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Ashley Michele Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida to parents Michele (Tatum), an insurance broker, and Joseph Lacy Greene, US Marine who runs a concrete business. A self-confessed tomboy and "daredevil", Ashley loved to try to keep up with her older brother Joe, taking on activities such as taekwondo and winning several awards. Ashley says she was not allowed to spar the girls in taekwondo class because she "beat the girls up". She even accidentally once gave a boy she liked a bloody nose and lip while sparring. Ashley admits she is a "competitive little sucker".

During her early teen years, Ashley found herself hanging out with older girls, which impacted her self-esteem when she found them to be more mature and, in her mind, prettier than she was. Ashley describes herself as a "hot mess" as a teenager. Ashley's mother put her into modeling classes to improve her confidence, and Ashley began to consider becoming a model as a career. After being told she was too short to be a model, Ashley considered becoming a lawyer and getting a degree in psychology. She actually convinced her parents to let her leave her private school to attend a public one which had a law and psychology program. However, after taking a commercial class, which led to acting class, Ashley knew what she wanted to do - acting.

Luckily for Ashley, her parents were supportive and allowed her to move to LA at seventeen years of age. Due to her excellent grades and extra credits, she was able to graduate high school early to follow her acting dream.

For three years, Ashley struggled to find acting roles. She picked up small roles here and there in TV shows such as Punk'd (2003) and Crossing Jordan (2001), and some very small film roles in Shrink (2009) and King of California (2007).

Ashley's big break came when she got to audition for the film, Twilight (2008), based on Stephenie Meyer's popular book series. She originally auditioned for "Bella", but, as she says herself, "I was no Bella". She was called back to audition for the role of "Alice Cullen". After a long auditioning process, Ashley was finally told she got the part.

Ashley had previously worked in restaurants but, like the rest of her fellow "Twilight" cast-mates, Ashley found herself suddenly thrust into the limelight. Though she says she doesn't get the same kind of insanity as the boys - especially Robert Pattinson. She says most fans relate to her on a "best friend" level rather than screaming at her hysterically.

Ashley has already begun filming other roles and has high hopes for her career outside of the "Twilight" franchise. She has said she wants to be a superhero, a Bond girl and possibly Wonder Woman in future projects.

Patrick R. Walker was born to Nicole Micheau and Patrick Walker Sr. on December 2, 1992, in Jacksonville, Florida. Although he was brought up in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Jacksonville, his negative surroundings motivated him in a positive way. At a very young age, Patrick made a commitment to himself that he would never get involved in a life of crime, drugs, or alcohol. He has stayed true to this commitment and remained focused on his dreams of becoming a positive role model, actor, writer, and producer.

During high school, Patrick was voted senior class president, as well as a being the team captain, and standout of the track team. With his persistence and drive to succeed, Walker moved to Atlanta in August of 2011 to pursue his dream of becoming a famous Actor. He is consistently busy acting in major network television shows, as well as, writing, producing, and directing films. He was awarded three Best Actor awards in 2014. Walker also placed 3rd in the country at the College traveling film festival Campus Moviefest in 2014-15, for his short film, "Caretaker." In addition, Walker's award winning short film, "Caretaker", has aired on Virgin Airlines in the months of November and December 2014.

Walker is racking up an impressive resume in numerous television shows, independent films, and theatrical plays. His bright smile, attractive personality, and his love of the art is what drive him. There is no doubt that we will be seeing him do big things in the near future. His most recent accomplishment is being selected as one of the winners of the 2015 'Team Oscar' Competition. As part of this great honor, the six winners will deliver Oscar statuettes to celebrity presenters at the 87th Academy Awards® on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015, live on ABC.

Patrick was raised in Jacksonville, FL by his mother, Nicole Micheau. He is also an older brother and positive role model to his four younger siblings: Jarett, Kalei, Jacobi, and Jarell.

Khandi Alexander was born on 4 September 1957 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for CSI: Miami (2002), Patriots Day (2016) and Scandal (2012).

