How did this all start, huh?!

I knew I wanted to tell stories as soon as I could read them, which was at about the age of 3. But I really knew I wanted to be an actor when I started watching the “behind the scenes” features of my favorite movies— THAT was where the REAL MAGIC happened! The actor was no longer just the character, she was a person: She worked with the director to get her take right, laughed with her castmates, and walked us through enormous soundstages as the DP swung by on a huge crane. It was electric for me to see how it all happened, and I KNEW I had to be part of that world.

I’ve been performing since I was a kid, but I learned a lifelong approach to acting at SUNY New Paltz— the care of one’s body and voice as an instrument, the unpredictable nature of the industry, and, accordingly, the necessity of being both patient and prepared. After college, I began to work behind the camera in LA, where watching film and TV talent informed my theater training to better suit the lens. So, when one of our actors dropped out of a shoot last minute, I didn’t hesitate— and so began my first professional performance as a screen actor.

I’m lucky enough to work both on stage and on screen. I get a great sense of joy from the successes of each medium— the instant audience response in a theater, the hyper-specific beats of filmmaking. One experience feeds into the next, and encourages me to go out and see more, make more, learn more.

I am, at my core, enamored with stories. I am always reading, watching movies, playing video games, going to museums, and spending as much time out in nature as I possibly can. I’m so inspired by the world that exists around us, and I’m even more excited by the way people interpret that information to tell stories of their own. It’s a gift to get to participate in the work that we do, and I am so glad to be one among many storytellers of our lifetime.