Biography

Chicago native and best known as a Chicago radio personality, voiceover & on-camera talent in numerous commercials.

Recently acted as Aunt Blay in upcoming in Sci-Fi short film "Blood Run," a beautifully-written social commentary about love that turns the tables on the predatory natures of men vs. women, by talented actor/writer Chantelle Tibbs. Sprawling character and story arcs designed to go to series television. (In post-production.)

Is a Certified Makeup Artist and has worked on several indie film production crews, including for feature film "Sister Mary," along with SFX Makeup Dept Head for "Blood Run" for Spasta, Inc, and SFX Makeup Dept Head for horror short film "Bury The Hatchet" for director/producer Herman Rosales. Favorite projects also include Gemini Club's "Future Tidings" & Hello Dave's "Golden" music videos, and many industrial video projects.

Worked with Chef Graham Elliot and former Chicago Bears Robbie Gould & Devin Hester on "Combos Taste Kitchen" promo series.

Created SFX makeup for American Academy of Dermatology.

Born & raised in Chicago, IL. Has lived in Green Bay, WI, Milwaukee, WI, Richmond, VA. Lives and works in Los Angeles.

Avid yoga practitioner, tap dancer, & still performs in community theatre occasionally. Is a Certified Yoga Instructor available for Yoga casting, talent, and on-set Yoga consultation & instruction. (RYT-200, 2024)

Favorite quotes: "The key to Happiness is...not minding what happens." --Jiddu Krishnamurti

"I love making sure people know there is life after death. I love getting across the message that we all belong to one another. I love telling my clients the most important gesture in life & death is a smile." -Concetta Bertoldi, Medium ("Do Dead People Watch You Shower")

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them" -- George Bernard Shaw

"There will always be people who love you and people who don't like you at all; you may as well be yourself." --Baron Baptiste

"Don't let others steal your peace." --Bikram Choudhury

"Be safe, be happy, and don't ever let anybody make you afraid." -- David Coverdale, Deep Purple/Whitesnak

"I have always maintained the importance of Aunts as much as possible. Now that you have become an Aunt, you are a person of some consequence." -- Jane Austen

"Have the courage to fail big, and stick around." --Kirsten Dunst, "Elizabethtown"

"To be great is to be misunderstood." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is not your job to meet their need for attention, or their need for control. It is your job to do your job: Be who you are, do what you do, give lovingly but firmly." --L.G.

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." --Beatles

"You are a seeker. Delight in the mastery Of your hands and your feet, Of your words and your thoughts. Delight in meditation And in solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker." --Gautam Buddha Dhammapada

"To me, the most curious thing of all is incuriosity" -- Cormac McCarthy

"You're not doing anyone any favors if you withhold your talents from the world" -- Idina Menzel

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things." --Jack Kerouac

"Don't say 'uh-oh.' Vampires are not supposed to say 'uh-oh!'" --Sookie, "True Blood"

"I think therefore I rock and roll" -- Ringo Starr
- IMDb mini biography by: LG