Acting CV

Acting CV

An Actor's CV is very important when it comes to auditions. In some cases it is the first thing along with your head shot that a casting director may see before seeing you in person at an audition, so your Actor's CV has to include all the essentials and requirements and be impressive to your audition panel, and casting directors.

The requirements for an Actors CV are:

• Past experience of performing
• Any skills: Piano, Swimming etc.
• Roles you have played
• Height, Hair colour, appearance
• Playing Age
• Head shot - Your head shot needs to look the same as what you look like in person - Matching hair
• Workshops 
• Teaching
• Dance exam qualifications
• Music exam qualifications
• Singing exam qualifications
• Instruments you can play
• Accents
• Confidence with animals and children
• Equity
• Spotlight
• Promotional work

These are the main requirements needed to produce a well written and impressive Actor's CV.

My Actor's CV:

Name: Sophie Shepherd

Playing Age: 13-24

Eye colour: Green

Hair colour: Blonde

Ethnicity: White British, Caucasian

Native Accent: Southern England 

Build: Slim

Weight: 10st 

Height: 5ft 5 1/2 inches
Spotlight: Yes
Equity: Yes

Qualifications/Training: Musical Theatre Diploma, RAD Ballet examinations Grade 1-8, RAD Vocational exams; Inter-Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced 1, currently doing final exam Advanced 2.

Skills: Highly trained Singer (mezzo-soprano), Acting, Trained dancer in: Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, Commercial, Musical Theatre, National, Ballroom, Latin. Further skills Horse riding, Swimming, Netball,  Archery, Rock climbing, Abseiling, Ice skating, Roller booting/blade, gymnastics, cycling. Outstanding Guitar playing skills. high experience in lighting design and sound design.

Confident with animals

Confident with children
Highly experienced in hair styling

Highly trained and high experienced touring singer and dancer.

Highly Trained in musical theatre and dance

Public speaker

High level of speaking French

Accents: RP, Irish, Cockney, Northern, New York American, Southern American, State american, French

Experience:

2007, Annie, Pavilion Theatre, Role: Annie, Director Carolyn Bennett

2007, The King and I, Pavilion Theatre, Director: Carolyn Bennett

2008, Blitz, Pavilion Theatre, Role: Frances Locke, Director: Tony Bright

2011, Annie, The Connaught Theatre, Role: Miss Hannigan, Director: Naomi Higgins

2013, Suessical The Musical, The Sealight Theatre, Role: Horton, Director: Rachel Maddix

2014, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Windmill Theatre, Role: Donna, Director: Janet Webb

2014, Bad Girls the Musical, The Sealight Theatre, Role: Denny Blood, Director: Rachel Maddix

2014, National Theatre Connexions, 'The Wardrobe' Capitol Theatre, Director: Adrian Riley 

2014, Little Shop of Horrors, The Windmill Theatre, Role: Crystal, Director: Kelly Manchee

2015, Mother Goose, The Windmill Theatre, Role: Jill, Director: Christopher Blanchard- Cooper

Champion at Dance World Cup 2013, 1st place senior folklore, The Dome Theatre, Brighton

All England Dance Champion, 2013 1st place senior song and dance final, Bloomsbury Theatre London

Performance at Pineapple dance studios with Louie Spence

Self employed events singer/vocalist

Experience in doing workshops and technique classes in Ballet, Jazz and contemporary at Dance schools for children and teenagers ages 11-16. Including teaching musical theatre routines.

Work as front of house at The Windmill theatre - selling programmes, tickets sales, ushering to seats