Leesa Beck - Actress - Druggy Girl

Voicemail: 626.487.5196

Leesa began acting at the age of eight, and decided it was her life's calling by the age of twelve. Classically trained at Cornell University, she received her BA in Theatre Arts in 2000.

After graduating she decided to throw caution and a $120,000 education to the wind to experience the life of a carnie. She spent the next few years earning her living primarily as a singer and actor at fairs, carnivals, and festivals around the country. During this time she picked up many unusual skills such as trick hula-hooping, stilt-walking, and burping on cue.

Finally tiring of life on the road, she settled permanently in Los Angeles in the fall of 2002, where she is currently pursuing a career in film and TV. Since coming here she has been in several independent films, television shows, and commercials, as well as numerous plays, for which she has received outstanding reviews from the LA area press. She is a company member at the 30-year-old MET Theatre in Hollywood.

She is currently learning to play the drums because she thinks chick drummers kick ass.

FILM

The Making of The Dadaists (documentary)	supporting	Director: Harris Mann
The Avalanche Rovers	supporting	Smiling Danland Productions
The White Room	supporting	EMP Productions
Sexo	featured	Director: Roderigo Bellott

TELEVISION

Ex-treme Dating	guest	FOX Television
The Chamber	contestant	FOX Television
Arts Funding Public Service Announcement	lead	City of China

THEATRE (partial list)

An Ideal Husband	Mrs. Marchmont	Classical Theatre Lab
The Lysistrata Projec	Old Man	Wilshire Ebell Theatre
The Question	Debs	The MET Theatre
The Madness of Lady Bright	Girl	The MET Theatre
The Wizard of Oz	Dorothy	Traveling Lantern Theatre
Three Sisters	Natasha	Vanguard Theatre
A Midsummer NightÕs Dream	Helena	Raven Playhouse
Bleacher Bums	Melody	Seventh Street Theatre
The Glass Menagerie	Amanda	Gateway Theatre
The Odd Couple - Female Version	Florence	Gateway Theatre
The Gnadiges Fraulein	Polly	Cornell University
Family Picnic	Sister	Director: Rachel Lampert
Chicago	Annie	Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre
Laughter on the 23^rd Floor	Helen	Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre
John Brown's Body	Ensemble	Director: Peter Hunt
The Mousetrap	Molly	Director: SAM Muir
The House of Blue Leaves	Little Nun	Director: Tallant Smith

COMMERCIALS

Conflicts Available Upon Request

EDUCATION/TRAINING

The MET Theatre - current company member

ComedySportz Improv Classes

Cornell University - BA in Theatre Arts

Master Classes: John Cleese, Jimmy Smits, Harold Gould

Scene Study: Stephen Cole, Acting Technique: Kevin Connell, Shakespeare: Bruce Levitt,

Dialects/Voice: Allison VanDyke, Movement: Jumay Ruth Chu, Directing: David Feldshuh

University of California, Santa Barbara

Scene Study: George Bachman, Fencing

OTHER SKILLS

Dialects/Accents (Southern,NewYork,Midwestern,English[RP,LondonCommon,Cockney],Irish,Scottish,French,etc.)

French Language (intermediate vocabulary - excellent accent)Stilt-Walking

Hula-Hooping (multiple hoops, walking while hooping, etc.) Improvisation

Stage Combat (fencing, hand to hand) Burping on Cue

Singing (alto 2, tenor 1) Lighting Design and Tech