The Actors Lounge

The Actors Lounge

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  • Tristan Cunningham

    Tristan Cunningham started her performing days when she was only ten  years old touring with Vermont’s own home grown country circus, Circus  Smirkus. After running away with the circus for eight summers, she  decided to change her focus to acting and graduated from S.U.N.Y  Purchase Theater Arts and Film conservatory with a B.F.A. She now works  between the Bay Area and Los Angeles as an actor, teaching artist, and  circus performer, taking part in productions by the California  Shakespeare Theater, Aurora Theater Company, African American  Shakespeare Company, Shotgun Players, San Francisco Playhouse, Marin  Shakespeare Company, Circus Bella, Medical Clown Project and many more.  Her hope is to continue acting in theater, film and television. She  feels incredibly blessed to do what she loves and share it with the rest  of the world.

    36 min
  • Dawn Ying Yuen

    Ying Yuen started acting at 19 in Singapore  performing in Mandarin and English. She did many projects in TVCs, and  with the TV Drama Department of Television of Singapore.


    She moved to Los Angeles in 2001, got herself an agent and an acting coach, started doing mostly Industrials in the beginning. .
    Over  the years, she acted in many film thesis for Masters graduates of  Chapman U and USC. Ying Yuen has also done many notable National T.V  Commercials. The journey has been a very blissful one for Ying Yuen, and  she never looked back. 


    Ying Yuen studied with Director Howard  Deutch in The Master Class at Beverly Hills Playhouse for about 3 years.  She speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

    As a hobby, Ying Yuen dances Modern and Chinese folk dance, and is flexible with many yoga movements.

    54 min
  • Asante Jones

    Asante Jones hails from Cleveland, OH. He's lived in LA for over  21 years and has amassed quite a list of accomplishments.  With over 70  titles on IMDb, he has recurred on several TV shows, such as Scandal and Rosewood a couple years ago. 

    Asante has starred in a Lead role in the John Travolta film, I Am Wrath.  Look for his earlier work in the film, Camp (2013),  about abused and neglected foster kids that get to attend a very  special summer camp for one week every year, available on Blu Ray and  DVD. 

    He served as the voice of Boost Mobile for five and a half  years.  He currently has a VO campaign running as the voice of Marshawn  Lynch's hand, Baby Beast, to promote the video game, NFL Madden '18.  

    It was touring with the Shelley Garrett play, Beauty Shop Part II that got him out of Cleveland in the 1990s.  While on tour, Asante's roommate was Academy Award Nominee, Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile).  

    Asante has worked with notable celebrities such as Emma Stone,  Robin Wiliams, Kathy Bates, Morris Chestnut, Shonda Rimes and Betty  White, to name a very few.  Check out his role as Black Eddie in the  raucously funny web series, Break Room.  

    29 min
  • Sasha Compere

    Sasha Compere is a native of Detroit, Michigan and is of  Haitian parentage. Her mother and father are both from Haiti. Sasha  moved to a small town right outside of Detroit at a young age and  attended schools in the metro Detroit area where she began acting and  learning about production. She performed in theater productions  throughout high school, during which she continued to pursue working in  television, film, and on stage in New York and Los Angeles.

