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Monica Raymund is an actor, director and producer. She is the series lead on the STARZ crime-drama series, HIGHTOWN. Monica recently completed production on Showtime and Paramount Global's THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL. 
Many know Monica from her starring role as ‘Gabriela Dawson’ spanning 6 seasons on NBC’s hit series CHICAGO FIRE. She also received an Imagen Award for “Best Actress, Television” and was subsequently nominated an additional three times. Her additional television credits include, Michelle and Robert King’s THE GOOD WIFE and a series regular role on Fox’s LIE TO ME opposite Tim Roth and Mekhi Phifer for 3 seasons.
She was seen in Universal’s romantic comedy, BROS directed by Nick Stoller, starred in Nicholas Jarecki’s thriller ARBITRAGE opposite Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, HAPPY BABY opposite Bill Heck, and in Mahesh Pailoor’s BRAHMIN BULLS.
Behind the camera, Monica was part of the inaugural class of NBC's "Female Forward" initiative aimed at increasing female representation in the director’s chair. Her television directing credits include Starz’s POWER: BOOK II: GHOST, NATIONAL TREASURE for Disney +, NBC’s THE ENDGAME, the Series finale of USA’s THE SINNER, LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME, as well as episodes of CBS’s FBI, NBC'S LAW & ORDER: SVU and LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME and HIGHTOWN. Monica directed the short film TANYA for the Hidden Tears Project, a non-profit media company developing content to bring awareness to s*x trafficking.
A graduate of The Juilliard School, she received the John Houseman Award for her commitment and dedication.
We chat about flow, growth and regrowth, leaving Chicago Fire, the power of ‘no’, expectations, rejection, your point of view, performing, directing, control and moving forward.


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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicaraymund86/

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Carla Gallo is an actor whose first major film role was in David Russell’s feature SPANKING THE MONKEY. This breakout performance gained Carla an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and the film won the Audience Award in Sundance. This caught the attention of filmmaker Judd Apatow who cast her as the female lead in the cult favorite UNDECLARED. Carla went on to work consistently with Apatow in such features as, THE 4O YEAR OLD VIRGIN, KNOCKED UP, SUPER BAD, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, FUNNY PEOPLE and GET HIM TO THE GREEK.
Carla played dynamic roles in the iconic series, CARNIVALE, CALIFORNICATION and MAD MEN. Her other television credits include BURNING LOVE, 2 BROKE GIRLS, WORKAHOLICS, SNEAKY PETE, and recurring roles on BONES and MAYANS M.C.
In both Universal’s NEIGHBORS and NEIGHBORS 2, Carla gives scene stealing performances as Seth Rogen’s and Rose Byrne’s loveably unglued friend. Carla has completed work on two Netflix features, A FUTILE & STUPID GESTURE directed by David Wain, LITTLE EVIL directed by Eli Craig. Her other feature credits include, I LOVE YOU MAN, WE BOUGHT A ZOO, MOTHER AND CHILD, HAPPIEST SEASON and FOUR GOOD DAYS.
Most recently, Carla will re-team with Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as a lead in the Apple TV+ comedy series PLATONIC which is now out!
We chat about Career dry spells, sucking Steve Carell’s toe, course correction, winning mentality, fear, feedback and Bones.



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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarlagallo/


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Mark Samual Bonanno is a writer and performer best known for his general silliness within comedy troupe Aunty Donna, one of Australia’s biggest comedic acts who have garnered a huge international audience both live, online and most recently with their smash hit Netflix special, Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun. He also co-wrote/created the six part sitcom Why Are You Like This, for ABC (Australia) and Netflix in 2021. 
Mark’s work has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy in 2017, Best of The Fest at Sydney Comedy Festival in 2018, and across the last few years, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble and Best Comedy Web Series at the Melbourne International Web Festival. 
Mark’s work directing Demi Lardner’s 2017 and 2018 stage shows also saw award attention, winning both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Director’s Choice Award and Pinder Prize in their respective years, on top of directing “Woah, Alyssa” in 2021 which was nominated for The Golden Gibbo Award (best independent production). 
Mark’s new show Aunty Donna’s Coffee Café is now out on ABC iview!
We chat about collaboration and working in a team, art and fulfillment, Aunty Donna, KFC, taking a break, performing live with food poisoning, failed pilots plus more!


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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauntydonnagallery/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_mneEC0wc29EGGmIsN_xLA

Website: https://www.auntydonna.com/

AUNTY DONNA'S COFFEE CAFE: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/aunty-donna-s-coffee-cafe

