HEIGHT: 5'5 WEIGHT: 125
EYES: BROWN HAIR: DARK BROWN
PASSPORT: YES
NATIONALITY: AMERICAN
TATTOOS: NONE
FILM
Lights Out - Blankenbaker - Power Outage LLC | Dir. Christian Sesma
Section Eight - Agent Morrow - Wolverine Lunch Box | Dir. Christian Sesma
Karen - Jen - Aloe Entertainment | Dir. Coke Daniels
Every Last One of Them - Kim - Ton of Hats Production | Dir. Christian Sesma
Aces and Eights - Pocahontas - Chamberlin / 87 Eleven | Dir. Zach Chamberlin
Get the Girl - Alina Space - Phineqx Entertainment | Dir. Chris Jai Alex
Pay Dirt - Kioko | Dir. Christian Sesma
Vigilante Diaries - Swan - Oscar Gold Productions | Dir. Christian Sesma
Coco aka Love Beats Rhymes - Sapphire - Codeblack Films | Dir. RZA
AWOL 72 - Monica - Triumphant Pictures | Directed by Christian Sesma
Max Steel - Stunts - Dolphin Entertainment | Open Road Films | Directed by Stewart Hendler
Interface (Short Film) - Supporting - Ramsity Productions | Directed by Ben Ramsey
The Man with the Iron Fists - Featured - Universal Studios | Directed by RZA
Night of the Templar - Lead- Sampson Enterprises | Directed by Paul Sampson
Blind Serenade - Supporting - (short film) Calico Works | Directed by Danny Lee
Fast Lane - Supporting - Maya Entertainment | Directed by David Betonces
Dark Island - Lead - Epic Picture Group | Directed by Sam Gorski & Niko Pueringer
Blood and Bone - Featured- Sony Pictures | Directed by Ben Ramsey
Repeat Offenders - Lead - Moki Entertainment | Directed by J.D. Cochran
Another Lonely Road - Supporting | Co-Producer - Ram City | Directed by Ben Ramsey
Shadow Man - Supporting - High Vision Project | Directed by Devevre
Loaded - Featured - Allumination Filmworks | Directed by Alan Pao
Kings of Hollywood - Supporting - Calico Works | Directed by Danny Lee
Night of the Leben Tod - Supporting - The Asylum | Directed by Eric Forensberg
Spin - Featured - Vivendi Entertainment | Directed by Dan Neira
Stand Up - Supporting - Rainpix | Directed by Micheal Rainin
A Talent for Trouble - Featured- Buck 50 Productions | Directed by Marvis Johnson
Rolling - Supporting - Indican Pictures | Directed by Billy Samoa Saleebey
That Game of Chess - Supporting - Madan Prem Entertainment | Directed by Raja Bundela
Doomed - Lead - Automatic Media | Directed by Michael Su
Girlfriends and Enemies - Lead - (short) Banged Out Productions | Directed by Richie Mac
Barely Buzzed - Featured - Directed by Carter Harris
A Night in Compton - Supporting - Maverick Entertainment | Directed by Davin Baptiste
The Nights (short film) - Lead - Academy of Arts SF | Directed by Verra Svechina
Ultimate Reality -Featured (Beautiful woman) WonderPhil Production | Dir. Phil Gorn
The Nark (short film) - Lead - Directed by Playwright Octavio Solis
A Day in the Park (Short Film) - Lead - SFSDF | Directed by David Gee
Super Flip - Featured (Geisha) - Directed by Celine Salazar Parrenas | UCLA
TELEVISION
A La Carte - Featured - Dir. Dijon Talton
Jaded (TV Pilot) - Supporting - Dir. Christian Sesma
Doomsday Device aka Pandora's Box (SyFy TV Movie) - Lead - Cinetel Films | Christian Sesma
MindBlown (SyFy TV Movie - Supporting | Stunts - Ton of Hats | Christian Sesma
The Ministry - Lead (pilot) - Ramcity Productions - Dir. Ben Ramsey
Tales from the Other Side - Co-star (pilot) - Way Beyond Entertainment- Dir. Richie Mac
Estudio 2 - Principal Dancer | Choreographer - KRCA 62- Liberman
Stim TV on Internet-Webisodes - Co-star | Principal Dancer - Stim TV- Dir. Evan Glodell
Boys Town - Featured Dancer - Dir. Chris Gansen
Campus Ladies - Co-star - Oxygen - Dir. Sean Lambert
Kitchen Confidential - Co-star - FOX - Dir. Fred Savage
Dance 360 - Series Principal Dancer - UPN -Dir. R DiPirro
Caliente - Series Principal Dancer - Univision Network | Dir. Angel Aponte
B.E.T. Club Comic View - Series Principal Dancer - B.E.T. | Dir. Tony McGuin
MDN "Do This" - Co-star - Spike TV- Dir. Matty Lesham
TRAINING:
Studied with Graham Shiels Studio (Private Coaching)
