REGINA LESLIE Hair blond 312-802-7900 AEA; SAG & AFTRA eligible Eyes blue www.reginaleslie.com Lyric Soprano w/ belt Height 5’3 Wt: 108
FILM Peepshow Woman at Desk (featured) Indi Feature; Redworks Cinema, Chicago And Then I Knew Mom (featured) Indi Short; Parkside Films, Chicago The Papers Lori (starring) Indi Short; Poindexter Films, Chicago State of Jefferson Kelly (featured) Indi Short, Blindsight Arts Collective, CA Ante Meridiem Ex-girlfriend (speaking) Indi Short; Chathartic Entertainment, Chicago Haunted Chicago Ghost-lead actor History Channel, Greystone Prod. COMMERCIAL/VOICE OVER/PRINT- All Principal Roles Glade Sniffer SAG Commercial; Draftfcb; Essanay Studios Closet Works Wife Commercial; Badja Productions Long John Silvers Mom Commercial; Creative Alliance, Inc. Consumer’s Energy Buyer Commercial; One World Prod; Essanay St. Peapod (2) Young mother Commercial; O’Neil Productions, Chicago Wisconsin Gaming Milwaukee res. Commercial; Media IV, Milwaukee Unitrin Insurance Agent Commercial; O’Neil Productions CO Tourism Young Mother Commercial; Bark Productions, CO Governors’ State University Caseworker Industrial; (AFTRA) Capaccio Bros. Quality Furniture Customer Commercial; CBS (2002,2003), NBC American Inst. Of Dermatology Young mother Print; People Magazine; Sandro/Miller St. Chicago Home Fitness Customer Voiceover; O’Neil Productions
THEATRE Wonderland R. Rockwell, Dir. Unicorn/Bianca Chicago Children’s Theatre Roadshow G.Griffin, Dir. Boca Girl/Sophie Wannamaker Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Cyrano de Bergerac Featured Ensemble Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; P. Metropulos , Dir. James Joyce’s The Dead Mary Jane Court Theatre, Chicago Peter Pan Ben Harrison, Mercanti, Dir. Mrs. Darling 360 Entertainment; London-based tour The Real Thing D. Perkovich, Dir. Charlotte Illinois Theatre Center The Quiet Man Tales S. Felder, Dir. Nuala Kierey Chicago Theatre Downstairs; L. Mages, Prod. Scrooge Bob Tomson, Dir. Chestnut Seller, Ensemble; AEA Nat. Tour, Bill Kenwright, Prod. Ghost...Past, Isabelle us The Sound of Music Feat. Ens., Sr. Sophia us Ordway Center for the Perf. Arts-St.Paul,MN A Christmas Carol Kate Buckley, Dir. Ensemble, Musician; Goodman Theatre-Chicago Radio Gals America Peninsula Players-WI Cowgirls Thom Johnson, Dir. Mary Lou The Old Creamery Theatre-IA
Training ON CAMERA: Actor’s Studio: Commercial/TV/Film tech Act One Studio: On-camera workshop with Jane Alderman THEATRE: Shakespeare: Shakespeare & Co. month-long intensive; Audition Studio w/ Greg Vinkler Piven Theatre Workshop: Theatre Games The Actor’s Center: Tech I,II,III, Advanced Rep. with Eileen Vorbach, and Ted Hoerl The Artistic Home: Tech I, II (Meisner), and scene study with K. Scambiaterra, D. LaMorte,P.Thornton CIRCUS ARTS: The Actor’s Gymnasium: Circus Arts, Aerials; TSNY: Flying Trapeze VOICE: Lisa Saunderson, Glen Ellen, IL- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; BM; Professor Francis Crawford OTHER: Professional Violinist, ballroom dancer, Certified SCUBA diver, student pilot, stock car racer