Meet Bianca Bethune
Bianca Bethune is a TV and film actor. Known for the role of Megan Burnett in the Bad Boys franchise. She has been featured in other shows like, Criminal Minds, Everybody Hates Chris and a heavy recurring role on ABC Family's Switched at Birth. Relocating to Atlanta, Bianca will be training as a student, certified coach and teach under Jonna Naegele and the Ivanna Chubbuck Technique. Follow her handle on IG @thebiancabethune_
Meet Gail Everett-Smith
Gail’s professional acting career began Spring 1988 in Orlando Florida. She worked in feature film, television, commercials, and magazine/billboards. Working during a period where there were few African American actors located in Florida, she developed relationships with Universal and Disney Studios as the go to person when looking for people of color for their projects. Sometimes providing as many as two hundred people of color for a production. In 1990 Star Quality Talent Marketing Service (An ethnic talent bank comprised of people of color) was opened to support the demand for trained talent.
Due to increasing request from the Atlanta market Gail relocated in 1995; during this period, she continued training talent in performance art. The training embodied the total performer through acting, singing and dance. In 2012 ActNet Entertainment Studios opened its doors with Gail as CEO and Artistic Director using the same concept of the total performer. As well as courses to educate the student in the Etiquette and Business of Acting. In 2014 Gail added The ActNet Agency to represent talent in securing roles within the industry.
Often called a mother hen type, Gail has great passion for the world of entertainment, from watching old black and white movies; to listening to jazz; to teaching talent to act. Gail has a very real concern for the direction of the professional actor’s career.
Coach Gail is now a proud Coach of AHA and a certified coach under Coach Jonna Naegele instructing The Chubbuck Technique.
Meet Princess Elmore
Princess is a native of Atlanta, GA. where she currently shares her life with her loving husband and four
children. Princess continued her studies as an actor at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and is currently a
Master adult student of the Chubbuck Technique studies taught by Life Coach / Chubbuck Accredited
Certified Acting Coach Jonna Naegele. Princess started acting at a very young age as a Stage Theatrical
performer and she is currently a full-time TV/Film actress and has been on this journey for over 15 years.
She has performed in several local stage Productions throughout the Atlanta and Southeast area.
Meet
Bisola Salimonu
Specializing in Actor Development and Career Coaching.
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My Career Coaching and Actors Planning sessions are designed to help skilled actors and entertainers to develop a plan, create a portfolio, land an agent, and book roles. These sessions are about deciding who you want to be, making a plan, and going out to be that. My goal is to decrease the amount of time and money spent on failed attempts to build a career as an actor. In our first session we will review your current portfolio and see where we can enhance it. We will then work to develop and define your goals. The remainder of our sessions will consist of working on goals by: active brainstorming, profile editing, creating to-do lists, setting appointments, drafting/sending out emails, and doing everything necessary to increase your ability to book and reach your goals.”-Bisola
Meet Cari Alam
Cari Alam is an actress and singer-songwriter out of Atlanta, GA, where she shares her life with her husband and son. Born into a musical family, Cari has been singing and performing most of her life. She is a master level student of the Chubbuck Technique taught by life coach/Chubbuck accredited certified acting coach Jonna Naegele. Cari is the protégé of illustrious Atlanta native Jazz singer Theresa Hightower and she holds a BA degree of Fine Arts, with a focus in fashion design and marketing.
Meet Jermaine Boswell
Jermaine Boswell is an actor and director, known for his supporting roles in numerous films and TV shows, including Zero (Bollywood, SRK), You Can't Take My Daughter (Lifetime), The Perfect Race, and many others.
Starting out in live performance, Jermaine has been acting since his early church School days in Springfield, Massachusetts, taking his craft to the stage and starring as Danny Zuko in a community production of the iconic musical, Grease. Born to Jamaican immigrants, Jermaine has always pictured his name in lights and has set out to accomplish those dreams through his primal need for self-expression.
Today, Jermaine has carried that expression beyond acting and has found great passion in creating thought-provoking stories that challenge peoples’ way of thinking, urging people to rethink how they see the world around them. Most notably, he has recently finished up his directorial debut short film, Checkmate.
Meet Melinda Weir
Melinda Weir holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Masters degree in Criminal
Justice both from Middle Tennessee State University. Melinda has continued her professional
development by earning her certification as an accredited weight loss coach after successfully losing and
maintaining a 125-pound weight loss. Melinda enjoys helping others obtain their weight loss goals by
educating individuals on how to lose weight and get healthy through proper diet and exercise and
developing personalized meal plans that are unique to everyone’s needs. Specialist in our High Performance Program.
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Supportive Industry Community
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