The Actors Lounge

Jasmine Wright is an actress and dancer known for her work on TNT, SyFy, and Pure Flix, where she has graced the screen with stars such as Donna Mills, Rebecca Romijn, and Kellita Smith. She has also toured nationally and internationally with Disney Live! stage shows. When not working, Jasmine takes time to volunteer with foundations for the homeless, as well as animal shelters

Morris D. Small, Washington DC accredited SAG AFTRA actor and native, acting for over 15 years as a featured, support, and lead roles in television, film, and industrial. He is a talented, solid and diverse actor in comedy, a fight choreographer, mentor, voice over talent, writer, director, and over all philanthropist.

Cassandra Relynn is a native of McNeil, AR. She’s performed and stared in many great stage plays such as “Crumbs From the Table of Joy” and “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,” while attending Southern Arkansas, where she received her Bachelor’s in Political Science and a Masters of Education in Agency Counseling.

Since arriving in California, Cassandra has appeared on Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, Real Husbands of Hollywood, Revenge, American Horror Story, Life in Pieces, Blackish and recurred on Pretty Little Liars. She can also be seen in Tammi Mac’s web series Bag Lady, web sensation Black Boots, and in her own web series Faith In ‘Justus’, which she wrote, directed and produced with her husband, Quinton Owens. The two have also created their own production company, SanQuinton Productions.

Relynn has also had the pleasure of auditioning for both Tyler Perry and Lee Daniels. Cassandra has always leaned on her faith and lessons she learned while growing up in McNeil.

Actor William H. Bryant Jr, talks about how he got his start in acting, his love for theater and how he took a leap of faith and made the move to Los Angeles.

William talked about his very first audition in Los Angeles for OWN's Greenleaf and how he ended up booking the role of Aaron Jefferies on the hit show.

He also discusses some of the challenges he's faced along the way, what motivates him to keep going and some key tips that all actors should know about the business.

Follow William on Instagram at @thewilljr and be sure to catch the two night premiere of Greenleaf on August 28th and 29th on OWN.

Actor, producer and director Nakia Burrise checks in with the Actors Lounge to talk about her early start in the business.

Nakia booked her first series regular role as Tanya Sloan the yellow ranger on Power Rangers while still a junior in UCLA's theater program. She talks about how she balanced an acting career while being a full time student and all the many things she learned along the way.

Nakia discusses her love for producing and creating her own family friendly content, maintaining work life balance and the importance of having a solid support team. She also gives tips to up and coming actors looking to get started in the acting business.

Keep up with Nakia through the links below:

website: www.nakiaburrise.com

Instagram: @nakiaburrise

Twitter: nakiaburrise

Facebook: nakia.burrise

Actor, writer, comedian and musician, Doboy stops by The Actors Lounge to talk about how he got started in the entertainment business, taking a leap of faith all while trusting the process.

He talks about working on Wild n Out and his position at All Def Digital as a head writer, short form content creator and one of the main on camera talents.

Doboy also gets personal and opens up about his struggles with weight loss, alcoholism and how he approaches social media criticism. He ultimately credits his strong faith in God as his key to career success and overcoming his personal obstacles.

If you'd like to keep up with Doboy you can follow him at @iamdoboy and check out his content for All Def Digital at https://www.youtube.com/user/AllDefDigital.

Actress and creator talks about how she got her start in the entertainment industry with her first feature and starring role getting accepted into the Sundance Film Festival and later being turned into a BET TV series called Somebodies to working with Tyler Perry as Keisha in Why Did I Get Married.

We discuss how she approaches her career today, obstacles, challenges and how she's overcome and continued to maintain a successful career over the years. She opened up about the importance of identity and knowing who you are outside of this industry, being courageous, transitions, how she stays sharp as an actress and the differences in the Los Angeles and Atlanta market.

Kaira also directed a one woman show called A Rose Called Candace and she shares her experience of creating the show from start to finish, untold stories she'd like to tell in the future and how acting fulfills her as a person.

If you'd like to keep up with Kaira check out her website, http://www.kairaakita.com/.