“You are just too fat for this part.” This is something I actually was told…
About Jen Levin
Actress/Blogger - I’m originally from the Bay Area, but I’ve been in LA for over a decade now, so I consider myself a native. I’m working as both a blogger and actress (with a couple of day jobs to pay the bills on the side). I love being in the entertainment industry where every day is an adventure! When I’m not working on my career, I’m either reading (I’m a total book nerd) or enjoying my newfound love for spin class (which is helping towards my goal of losing 100 pounds for the last time). I like to joke that I’m a girl with Southern charm and Jersey moxie, which I think has worked well for me so far!
Social media and word-of-mouth are the most cost-efficient and generally effective marketing and PR strategies…
About Brittany Nicole La Hue
Brittany Nicole is a public relations professional representing entertainment, production, post-production, visual effects and virtual reality companies at Press Kitchen PR in Santa Monica, Calif. A USC graduate, she worked with Dr. Stacy Smith at the USC Annenberg School for Communication in media effects research, studying the effects of gender and sexuality in the film industry. This is where she discovered her passion for advancing the cause of women in entertainment. After graduation, Brittany Nicole worked in PR for the city of West Hollywood, a Downtown LA nonprofit and three major automotive companies before venturing into the scary yet exciting world of entertainment. In her free time, she runs a fashion blog, Diaries of a Domestic Diva, which focuses on accessible fashion, LA bars and restaurants and crafts/recipes. She also enjoys writing, exploring, VR experiences, watching documentaries and supporting other women in their career endeavors.
I started out as a graphic designer. Eventually I evolved into web design. This wasn’t…
About Vicky Ayala
Vicky is a digital strategist and personal brand coach who works with multi-passionate soloprepreneurs and teaches them how to build a thriving online business. She muses on the entrepreneurial journey and uses storytelling as a vehicle for showing others how to design a lifestyle that’s on purpose and by design. She is also founder of The Brand Asylum, a virtual training academy for solopreneurs who want to leverage and launch their way to success.
Prescott, Arizona is an adorable mountain town with cool coffee shops, an incredibly hip updated…
About Etta Devine
Etta Devine is an actor, filmmaker, and writer with a script on the 2017 Blacklist and one of 2017's Movie Maker Magazine's 25 Screenwriters to watch. With partner Gabriel Diani she directed, wrote, produced and starred in the feature film “Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse” which premiered at the 2016 Austin film festival and won awards from the Mill Valley Film Festival, Spokane International Film Festival, Omaha Film Festival, San Luis Obispo Film Festival, and many others. She co-produced and starred in the horror comedy “The Selling,” ruined classic literature by creating “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Robotic Edition” and is a member of the Antaeus Classical Theatre Company in Los Angeles and the Film Fatales. She recently recorded voices for the popular Frederator cartoon “Bee and Puppycat“ and wrote multiple episodes of its upcoming second season.
If you haven’t seen The Magicians on SyFy, I highly suggest you drop everything and…
About Kaytra Parkman
Kaytra Parkman is an American actress best known for playing various compelling and complex characters in award-winning indie films such as “The Last Protester” and “In The Basement”. She also garnered attention from the LGBTQ+ community for her portrayal of Jordan; an awkward and self-deprecating young women in the the digital series “The Flannel Channel”. The project quickly landed distribution on the popular queer site TelloFilms.com and a front page article on afterellen.com. In 2018, Kaytra continued to build momentum with a recurring role on Snapchat’s first original scripted series Solve, as well as a leading role in the film Ellie. Born and raised in Southern California, Kaytra developed an interest in the arts at a very young age. By 12, she was taking professional acting and music classes in Los Angeles and creating & editing her own short films and online videos. Kaytra attended the competitive Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) for four years, where she excelled at both academics and her daily performing arts classes. Due to her filmmaking and on-camera abilities, she was hired at the age of 15 as Host and Interview Correspondent for SweetyHigh.com’s online platform for several years, working with Cat Deeley, Cody Simpson, and Greyson Chance, among others. Kaytra brings intensity, vulnerability and maturity to her performances, and naturally gravitates towards characters with mystery and edge. A self-proclaimed nerd, Kaytra is obsessed with space, has been known to cosplay her own creations from time to time, and is training to one day become a Jedi Knight.
There’s a piece of advice that I often hear from friends and colleagues in the…
About Sophie Webb
Sophie Webb is a filmmaker and performer from Sydney, Australia. She is passionate about microbudget filmmaking for its ability to open up the medium to a more diverse range of artists and storytellers. She now lives in LA and has directed several short films, music videos and most recently a microbudget feature. She is a proud member of Women In Film Los Angeles and her ultimate goal is to be a part of changing the way women and minorities are portrayed in mainstream media. Her all time favorite film directed by a woman is “Fish Tank” by Andrea Arnold.
If you’ve read my previous three posts (here’s Part One, Two, and Three), you might…
About Agnes Olech
Agnes Olech was born in Bielsko Biala, Poland. Now settled in Los Angeles, she loves spending her free time being outdoors and hanging with her dogs. She is an avid runner and animal advocate. She eats at least two avocados a day and hopes to have at least three avocado tress when she grows up. Agnes can be seen in Season Two of HBO's acclaimed series True Detective. She also recently appeared on ABC's Castle, guest starred on CBS's Intelligence opposite Josh Holloway, played Gerty alongside the very funny Adam DeVine on Workaholics and starred opposite Rob Lowe in the comedy web-series Butterfinger the 13th. Other TV appearances include FOX's New Girl, CBS' Rules of Engagement, General Hospital, and Comedy Central's Reno 911. Her dream is to make people laugh, and her motto for life is “Imagination is everything.” -Albert Einstein.
I’ve had the incredible good fortune of directing three micro-budget features that have manifested from…
About Beth Dewey
Alaskan-born Beth Dewey began her cinematic career working for B-movie legend Roger Corman. As a picture editor, Dewey went on to earn three primetime Emmy nominations for her work on the Oscars. Tweeked, her first feature as writer/director, won Best Actress at the Brussels Independent Film Festival and was nominated for a Prism award. Dewey recently premiered Erasing Eden, her third feature, which was met with favorable reviews. Currently at work on an upcoming female action movie with creative partner Justo Diaz, Dewey strives to create complex female characters and tell original stories that reflect the modern female experience.