Known for her portrayal of series regular Jennifer Rappaport on ABC's "One Life to Live," Jessica has cultivated her career as the leading lady in various television shows and independent films. Jessica starred in Lifetime TV's hit movie "Secret Lives Of Housewives" and has also had strong guest starring roles on popular primetime shows, including Fox's "Rosewood" and TNT's "Perception." Jessica recently recurred in Freeform's "Party of Five" remake and "The Upshaws" on Netflix. Jessica has also discovered her passion for screenwriting.

Most recent work includes Albert Birney's "OBEX," Pete Ohs' "UNT. TICK MOVIE," and "INVENTION" for which she wont Best Performance at Locarno in Concorso Cineasti de la Presente in August 2024. Best known for her roles in Damien Chazelle's "La La Land," Ridley Scott's "Alien: Covenant," A24 David Robert Mitchell noir thriller "Under the Silver Lake." Can also be seen in Jason Moore's action-comedy "Shotgun Wedding," HBO Max's "The Flight Attendant," Pete Oh's "JETHICA" and Bastian Günther's "One Of These Days."

Richie Moriarty stars as Pete in the CBS sitcom Ghosts (2021). Richie is an actor, voice actor, and improviser and can be seen in What We Do in the Shadows (2019) on FX, in the Netflix hits Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and House of Cards (2013), as well as Search Party (2016), The Last O.G. (2018), and recurring on Amazon's The Tick (2016). His also recurs on the animated shows Hamster & Gretel (2022), Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News (2020), and Pinkalicious & Peterrific (2018). Richie also appears in the Warner Brothers films How to Be Single (2016) and Going in Style (2017). In 2018, he starred with John Malkovich in a AFC Championship teaser on CBS that won four Sports Emmys.

Richie has performed at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal as a prestigious New Face in their Character showcase. He performed for years as an actor on Maude Night at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC as well other multiple other sketch shows at UCB. Richie is a graduate of Boston College.

RJ Cyler, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, was born Ronald Cyler II, the youngest of three boys. RJ has always been an entertainer in some way or form. At the age of 12, he started a dance team with his older brother. In January 2012, RJ heard a commercial for open auditions in the Jacksonville area. RJ was asked to Los Angeles for another acting camp, which at that time RJ's mentor asked his parents to consider relocating to California in order to support a possible future. Feb 22,2013,the family took a leap of faith; he along with his mother, moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after, his father and one brother also relocated as well. With his family behind him, RJ continues to focus on becoming a better young man, comedian & actor, not easily deterred when life comes at him, he is truly the laugh box of his family and to those who met him.

Patrick Heusinger was born in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), Absentia (2017) and Frances Ha (2012).

Rex Smith has performed in all mediums (Broadway, film, television), and produced his one-man show. He started his career as a "teen idol" heartthrob with the platinum album hit "You Take My Breath Away." Other albums include "Rex", "Where Do We Go From Here", "Sooner Or Later", "Forever", "Camouflage", and most recently, "Simply...Rex".

Turning to Broadway at the height of his popularity, Rex made his Broadway debut as Danny Zuko in the original production of "Grease". He received the Theater World Award for his memorable portrayal of Frederick in "The Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway. Other starring roles on Broadway include "Grand Hotel", "Sunset Boulevard", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Annie Get Your Gun", and "Kiss Me Kate". He starred in the series Street Hawk (1985), and became a household name on the popular CBS daytime drama As the World Turns (1956). He hosted three episodes of Solid Gold (1980), and was featured in Once in a Lifetime (1994), A Passion to Kill (1994), Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues (1987), and Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990).

In 2018, he played Billy Mack, an aging rock star, in the world-premiere production of Love Actually Live. A one-of-a-kind stage production performed live with an all-star cast and 15-piece orchestra immersing the singers and musicians at The Wallis in Beverly Hills, California.