    1 hr 15 min
  • Chevonne Hughes
    A graduate of Boston University's School of Theatre, whose notable alumni include Jason Alexander,Julianne Moore, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, and Ginnifer Goodwin. She also had the privelige of studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Upon graduating, Chevonne immediately set her sights on Los Angeles . She's a graduate of Second City Hollywood and also performed with and wrote for one of it's house sketch team Pompadour.
    Chevonne has been seen bathing in a hot tub of money in the Virgin Mobile's "Retrain Your Brain" commercials featuring Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne,performing along side Dianna Agron in the The Killers' "Just Another Girl" music video, fighting office boredom in a Farmville 2 commercial, and in a National campaign for Re/Max directed by Autumn Dewilde.
    Theatrically, she can be seen in the second season of ABC's "Fresh Off The Boat" . Chevonne filmed the pilot for Amazon's "Goliath" formerly "Trial" (Billy Bob Thornton, Maria Bello, William Hurt) and a recurring role on the Oprah produced "Greenleaf" on OWN as "Karine Jackson".
    1 hr 2 min
  • Nelson Estevez
    A New York native, Nelson Estevez is an actor, a mixed martial artist and an athlete who pushes boundaries and isn't afraid of a little sweat. Estevez's career has evolved over the last decade. Beginning in New York City, his training at Terry Schreiber Studios provided him strong fundamental skills in theater. He has become adept in slipping into the shoes of his characters and with empathy reliving their stories. Nelson considers both mental and physical training to be a key factor in preparing for a role. He trains to be an actor the same way athletes train to be in the Olympics, with conscious dedication and conditioning to all aspects of his life. As a mixed martial artist, Nelson also works on his own choreography for fight scenes. Leaving his comfort zone he moved to Los Angeles where he is currently based. Estevez attends Actors Comedy Studio where he refines his audition technique and on camera training. Nelson has been actively auditioning and booking work in LA ever since
    57 min
  • Danielle Moné Truitt
    Danielle Moné Truitt was destined to entertain. She is the true definition of a Triple Threat. The actor, singer, and dancer hails from Sacramento, California where she studied Theatre and Dance at Sacramento State University before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in television and film. Truitt got her start in theatre, but is now starring in the lead role as Rebecca "Rebel" Knight in the new John Singleton Drama series Rebel on BET. The series centers around Truitt's character, Rebel, an Oakland police officer, who struggles with life and career after her brother is killed by police and delves into the complexities of officers of color and the conflicts they have with their jobs, particularly now, while there is scrutiny over misconduct and police brutality.
    Recently, Truitt was nominated for two Ovation Awards; the first for her performance as a lead actress in a play for The West Coast Premiere of The Mountaintop and the second, for her role in Dreamgirls. She packed the Rockwell Table and Stage venue for her self-produced one woman show Overnight Success, and also recently performed her one woman play, 3: Black Girl Blues to sold out audiences at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York. Some of her other stage credits include In The Heights, Neat, Aida, A Raisin in the Sun and Hair. Truitt has appeared on TV in guest starring roles on ABC's Super Fun Night and FOX's Mulaney. Her film experience includes her role as Kay, in FOX Digital's feature film ETXR. Truitt made history when she joined the cast of the Academy Award Nominated Animation The Princess and the Frog as the video reference for Princess Tiana. She performed the body movements and facial expressions for the Disney Princess, ultimately giving Princess Tiana her persona and essence as well as performing a voice for another character in the film, Georgia.
    Aside from performing, Truitt is a wife and mother of two young sons. She has a heart for people and for promoting change in our communities. Because of this, she started the BE. ETERNAL: The Thriving Artist Series that serves the artistic community by providing emotional and spiritual support. She produced an event entitled #MoreThanAHashtag - a night of open discussion and performance surrounding the misuse of police force and our role in activism to rekindle awareness towards injustice. Truitt truly believes that art has the ability to speak loud and to change the hearts and minds of people. She also partners in ministry with her husband at THE LIVINGROOM in Van Nuys, California. Their ministry works with Hope of the Valley to provide meals and encouragement to the homeless community in the San Fernando Valley, and they have worked with foster youth and boys' homes. Truitt and her husband hold a monthly music/poetry/comedy event called MY FIRST FRIDAYS, where artists from all over come to perform. It has become one of the most popular events in Southern California. Truitt is managed by Cheryl Martin at CMA Entertainment.
    44 min
  • Tre Alexander
    Tre Alexander is a Professional Actress, Voice-over Artist, Plus Size Fashion Model and Commercial Print Model. Tre started acting and modeling at age 12. She is from Maryland and also spent her early childhood years in Germany. Tre went to College at Towson University earning a BA in Mass Communication with a concentration in Broadcast Journalism. Tre now resides in Boston and is enjoying the professional acting community. Tre has a Boston and New York Agent. She has experience in commercials, industrials, television and film. Tre currently has a national HelloFresh commercial airing with her fiancé Richard, who is also an actor.
    Aside from acting being her passion she absolutely adores animals.
    Follow her IG page @trealexandercurveymodel and check out her website at www.trealexander.com.
    1 hr 11 min
  • Adam Huss
    After graduating with a BA in Drama from Binghamton University in NY, studying under Julliard professor Gene Lesser, Adam Huss moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career doing what he loves most, acting in film and television. Before landing the dynamic role of Joshua Kantos on the Starz show "Power" which ironically brought him back to his place of origin, NY, Adam guest starred on shows such as NBC's Ironside, CSI: NY, NCIS, NCIS: LA, to name a few.
    He also can be seen in the independent films Waiting in the Wings the Musical, Misirlou, Is it Just Me?, Resurrection County, and Wannabe. He also associate produced and was the star of the feature film Find Me, which debuted at the Hollywood Film Festival.
    1 hr 24 min
  • Tonya George
    Tonya is a comedic and dramatic actress who has appeared in numerous TV, film, stage and musical theater productions. She performed alongside former American Idol contestant Lakisha Jones in the Musical , Back on the Boards. She played the lead in the independent feature film The Pride Before the Fall and the web series Wicked, both were released in November 2017. She has also worked with Kevin Hart on his comedy special, Let Me Explain. Tonya can also be seen performing sketch comedy every month with the longest running sketch comedy show in Los Angeles. Her most recent project is a sitcom for a cable network. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter: @mstonyakay
    40 min

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