Studied with Sharon Chatten (Scene Study, improvisation, sensory work, physical and mental relation)
Studied with Paul Currie (Scene Study, Cold Reading, audition technique), Lauren Nadler, Robert Burgos (Scene Study/Improv) Stanislavsky System of Physical Actions with the Bennett Theatre Lab in San Francisco Commercial Technique Celia Shuman with Full Circle Productions in San Francisco
Voice: Alto (Belter) -Mezzo Soprano (2 1/2 octave, low F to a high D)
Studied voice with Wendy Parr, Judy Hubbell, Lois Roberts
Dialects: (American) New York, Southern, Spanish, British
Trained in different styles of Dance: Ballet, Modern, Modern Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Ballroom, Flamenco, Hawaiian, Tahitian, African, Haitian, Latin
Yoga practice in Power yoga, Ashtanga yoga and Vinyasa Flow yoga
Trained in different styles of Martial Arts: Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, Capoeria, Shao-Lin (Tiger-Crane Style) Hung Gar Kung Fu with Sifu Buck Sam Kong, and Krav Maga with Roy Elghanayan
Studied: Stunt Training/Fight Choreography with Geo Corvero, Arnold Chon, & Peter Lee Thomas
Fight Choreography / Judo with Chad Stahelski - 6 months - 87Eleven Action Design
TRAINED:
Knife fighting/Combatives training with Sayoc Kali / Tribal Tactics (Filipino Martial Arts) - The Art of the Blade - Tuhon Brian Calaustro
Pencak Silat, LaCoste/Inosanto/Ilustrisimo Kali, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Jeet Kune Do, KickBoxing, and Shooto Wrestling at the Inosanto Academy
Grappling for Fight Choreography - Head of Grappling - Hugh Fitzgerald - 87Eleven Action Design
Yoga Practice in Hot Power, Vinyasa, and Yoga Sculpting
Filipino Martial Arts w/ Guro Victor Gendrano Jr. - Filipino Martial Heritage - Instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto
Silat Buka Lingkaran (Indonesian Fight Art) - Alvin Guinanao - SBL Training Group Southbay taught by Guro Alvin Catacutan and Ma' Aug Tauteoli
Ballet at the Edge Performance Center - Hollywood
MARTIAL ART SEMINARS:
Ajarn Chai Sirisute / Guro Dan Inosanto - Muay Thai Summer camp held in Oregon - 2010
Sayoc Kali - Pamana Tuhon Chris Sayoc seminar held at Inosanto Academy (IAMA) - June 2014
Sayoc Kali - Sayoc Summer Sama Sama 2014 - Los Angeles - July 2014
Sayoc Kali seminar with Tuhon Tom Kier held at Tomacelli Aademy - October 2016
Sayoc Kali - Sayoc Winter Sama Sama - November 2016
1st Annual Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Camp with Jean Jacques Machado and Professor Gary Padilla - January 2017
Sayoc One Tribe seminar fundraiser for Silak Leonore and Tuhon Brian Calaustro - March 2017
Guro Dan Inosanto, Silat Camp - Inosanto Academy (IAMA) - May 2017
Sayoc Kali seminar with Tuhon Tom Kier held at Tomacelli Academy - May 2017
R.A.P.I.D. International Master Class in Jiu Jitsu and Combatives with Master Antonio La Salandria & Robert Arevalo - 87Eleven Action Design - October 2017
Close quarter combat with Master Apolo Ladra held at the Kaizen Dojo - December 2017
Sayoc Kali with Tribal Tactics Seminar with Tuhon Brian Calaustro - May 2018
SPECIAL SKILLS: Drive Manual, ESK8, Rope Dart, Horseback Riding, Esk8ing, SpeedBoarding, Rollerskating, Fight Choreography, Handles automatic weapons (shooting range), Sword Fighting, Freestyle and Dance Choreography in Hip Hop, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Modern, Jazz, Ballroom, and Latin Dance, Singing (Mezzo-soprano & Alto)
INDUSTRIALS
SCIL - Military Project for the US Army/Marines - Lead - Dir. Asa Shumskas-Tait
DataCom - Principal - Pacific Bell-Chris Johnson-Dir
WYLE Electronics - Principal Dancer - MVP Media Group- Dir. Danny Walker
TIBCO - Principal - US WEB-CKS- Dir. Randy Fields
Shopping on the Net - Principal - Levi Strauss-Jennifer Terwillger
Echo-Boom Generation - Principal - Levi Strauss-Kitty Rey
MUSIC VIDEOS
"GONE" by Erick Morillo, Junolarc & Chris Child feat. Ora Solar - Subliminal Records / Armada Music - Dir. Jimi Dava