Tall, graceful, supremely accomplished American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer Paula Kelly was born in Jacksonville, Florida, one of three daughters, to Ruth and Lehman Kelly. The family moved to Harlem in New York when she was six years old. Unlike her siblings, she had strong musical inclinations which were recognised early on by her father (himself a jazz musician), who enrolled her in the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Art. Paula excelled as a star pupil. This opened doors to an audition at the prestigious Juilliard School and led to a four-year scholarship. Having trained under the academy's first director of dance, Martha Hill, she graduated in 1964 and that same year made her debut on Broadway. During much of the 1960s, specialising in modern dance, she performed with such luminaries as Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey and went on tour as a dancer with Harry Belafonte.

The inevitable breakthrough to popular success came when she was cast as Helene (taxi dancer at the Fandango Ballroom) in London's West End production of "Sweet Charity" (1967), directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. Paula ended up winning the London Variety Award for Best Supporting Actress. The play itself enjoyed a healthy run but was ultimately eclipsed by the motion picture Sweet Charity (1969), for which Paula was able to recreate her stage role. Now firmly established on the screen, she went on to sing and dance in a number of musical television specials and/or variety shows headlining Gene Kelly (with whom she performed a duet), Dean Martin, Quincy Jones, Richard Pryor and former Sweet Charity co-star Sammy Davis Jr.. She also appeared as Tiger Lily, teaming up with Danny Kaye and Mia Farrow for the BBC production of Peter Pan (1976), as well as taking on the dual role of co-choreographer. In 1971, she starred in a Los Angeles stage production of the all-singing, all-dancing musical revue "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope", for which she won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

Since the popularity of musicals had waned by the early 1970s, Paula had little choice but to take on straight dramatic acting roles. On several occasions she provided the female interest in a series of fashionable, sassy, tough blaxploitation films, playing cool, happening chicks opposite action men like Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield and Thalmus Rasulala (and often rising above the routine dramatic material afforded her). She was Leggy Peggy in the cult comedy Uptown Saturday Night (1974) with Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor and had featured roles in the sci-fi classics The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Soylent Green (1973). She also appeared in many television guest spots, with notable recurring roles in The Streets of San Francisco (1972), Police Woman (1974) and the sitcom Night Court (1984), for which she received the first of two Emmy Award nominations. She retired from acting in 1999. Her husband was the British film and television director Don Chaffey, who predeceased her in 1990.

Paula Kelly died of heart failure on February 9, 2020 at age 77.

Actor, singer, author and songwriter ("Exodus") Pat Boone was educated at David Lipscombe College, North Texas State College and Columbia University (from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1958). His career in entertainment began when he emceed a teenage talent show on radio and television in Nashville, Tennessee. He won a Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour amateur show, and an Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts show. His first professional recording was made in 1955, and he joined ASCAP in 1961, with Ernest Gold being his chief musical collaborator. Over the years he has had many hit songs ("Moody River", "Speedy Gonzales", "Bernadine") and appeared in a string of films in the 1950s and 1960s, some successful and some not. His other song compositions include "Lover's Lane" and "The Main Attraction". He has served as a board member of the Northeastern Institute for Christian Education.

Patrika Darbo was born on 6 April 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Babe (1995) and Rango (2011). She has been married to Rolf Darbo since 29 December 1973.

Richard was born in Jacksonville, Florida. His father born in New York City, a career Marine, his mother born in Roanoke, Va. of Scottish and Cherokee Indian descent. He spent the first 18 years of his life as a Marine Corps Dependent. He spent his days with the nuns in parochial school and his nights and weekends with the Corps. He graduated from Mission Viejo High School in 1969 and attended Occidental College 1969-70. Richard joined the army in 1970. He served 3 years with a tour of duty in Vietnam.

After the Army he moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career. He studied at the Film Actors Workshop at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. His first appearance on TV was the "The Tonight Show" as a Mighty Carson Art Player in 1979. Richard also studied at the Herbert Berghof Studios, New York and the Actors Studio under Eli Wallach in New York.

