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Updated More than a month ago

Homebase:

Fayetteville, AR

Title:

Actor, Director, Writer, Editor

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  Overview

• Bio

  I hold an M.F.A in Acting from the University of Arkansas. I currently reside in Fayetteville, Arkansas with my husband and 14 year old daughter. I am a freelance humor columnist and was recently published in Vivid Hues Magazine. I have been acting on the stage since age 11, and at age 18, I toured the stand up comedy circuit for 2 years. In 2000, I appeared as Ruby Jewel Peachum in the world premiere of the stage play "DuPont, Mississippi" by Mark Landon Smith. In 2004, I appeared as the bombastic and over-the-top version of myself in ABC's Reality Television Show "Wife Swap". I subsequently appeared on "Good Morning America" and "Life and Style" as a result of that appearance. I was featured in "TV Guide" and "US Weekly". I am able to portray a wide variety of roles ranging from slapstick comedy to intense drama. My favorite role was that of "Lu-Lu", a severely autistic woman, in a Master's thesis stage production of "Haiku".

• Interests and Activities

  Smoking, drinking strong black coffee, and watching my daughter cheer at football games. I also write humor columns about my life as a cynical PTO Mom.

• Favorite Movies

  I watch a lot of movies. I do have to say that "How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog" is definitely in my top five favorites. I will watch anything directed by Jim Jarmusch, Lars von Trier, Kevin Smith, and Judd Apatow. Klaus Kinski is my hero.

• Favorite TV Shows

  "Weeds", "Big Love", "Masters of Horror", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "Carnivale" (when it still aired).

• Favorite Books

  "Weaveworld" by Clive Barker

• Favorite Music

  I will listen to anything that doesn't have a southern twang to it, even though Dolly Parton is a swell gal. I am currently very much digging Gorillaz.

• Favorite Talent

  Todd Solondz

• Favorite Quotes

  "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." ~ Gandhi