"Fairy Tale" by Saint Asonia - Complex Films - Dir. Christian Johnston
"Be Who You Are" by Carey NOkey - Super Fly Films - Dir. Jimi Dava
"WISH I" by JEM (UK Artist) (shot in Malibu, California) Featured Hawaiian Dancer -Choreography by Kuma Hula Keali i Ceballos from Halau Keali i O Nalani Dance Company - The Artists Company - Dir. Steven Muras
"Why Don't You & I" by Carlos Santana featuring Alex Band of the Calling (shot in SF, CA) Featured Dancer- DNA Prod.-Dir. Mark Webb
"Nothing at All" by Carlos Santana featuring Musiq Soulchild (shot in SF, CA) Featured Dancer- DNA Prod.-Dir. Mark Webb
"Keep It Hot" by Egyptian Lover (shot in Los Angeles) Featured Dancer - Directed by Suzy Kassem AKA The Blue Panther
"Shot at the Title" by Your Horrible Smile (shot in Los Angeles) Principal Dancer - Dir. Ben Jacks
"Blood Bleeds Red" by David Lockhart with Stereoblasters - Prinicipal Dancer - Dir. Zebediah Ysabel De Soto
"Shakin It Up" Talk of the Town by Oakland rapper "Habitt" (shot in Los Angeles) Principal Dancer - Fat Daddy Records
"Hollywood & Highland" Principal Dancer - Serekh Ent./Thin Ice Prod. Andrew "Strange Ways" - Comic Book Bad Girl /Dancer - Dir. Jennifer Barlow
"Keep On Rising" Jay-J featuring Latrice Bernett - Prinicpal Dancer - Moulton Studios-Dir. Jpaul Baca
COMMERCIAL (Conflicts available upon request)
Diet Pepsi
Nestle Water
Nike
The New Gilligans Island (TBS Network)
Apollo Ale
Apple Bees
Silicon Valley College
Fox Network
VOICEOVER
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PRINT/MODELING/SHOWS: 24 hour fitness campaign, Smooch Jeans, Steve Madden, Mesmerize, Lakhay, HP Trading, Jamaiican Style Swimwear, Royal Clothing, Royal Blunts, Smash Pit Magazine, BQE Magazine, Energy 92.7 Radio Station, Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco) Nordstrom (San Francisco) Energy 92.7 Fashion Show, San Francisco Pinnacle Production Calendar of Asian Spokemodels (San Francisco) Filipino Association Fashion Show, San Francisco Fil-Am News (Asian Journal)
STAGE
California Science Center Discovery Ball and Cleopatra Exhibit | Performer | Zen Arts Los Angeles | Doug Miller
West Coast Reggaeton Concert | Dancer | Machete Records/Universal
Kung Fu Femmes | Performer | The Key Club (West Hollywood)
The Mayan Theater | Dancer (Various shows0 | Richard Velasco
Rockstar INXS | Dancer | Epic Records
Popikok | Dancer/Choreographer | Michael Satro
Maximum Comedy Crush | Dancer/Choreographer | UCLA-Los Angeles
Avalon Theater | Dancer/ Choreographer | Copper Dallas
City Slam Dance Co. | Dancer (Various of shows) | Ronnie Reddick
Modern Dance Co. | Dancer (Various Modern Shows) | Cal State University
Hair, the Rock Musical | Ronny | San Francisco State University
Tracks in Time | Jane, the fashion Model | San Jose Stage
One Mille Bornes | Jacqueline | Red Rocket Theatre | San Francisco, CA
Opium Cafe | Christie | Diego Riveria Theater | San Francisco, CA
Street Scene | Rose Maurrant | Diego Riveria Theater | San Francisco, CA
Spirit of Polynesia Dance Company | Dancer (Various shows) | J. Kimo
Tahiti Fete | Choreographer/Principal Dancer/Solo | Pua Tokumoto
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival | Dancer (Various shows) | Jerry Duke
Carnival | Dancer (Various of shows) | SF Carnival
Purity of Impact | Gina | RubberMatchSerieZ Theater Co. | San Francisco, CA
Two Gentlemen of Verona | Silvia | YPT Musical Theatre Co.
Carnival | Olga/Principal Dancer | YPT Musical Theatre Co.
British Invasions | Featured Vocalist/Dancer | YPT Musical Theater Co.
Rainbow Tribute to Harold Arlen | Featured Vocalist/Dancer | YPT Musical Theater Co
It’s a Bird, it’s a plane, it’s… | Flying King Acrobat | YPT Musical Theater Co. (various shows)
**City Slam Dance Team | Hip Hop Jazz Dancer | Choreographer Ronnie Reddick
Asian Spokesmodel & Talent Show (Hip Hop/Tahitian Choreography)
Ms. Hawaiian Tropic Pagent | Contestant | Won 1st runners up & 1st place Talent Competition
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