In 1980 he and 7 Vietnam veteran actors created the play "Tracers", which was the catalysis of his career. Since "Tracers" he has been blessed to work on some great projects, the "War of the Worlds" television series and "Predator" being the most acclaimed. Film roles include "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam", "Cease Fire", "Witness" and "Night Eyes II".

His television roles include guest starring in "Star Trek: Voyager", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "F.B.I. The Untold Stories", "LA Law", "Babylon 5", "MacGyver", "Trials of Rosie O'Neill", "Miami Vice", "Hill St. Blues", "St. Elsewhere", "Eight Is Enough". He was a series regular in "War of the Worlds" and co-starred in "Dallas". He has appeared in the TV movies, "Weapons of Mass Distraction", "LA Takedown", "To Heal a Nation", "Penalty Phase", "Fire On the Mountain", the mini-series "Ari- The Life of Aristotle Onassis" and "The Gambler III".

As well as film and television Richard has achieved accolades in live theatre. In 1980 "Tracers" received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble, 1983 Drama-Logue Award for Best Performance in "Vietnam Trilogy" and in 1985 the New York Theatre World Award for Outstanding New Talent in "Tracers". Other appearances include the "Police Officers Wives", "Santos & Santos" and "Pendleton Blanket".

Richard presently lives in the Los Angeles area and continues to write, work and contribute to the creative world.

Rena Marlette Greek was born on August 8, 1968 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Slaves of the Realm (2003), WWE Raw (1993) and The Final Victim (2003). She has been married to Brock Lesnar since May 6, 2006. They have two children named, Turk (born June 2009) and Duke (born July 2010). She's also the stepmother to Lesnar's oldest children, Brock Jr. (born June 2001) and Mya Lynn (born April 2002) from a previous relationship. She was previously married to Marc Mero and Wayne Richardson.

Jack Sheldon was the son of Jen Loven (1909-1989), who taught many of the Hollywood entertainment elite and their children to swim at her famous Jen Loven Swim School in Hollywood. Jack was known mostly for his sidekick status on the The Merv Griffin Show (1962) in the 1970s.

He had two sons, Kevin and John, and two daughters, Julie and Jesse Sheldon. John, a musician, plays drums, and attended military college prep school at the prestigious Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California. He acted with his father in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976), as one of the trouble-making kids who loved to harass Jodie Foster. He played in jazz clubs, most often at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, sometimes joined by George Segal.

Barbie Blank was a full-time bikini model for Venus Swimwear until she signed a developmental contract with the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) on May 13, 2006. John Laurinaitis saw her in a bikini catalog and contacted her modeling agency about hiring her and Victoria Crawford. Barbie signed with WWE after her agent advised her to, and reported to OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling) for further training. Even though Barbie was called onto the main roster, she flies back to Louisville, Kentucky to OVW once a week and works at house shows as a ring announcer and referee along with Crawford, going by her ring name Alicia Fox. On June 24, 2006 at OVW TV tapings, Barbie made her OVW debut as Kelly and participated in a bikini contest. The other participants in the competition were Roni Jonah, Sosay, ODB (Jessica Kresa), and Daisy Mae. Nobody won the contest because ODB attacked all the divas. Barbie, now known as "Kelly Kelly" had no prior wrestling experience before being signed by the WWE. She is the youngest female member on the WWE/ECW roster starting out at the age of 19. Barbie made her debut known as "Kelly Kelly" on the June 13, 2006 edition of ECW. Her first role on ECW was an exhibitionist that did a series of striptease segments for the audience. As of July 2008, she was drafted to the WWE Raw brand. Then in April 2010, she was drafted to the Smackdown brand. After the brand switches between both shows she was drafted back to Raw in April 2011. She won her first WWE Divas Championship in June against Brie Bella and then lost the title in October to Beth Phoenix. Following many unsuccessful attempts to win the WWE Divas Championship, she later participated in several tag team matches. At WrestleMania XXVIII (2012), she teamed with Extra (1994) correspondent Maria Menounos to defeat Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres in a tag team match. In June, she took time off from WWE before returning in August defeating Eve Torres in a singles match. In September 2012, she was released from WWE. She later stated in an interview that she needed time off to heal from a neck injury and had plans to model.

