of a young boy who passes away suddenly.
In "Weird Wonders"
I'm a mom in a seemingly perfect family who actually suffers
from Truman Show Syndrome.
"Night Terrors"
starred my two children, Peter and Matthew. I was featured
as well.
"Saddle Up with Dick
Wrangler and Injun Joe" was a comedic feature directed
by the award winning Todd Wolfe in which I was cast as a nurse.
John Orrichio completed production
on "Abduction". This was his sixth time directing
a feature film. There's one difference though - he acted in
this one. He played my character's husband!
Wilmor Productions cast me
in a short film titled, "Because Jesus Said So".
I played the very religious mother of a teen gone awry.
I was directed by Dylan Steinberg
http://dylansteinberg.com
again. This time the end product was a short film titled "Birthday
Girl". I played the mom of a six-year-old girl mature
beyond her years.
Being an exotic dancer is not easy and I got to find that
out first hand when playing that role in "The City is
Mine".
I portrayed Sarah in "Touchy Subjects". She wants
to get pregnant and decides to ask a friend to help her out.
It's not what you think though.
Swamy Kandan is the director of "Catch Your Mind"
www.catchyourmind.com.
In it I played a school teacher while my son Matthew played
Jordan, the little brother of the lead character.
I played Mom in"Ghost Eye Tree" http://www.ghosteyetreemovie.com,
a 35 millimeter film project for Five Towns College in Long
Island, NY. It was an amazing experience!
Jaahidah Diaab, writer of
"Short Comings" adapted from her hit off broadway
production, "Sex is More Than a 3 Letter Word",
and cast me as Sheila in the feature film.
In "Parole", a
short film for The University of the Arts, I act as a prisioner's
psychologist and confidant.
Cowbell Films cast me for
the second time in their film,"Down With the Boogey".
I played the newcaster who covers the terrors of the boogeyman.
"Filthy Rich Filthy Uncle
Phil" was offered to me when I was working for a webisode!
I played the wife of a lying, cheating, no good husband who
in the end gets what he deserves.
"Black Ribbon" was
my fourth film I worked on with filmmaker John Orrichio. I'm
so thankful that he keeps bringing me back!
"Branded" is a feature film written, directed,
and produced by a group of ambitious young adults. I play
a loving mom who is heartbroken by her teenage daughter's
change in attitude as she gives in to peer pressure.
In "Fable", a Temple thesis short, I play the dying
mother of a very imaginitive boy. My son Matthew held that
role and did an amazing job! You can see some clips of it
at www.myspace.com/fableproductions
An University of Pennsylvania short titled "The Morning
After" was a project where I played a doctor. The final
cut came out great!
The 48 hour film project was a blast! Sean McKnight of Cineama
Alliance asked me to play a mom unhappy with her son's choice
of girlfriends.
"The Haunting of Danbury House" was John Orrichio's
third film. He definitely grows as a filmmaker with each and
every passing movie. I played an uptight museum director.
Aspire Productions cast me as the secretary in "Our
Summer Movie". The film is fabulous!
I worked with John Orrichio for a second time in "Requiem
for a Vampire" where I played Phillis Cooney. In this,
his second film, he joined a seasoned filmmaker Karl Petry
and they started the production company Gold Castle Films.
The film is having great success and being sold world wide.
In "Judy Goose" www.imminentfilm.com
my role was brief, but hilairious! A few of my friends were
also cast in this masterpiece - Gary Gustin www.garygustin.com
and Tom Detrik www.detrik.com.
Jerry Lyden, creator and lead of "The Pink Flamingo
Murders of 1933", asked me to play the part of a medical
examiner in his trailer titled "Razz and Dash".
Jerry is wonderful and to work with him again was an honor.
In "Hunk of the Month" I played a subsciber to
the ficticious website www.whataman.com. When I subscribed,
I was sent a young hunk who I came to find out is an incredible
actor, Ronald J. Zambor www.ronaldjzambor.com.
In the scene I was asked to smoke. It was the first time for
me, but I pulled it off because that's what us actors do!
I got a dayplayer role in "Disturbing Images" www.cinema-alliance.com
due to a recommendation. In this film I played a Southern
woman protesting some rather disturbing art pieces.
Heather is the lead in "Heather's Song", a very
interesting story geared for and about teenagers. I play Kaye,
Heather's mother. I obtained the audition for this film because
John Shaken-Kaye recommended me for the role. He played Tommy
O'Toole, my long time live-in boyfriend, in "The Pink
Flamingo Murders of 1933" and plays Sam, my love interest
and Heather's teacher in this film.
In
"Dykotomies" I was the annoying Aunt Anne Marie.
I actually got my teenage niece to tell the whole family in
the middle of dinner that she was a lesbian.
In
"The Possession of Father Thomas" I held the supporting
role of Detective Audra Simmons. I got ample practice shooting
blanks from a 38 revolver. Soon after "The Possession
of Father Thomas" was complete, John Orrichio asked me
to play Phyllis in his next feature, "Requiem for a Vampire".
The latest wonderful news concerning that film is that it
was picked up for store distribution by Alpha!
"Stand-Ups" was filmed at the famous Comic Strip
in Manhattan and featured me as a sarcastic bartender.
Before that I was in "Season in Hell",
a very gory horror.
I
was cast as a liberal college professor in "Opposite
Attraction". The director Tom Wieschenberg called me
directly to work on this project since I had worked with him
in the past.
I
played Marty in the film short "Getting Lucky" produced
by Mr. Bill Kalatsly who Imet at the Big Brother 3 audition
back in 2001.
In
"The Barren Pine" I played a woman of witchcraft,
Karen.
In "Cringe Pizza" I acted as an offended customer,
Mrs. Reid. www.cowbellfilms.com
I
played the role of a nurse in an independent slapstick comedy
feature, "Floyd" where I brought two men their donor
penises.
A feel good short film for me and the one that got me registered
on imdb was
"The Drunkard". I received this role, not due to
an audition, but due to a recommendation by someone on the
crew whom I did the stage production, "Best Things are
Swept Under the Rug" with.
Prior
to that was a fun short entitled "The Collector's Item".
I worked on two student films simultaneously. "Simple
City" was a silent short for The School of Visual Arts
and "Thursday Noir" was a thesis short for Columbia
University.
In "Practical Therapy"
I played a distraught mother seeking the aid of a psychiatrist.
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