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Jason Gray Stanford is an actor who is best known for playing the role of the lovable Lt. Randall Disher on the long running Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award winning television series MONK.
His numerous film credits include the Academy Award winning A BEAUTIFUL MIND, with Russell Crowe, for which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for “Best Ensemble Cast,” The Academy Award Nominated  FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS directed by Clint Eastwood, LONELY HEARTS with John Travolta, James Gandolfini and Jared Leto, MYSTERY ALASKA also with Russell Crowe, The award winning indie CAROLINE AND JACKIE, Disney’s EARTH TO ECHO, THE MIRACLE SEASON alongside Helen Hunt and William Hurt, and the Sundance selection, SUMMER OF ‘84.
On television Jason’s long list of credits range from starring in Steven Spielberg’s Emmy winning mini-series TAKEN, and the TNT series MONDAY MORNINGS for David E. Kelly, to roles on such shows as the hit Amazon series THE BOYS, JUSTIFIED, GREY’S ANATOMY, BONES, THE X FILES, FBI: MOST WANTED both NCIS and STARGATE franchises, and the hit Canadian series REPUBLIC OF DOYLE. 
Jason also has a considerable voiceover background including roles voicing Donatello in the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES series “The Next Mutation,” Sherlock Holmes in SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE 22ND CENTURY, Joe Higashi in the FATAL FURY trilogy, among many others. He is also recognized as the original voice of Raditz in the wildly popular DRAGONBALL Z.
Upcoming Jason will be reprising his role as Lt. Randy Disher in the long awaited MONK movie for NBC/Universal and Peacock. He will also be seen in the Disney+ series PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS premiering in 2024 and the Paramount + action thriller THE PAINTER. 
Along with these projects Jason is gearing up for the second season of his popular podcast, THE RANDY DISHER PODCAST on iHeart Radio, Amazon, and Spotify.  
Jason continues to be a fierce animal advocate. He also works alongside the American Heart Association as well as lending his voice to the importance of organ donation and transplant awareness. 
We chat about his heart transplant and moving forward, Monk, positivity mindset, making decisions, resilience, rejection and more!

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasongraystanford/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasgraystanford

Website/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JasonGrayStanford


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Molly Hagan is an award winning actor who is currently a Series Regular on the CW's WALKER. She plays the matriarch of the Walker clan which includes mother to Jared Padalecki and wife to Mitch Pileggi. 
Molly has amassed an extensive resume over the past 35 years. Her favorite movie appearances are: SULLY, ELECTION, RINGMASTER, & SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL. TV regular gig favorites include: UNFABULOUS, HERMAN'S HEAD & THE NUTT HOUSE. Molly has also had recurring roles on JANE THE VIRGIN, iZOMBIE, Netflix’s NO GOOD NICK, and Apple TV's TRUTH BE TOLD with Octavia Spencer. 
The Interactive movie THE GARAGE SALE marked Molly’s debut as a writer/producer which now can be seen in its linear non-interactive form on Amazon Prime. You may also recognize her from her roles in Friends, Seinfeld, Better Call Saul, Narcos: Mexico, True Detective, The Orville, Legion, Masters of Sex, The Mentalist, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, Grey’s Anatomy, Becker, Code of Silence, ALF and Charmed, just to name a few.
We chat about mindset shifts, choosing happiness, The Thinking Body-The Feeling Mind (TBFM), almost declaring bankruptcy, her dream role, being kicked out of high school drama, Herman’s Head and getting into producing and writing.


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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/molly7hagan/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mollyhagan

Website: https://mollyhagan.com/


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Christine Lakin is a Director, Actor, Producer and a Choregrapher. Christine is probably best known for her role as “Al” in the 90’s sit-com Step By Step. More recently, she was one of three Hollywood Darlings on the Pop Network alongside Jodie Sweetin (Fuller House) and Beverley Mitchell (7th Heaven). These three women produced the highly improvised comedy loosely based on their real lives and friendship. Christine has also appeared in dozens of films and TV shows such as Modern Family, The Rookie, Station 19, American Housewife, Mothers Day, CSI, The League, Melissa and Joey, Valentines Day, Veronica Mars and You Again.
She’s voiced multiple roles on FOX’s Family Guy, Cartoon Network’s Clarence and is known as Jane from The Walking Dead game, Seasons 1 and 2. She is the voice behind PeeBee in EA’s Mass Effect: Andromeda. She also narrates numerous audio book  - in fact over 150, including the best selling Bosch/Ballard detective series by Michael Connelly, in which she voiced Renee Ballard. Christine has also performed in several acclaimed theater productions, notably as Clarice Starling in the cult-hit Silence, The Musical LADCC award and dozens with LA favorite, The Troubadour Theater Company. She has regularly hosted  for CMT, VH1 and E! including the recent Burbank International Film Festival.
Christine is also a nominated choreographer, whose work has appeared in many national commercials and on HBO’s Westworld, True Blood, Schooled and ABC’s The Goldbergs. She has worked on films such as You Again, and Parental Guidance alongside such talent as Sigourney Weaver, Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis, Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and Bette Midler.
She is the creator of the hit storytelling show, Worst Ever, which ran to sold-out crowds around Los Angeles and New York before being developed and sold as a series with Thank You Brain Productions. It was turned into successful podcast found on Apple and iTunes. Additionally, she has sold scripted content to MTV, Hulu, and has developed with Whoopi, Inc., Campanario and Warner Horizon.
Most recently Christine has been behind the camera, directing episodic television for Apple, Disney+ and ABC including The Goldbergs and High School Musical, The Musical, The Series.
We chat about mentors, pivoting, saying “yes”, collaboration and success, choreography and getting into directing, second guessing ourselves, imposter syndrome and play and fun.


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Check Christine out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yolakin/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/yolakin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristineLakinVerified/
 
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/christinelakin


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