Cristen Coppen was born on 27 October 1982 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Road Trip (2000), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) and Unconscious.

AlexAnn Spencer Hopkins is an American actress. She has worked on projects such as Sun Records (2017), The Goldbergs (2016), Chicago P.D. (2017), and Criminal Minds (2020). Her interest in acting began at the age of 9. Two years later, after some experience with the local film school and two summers in New York, relocated to Los Angeles, California.

Born Dixie Wanda Hendrix in Jacksonville, Florida to a logging camp boss (Max Sylvester Hendrix) and his wife (Mary Bailley), wholesome, green-eyed, dark-haired Wanda Hendrix was involved in her hometown's little theater group when she was "discovered" by a passing talent agent and signed up by Warner Bros. Her family moved to California.

Forgoing bit parts, the petite and lovely up-and-comer was immediately featured in featured roles in both Confidential Agent (1945) and Nora Prentiss (1947) for Warner Bros. and Welcome Stranger (1947) for Paramount. Signing up with Paramount, she earned one of her best film roles with Ride the Pink Horse (1947), in which there was talk of an Oscar nomination, and appeared elsewhere in the light comedy Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) and the melodrama My Own True Love (1949).

After appearing on the cover of Coronet magazine, decorated WWII hero-turned-Universal star Audie Murphy took notice and arranged a meeting with her. They married on February 8 1949, and she co-starred with him a year later in one of his western vehicles, Sierra (1950). The marriage had problems from the beginning. Audie, who wanted her to give up her career, suffered from flashbacks and paranoia from his traumatic war-time experiences and often held her at gunpoint during violent episodes. The frightened woman left him after only seven months and divorced him soon after, charging him with mental cruelty. The final decree came on April 14, 1950.

The negative publicity that came out of their stormy marriage did little to enhance Wanda's status in Hollywood and, after a few standard oaters and war yarns, the more notable ones being Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949) co-starring Alan Ladd, The Highwayman (1951) with Charles Coburn, and Roger Corman's Highway Dragnet (1954) with Richard Conte, her career waned. The actress retired completely from pictures in 1954 to marry millionaire playboy and sportsman James L. Stack, Jr., brother of actor Robert Stack. She earlier appeared with her famous brother-in-law in the films Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) and My Outlaw Brother (1951).

The career sacrifice did little to help the marriage and the couple divorced in 1958. Returning to acting, she made a comeback on stage, film and TV but experienced little progression. Overlooked in her three 1960s films, her last film roles were filmed in the early 1970s. "Mystic Mountain Massacre", co-starring Ray Danton, was never released, and the Civil War horror One Minute Before Death (1972), based on a short story "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe, in which she co-starred with Barry Coe and Gisele MacKenzie, died a quicker death than even the title suggests.

In 1969, she married a third and last time, to oil company executive Steve La Monte in Las Vegas. At one point, she considered collaborating with author Douglas Warren on an autobiography of her first husband, Audie Murphy, but it never came to fruition. Divorced from her third husband in 1980, Wanda died shortly thereafter at age 52 of double pneumonia in Los Angeles. She had no children.

Tyler Ross was born on 13 March 1989 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Killing (2011), The Lovers (2017) and The Wise Kids (2011).

Very little is known about Alice Elizabeth Nunn with the exception that she appeared in one of the 1980s most famous films, Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), as the infamous truck driver, 'Large Marge'.

She was born on October 10, 1927 in Jacksonville, Florida to parents N.G. Nunn and Alice Bush. After the acting bug bit, she eventually made her way westward, and television shows, Camp Runamuck (1965) and Petticoat Junction (1963) were her first Hollywood acting jobs. She went on to appear in dozens of films and television shows, with some of her more memorable roles being in Mommie Dearest (1981) as 'Helga', Who's That Girl (1987), alongside Madonna as a Parole Board Official, and her last film role as 'Nurse Palmer' in Three O'Clock High (1987).

