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    Kodi is an actress and filmmaker in Los Angeles, CA. She loves learning new things and sharing information with others. She is passionate about filmmaking and wants to create a Hollywood that is safe and supportive to foster creativity and collaboration amongst filmmakers. For Kodi, there are only two reasons to make a film: to share an important story/message and to have fun!4 Articles

    Erin Brown is a comic, host, actress, writer, and producer who appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Fox’s Good Day NY, and the front pages of Funny Or Die, Blip.tv, and Comedy Central’s Atom.com. She has interviewed numerous celebrities for her award winning series, “Hot on the Red Carpet”, including Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Garry Marshall, Richard Dreyfuss, Jason Ritter, Kathy Griffin, and Lewis Black. Erin is a regular contributor to the popular website www.hellogiggles.com as well as a frequent guest on many podcasts including Kelly Carlin’s “Waking from the American Dream”. Most recently she co-created and produced the international corporate comedy training series “Cutting Edge Communication” and was published in the book “That Time of the Month.” Erin began her comedy at age three in front of the bathroom mirror doing impressions of Jimmy Carter for her imaginary friend Billy Butler.4 Articles

    Actress & Web Developer - Verona Blue is originally from Toronto but arrived in Los Angeles by way of London where she received classical conservatory training in voice, movement and text. She excels at weapons and combat, and is extremely easy to find at an airport. Realising her niche was strong, but limited, she grabbed the bull by the horns and started creating her own opportunities with a group of new, creative friends and colleagues. Her first film (and reel!) "Elizabeth" won Best Editing and was nominated for Best Actress at the Indie Horror Film Festival in Chicago. With a professional background in web development and extensive experience working on film related websites, she has a lot going on. It's exhausting.4 Articles

    Angela Cohen is an award-winning actress and filmmaker. Her film and television work includes Oscar winners Al Pacino, Paul Haggis, Barry Levinson and Emmy winner Ann Dowd. The Miami Herald touted Angela as an "Actress on the Rise." Angela founded Charley Bear Productions Inc, with a vision to affect change through art, showcasing the female perspective in front of and behind the camera. She's a Sundance Labs finalist for the VR experience, “The Art of Saving a Life,” was handpicked by Google for their Jumpstart VR Initiative, and qualified for the 90th annual Academy Awards with her short film, "Without Grace," which sold to Shorts TV and is currently in development for a dramedy series. She line produced the Sundance Feature "Clara's Ghost" and is passionate about telling stories that make a social impact, more often than not with a hilarious edge. You can follow her @AngelaCohen and learn more about her work at CharleyBearProductions.com. Watch Without Grace on Amazon!3 Articles

    Actress, producer, writer and digital strategist, Alana is the Co-Founder of new media entertainment startup Digiriot. A recent LA transplant, you can follow her adventures on Instagram @LA Adventourists. Recent digital projects include drama pilot Wake; campy noir Malcontent’s Lab, and Isa Llama Scifi Movie Reviews as part of Digiriot’s flagship YouTube channel, Scifiriot; as well as multiple projects currently in development.3 Articles

    Kirsty Spraggon - Is an international speaker, entrepreneur, host & author. She is known for her expertise in building relationships for life & business success. Kirsty hosts a talkshow called Kirsty TV where people share their personal stories, the lessons, struggles and adversity they have experienced. The show focuses on sharing inspirational and empowering stories.3 Articles

    Fresh off the plane, Kosha Patel hails from Colorado. Despite her parents’ warning that Californians are “unstable,” she packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the University of Southern California. Immediately after graduating, she pursued acting for its perks and made guest star appearances on Rules of Engagement, Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, Lie to Me, Grey’s Anatomy, Ringer, and HBO’s Funny or Die Presents series. She continued training/merrily socializing at Improv schools like The Groundlings and UCB where she discovered her passion for comedy writing. As a writer, she developed a web series with Fremantle Media, and she also co-wrote and co-produced a TV pilot (starring Richard Karn and Bob Clendenin) with Jaguar attached as a corporate sponsor. Currently you'll find her writing and producing content for Comediva.com, a renowned humor site that was inspired and created by three women in Los Angeles. Kosha continues to entertain 14-year-old Youtube critics – as well as her mom – by writing and producing digital shorts (that's fancy talk for "Youtube"). When she is not writing or producing, you can catch Kosha recurring on House of Lies and The Newsroom as well as doing stand up at popular comic joints such as The Laugh Factory, The Improv, and The Comedy Union. And if you still can’t find her … I would try Chipotle.3 Articles

    Julia Coulter is an actor and writer originally from Hanover, NH. She got the acting bug at an early age and spent a lot of her childhood trying to convince her friends to watch Tommy Boy and all of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musicals with her. During high school, she started to re-alize that this was not just a phase, nor was she simply a movie goer, she wanted to be a part of it all. After graduating high school she left the US and landed in Cardiff, Wales at one of the UK’s top drama schools, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Although a challenge, the experience was life changing. She got to perform on some of London’s finest stages and be heard on BBC Radio 4. After graduating she moved to LA by herself with few connections, no job and no apartment. She quickly found her feet in the industry, is currently working on writing her second feature film and hustling in this mad world of auditions.3 Articles

    After finishing college in her native South, Hadley traveled cross country, got chased by a man with a gun, and settled in Los Angeles. Her fiction has been published in the Santa Monica Review and the Southern Indiana Review and her she writes for several online publications, including KCET’s Departures. As a pretty cool day job she is currently the lovely Amy Poehler’s stand-in on the show Parks and Recreation. She is also a frequent featured performer at the legendary Dresden (fulfilling her long held wish to be a lounge singer).3 Articles

    Sallyanne began as an actor, most notably playing alongside Eric Bana in the Aussie comedy The Nugget. She has been a breakfast radio co-host, a solo radio announcer, and a traffic reporter for most leading media outlets in Australia. Her love of the visual medium of story-telling has always been prominent leading her to write and act in her own short film Chipman for Tropfest, which screened around the country as one of fourteen finalist films. Co-writing and acting in one other short fiction film, selected to screen at many International film festivals, it wasn’t long before she ended up behind and in front of the camera at the same time, reporting and filming traffic from a helicopter for Today Show on channel 9 Sydney. Sallyanne then made her first documentary, about an outback music festival in Nymagee (central NSW), A Day in the Dirt screened at LA Femme Film Festival in Los3 Articles

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