After battling breast cancer for several years, she suffered a stroke and passed away days later of cardiac arrest in her West Hollywood, California apartment on Friday, July 1, 1988. She was survived by her longtime companion, Martha Harris. Alice was cremated her ashes were interred with her parents back in her native Jacksonville.

Even though Alice didn't live long enough to bask in the late fame she so duly earned in the mid-late 1980s, in which she has since attained pop culture status, she did, however, run into Paul Reubens, not long after Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) premiered in theaters, and remarked to him the recognition she got from children which had truly touched her.

Alice Nunn will always have a place in Hollywood history - even if it's just mostly being remembered as 'Large Marge' - about which she never complained.

Noah Alexander Gerry was born on 14 May 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Station 19 (2018), Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022) and Grey's Anatomy (2005).

Netta Walker is an actor, writer, producer, poet, and activist that recently took the world by storm with her electrifying portrayal of Keisha McCalla on The CW's smash-hit series, "All American: Homecoming" - crossing over between that and the mainstay series "All American". Both series claimed weeks in the top 10 on Netflix. She began her career onstage in Chicago 10 years ago as an understudy at The Gift Theater for "The Grapes of Wrath" - a show that taught her that Chicago was going to be her forever artistic home. In 2019, she won a Jeff Award for "Best Supporting Performance in a Play" ("Yen", Raven Theater) and was quickly named one of the Chicago Tribune's "Hot New Faces" by lauded theater critic Chris Jones. Her credits include: Lion in Winter (Court Theater), How to Defend Yourself (Victory Gardens); Yen (Raven Theatre, Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actor); Hamlet, Grapes of Wrath (The Gift); No Child (Definition Theatre); Continuity (Goodman); truth and reconciliation (Sideshow Theatre Company); Great Expectations (Silk Road Rising/Remy Bumppo); The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (Northlight) and in workshops and reading series with companies like Steppenwolf Theater, Jackalope Theater, and Pride Films and Plays. Regional: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Milwaukee Rep). Film: Come As You Are (SXSW/Cannes; starring opposite Academy Award nominee Gabourey Sidibe, Janeane Garofalo, and Ravi Pate)l. Whole (Holly Shorts Festival Oscar Contender). TV: 3 seasons on All American and All American: Homecoming on the CW, The Big Leap (FOX) and Chicago Fire (NBC).

After studying Musical Theater with a focus in Voice at the Chicago College of Performing Arts for 3 years, she dropped out - returning to school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts later to study acting. While at RADA she also studied play writing with The LIR at Trinity College for a year, as well as doing writing workshops with The Goodman Theater and Remy Bumppo theater in the same time frame. Her play keerah was chosen as a finalist for Definition Theaters 2024 AMPLIFY New Play Festival, where it will be work shopped for the next two years; Her feminist military pilot House of Dixie was selected as a finalist for the Proof Film Festival: Pitch Deck Show and Tell at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, where she presented her pitch for a panel of producers and a live audience; Her pilot Hayward received an honorable mention at The Big Apple Film Festival (Series/Episodic Script); Her short film Balik won the Horror/Thriller short script category at Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay competition - swiftly followed by her short script Baby Gay being selected as a Finalist for the Cambridge Script Festival (LGBTQ Screenplay), and for the Chicago Script Awards (LGBTQ Screenplay). Both shorts were selected for the Best Script Awards screenplay competition in London in the same year.

Born and raised on the vibrant Westside of Jacksonville, Florida, her unique background-a blend of Filipina and African-American heritage-fuels her passion for creating multicultural, multi-layered and nuanced representation of the human condition in the arts. Drawing from her experiences as the youngest of four children in a mixed-race military family in the south, she seamlessly weaves stories of family, culture, love and courage into all of her work - and as of late, particularly her writing. Walker is a passionate activist, leveraging her platform to champion causes ranging from social justice to diversification, and the pressing issue of climate change. The day after she won her Jeff Award in 2019 she used her platform of celebration to call out the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at Roosevelt University - leading to hundreds of students sharing their personal stories of abuse and upending the institution as it was completely. She hopes to forever showcase that veracity in her art.

Walker currently splits her time between her residence in Chicago and Los Angeles.

Warren Skeels is an award-winning screenwriter and Director. His films have screened across the world including the prestigious festivals Tribeca and Rotterdam. His critically acclaimed feature film Thespians, celebrating the largest high school theatre competition in the world, won Best Documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival, and premiered on Showtime. Matt Soergel of The Florida Times Union hailed it " A flat out triumph." Warren produced the feature film Who's Your Monkey starring Jason London, Scott Grimes and Kevin Durand, which won the Audience Award at Cinevegas and premiered on Starz. In 2017, Warren branched into the Unscripted world and created the television series Siesta Key with Creature Films and eOne Entertainment for MTV. He served as both an Executive Producer and Director on the docu-series. Anchored by its beautiful cinematography, the show became a worldwide hit. It routinely boasted some of the highest social ratings on cable television. Siesta Key now steams on Paramount + and is distributed in over 165 countries worldwide. Warren has always had a fascination for true crime and a love for the emotional ride of thrillers. With his feature film The Man In The White Van, Warren partnered with fan owned studio Legion M and stepped into the 1970's to bring his vision of cinematic suspense to life.

Warren is a member of both the Directors Guild of America and the Writer's Guild of America. He has chaired and served as a board member for the Jacksonville Mayor's Advisory Board for Film and Television and has long been a strong supporter of the organization Film Florida, which lobbies to attract film production for the state. Additionally, Warren loves coffee chats with fellow filmmakers and routinely speaks with college students and rising filmmakers about finding their voice and embracing their unique journey to success.

Born March 6, 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida, Savannah began her acting career at the age of 2 in the nationally televised Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant. By the age of 4, she had landed the part of a soloist in the Emmy Award winning 2000 Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant. Savannah performed in 15 shows, each with a live audience of 3,000 people. Following the pageant, Savannah began auditioning for commercials throughout Florida and within a short period of time was booked on a non-union Burdines commercial. By the age of 6, Savannah had booked several national commercials. While working on a Publix commercial, Savannah came in contact with her current manager, Sharon Lane.

Realizing Savannah's talent and love for the industry, the Stehlin family ventured out to Los Angeles for a shot at pilot season. Within their two-month stay, Savannah had booked four SAG commercials. 6-year-old Savannah beamed with joy and exclaimed one day, while walking to the car, "Daddy, I was born for LA!"

Shortly after turning 7, Savannah tested on the Gilmore Girls (2000) spin-off pilot for the WB.

While back home in Florida for the summer, the Stehlin family decided they were ready for a change. Missy (mom) and Rob (dad) were both in positions with work where they were able to live in Los Angeles and Savannah graciously reaped the benefits. Since the move in February 2004, 8-year-old Savannah has booked two more national commercials.

Most recently, Savannah Stehlin, has been cast as "Elizabeth Trousdale" in the Fox 2000 feature film, The Family Stone (2005). Stehlin will be playing the precocious and curious granddaughter of Diane Keaton and Craig T. Nelson. The story evolves around a family gathering where outsider Sarah Jessica Parker is introduced by Stehlin's uncle, Dermot Mulroney, only to be scrutinized when the family learns of Mulroney's plans to propose marriage. The film's writer/director is Thomas Bezucha and Michael London will produce.

Savannah enjoys hanging out with her friends, playing with dolls, watching movies, singing in the church choir, sketching clothing designs and reading. Her favorite authors include C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Carolyn Keene. Savannah has two younger brothers, Robbie (7) and Jaxson (2) with which she claims to have a love/hate relationship. She and her brothers love to make plays and puppet shows together and, of course, fight. Savannah also enjoys sports such as gymnastics, swimming and snorkeling. Her newest venture is horseback riding.