Thanks For Coming In Realm

Victor Lau talks starting his career as a dancer, transitioning to acting, living out his Glee dreams, and his new film Joy Ride!
About Victor:
Victor Lau is a professional dancer, competitive choreographer and aspiring actor. He started his performance training at age 12, immersing himself in street dance culture. He has shared stages across the globe with some of the world’s best dancers and has danced behind artists such as Ashanti, Sarah Jeffery, Alex Newell, and many more. 
Transitioning into the booming film/tv industry up at Hollywood North, with a new found passion for broadening his skill set, he is now honing in on acting. Victor will be making his big screen debut in the upcoming Lionsgate Adele Lim comedy feature film Joy Ride, which is set to release in June of 2023. You can also catch him as Floyd in the upcoming paramount plus series GREASE: Rise of the Pink Ladies.

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Producers: Jillian Clare & Susan Bernhardt
Channel: Realm
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Chris Mulkey talks "Twin Peaks", hitting his stride, releasing new music, and that time speaking his mind in the room booked him the role!
About Chris:
Chris Mulkey has enjoyed a long and diverse acting career in both film and television. His favorite projects include Rambo First Blood, Captain Phillips, On the Basis of Sex, Whiplash and John Gotti Story. Television projects: Castle Rock, Twin Peaks, Boardwalk Empire, Any Day Now, Grimm, Briarpatch, and Better Call Saul. As well as the new Amazon series, The Power.
Chris is also a screenwriter, the having won Sundance with Patti Rocks in collaboration with his late wife Karen Landry Mulkey. At the Ruskin Theatre, Chris has written fifty cafe plays. Chris is also an Americana singer/songwriter. You can listen to his music on iTunes and Spotify.
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Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas
Producers: Jillian Clare & Susan Bernhardt
Channel: Realm
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Graham Parkhurst talks transitioning from stage to film and TV, his new Netflix show "Glamorous", and the time he dislocated his knee in the middle of an audition! 
About Graham:
Graham Parkhurst is a trained actor and singer who started his career in live theatre, performing on stages across the US and Canada before transitioning to work in TV and film. He made his debut on the small screen with roles in The Umbrella Academy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Titans just to name a few.
He will next be seen playing the main love interest in Netflix’s new series GLAMOROUS, starring Kim Cattrall and produced by Damon Wayans Jr, Jordon Nardino and Todd Strauss-Schulson. Parkhurst stars as ‘Parker', a confident, self-proclaimed jock who symbolizes unobtainable gay cis-male perfection. He has a chance encounter with the lead character, Marco, that sets in motion a game of cat and mouse. The show is set to premiere June 22nd.
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Michael D. Cohen talks his love of TV and Carol Burnett, living an authentic life, playing the iconic Schwoz from Henry Danger, and the audition where casting was sure he had a sister!
About Michael:
Michael D. Cohen is a series regular on Nickelodeon's hit sit-coms Henry Danger and Danger Force playing "Schwoz", a genius of indiscernible foreign nationality. The show won the Kids' Choice Award for best show in 2017 and 2020 and was nominated in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. Michael shared his trans history in Time Magazine making him the first series regular actor ever to publicly disclose, let alone while being on a kid’s show. 
He has also appeared on shows such as Modern Family, The Real O'Neals, 2 Broke Girls, The Mindy Project, Angie Tribeca, Powerless, Austin & Ally, The Wizards of Waverly Place and many others. Film credits include the Coen Brothers comedy Suburbicon directed by George Clooney, the Oscar-nominated film Whiplash, as well as the Canadian Screen Award-nominated film It Was You Charlie, for which he was nominated for an ACTRA Award for Outstanding Lead Performance. 
Michael has dozens of commercial credits including the current Wendy's "Everything I Ever Wanted" campaign, Nespresso(working again with George Clooney), Mini Starburst, FedEx, Capital One, Boston Market, Honda with Patrick Warburton, and the Super Bowl Hulu Plus campaign with Will Arnett. 
As a teacher and coach, Michael served as Co-Chair of the SAG-AFTRA Hollywood Conservatory at the American Film Institute. He is a faculty lecturer for the University of Texas at Austin in Hollywood and has directed two highly successful industry showcases for UT Austin. He also teaches through his own studio the Michael D. Cohen Acting Studio in Los Angeles, and leads acting workshops regularly for SAG-AFTRA. 
 He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Cell Biology and a Masters degree in Adult Education focusing on transformative education for performers. He is also an avid mountaineer and rock climber. 
Teaching website: www.mdcohenstudio.com or www.michaeldcohenstudio.com
Facebook: @michaeldcohenstudio
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Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas
Producers: Jillian Clare & Susan Bernhardt
Channel: Realm
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Laya DeLeon Hayes talks "The Equalizer", growing up in the industry, her new film "The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster", and the time a casting director left the room in the middle of her scene!
About Laya:
Laya DeLeon Hayes currently stars opposite Queen Latifah on the CBS series “The Equalizer,” and is perhaps best known for voicing the titular role in the BAFTA, Emmy® and Peabody Award-nominated animated series, “Doc McStuffins,” which earned her a NAACP Image Award nomination. Hayes was just 9 years old when she booked the landmark role as the first Black animated character on Disney Junior. Laya recently won a BAFTA for her Supporting Role of Angrboda in Sony’s God of War Ragnarök.
Haye's additional television credits include “Just Add Magic,” “Liv & Maddie” and “Raven's Home,” in addition to guest-starring roles in “Cougar Town,” “Grey's Anatomy,” “Quantico” and “Code Black.” Hayes has established a successful voiceover career, garnering roles in “Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny,” “Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie,” and most recently, she voiced the Iron Maiden in the popular video game series League of Legends.
Upcoming films include the lead role in "The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster" and a starring role in the independent film “A Southern Haunting” as Hany, the youngest sister in a family of recently freed slaves, opposite Imani Hakim. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, Hayes participated in school plays and talent shows, which powered her passion to perform. She trained at Hart and Soul studio in Dallas prior to moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
Hayes is an equal rights and social justice advocate and utilizes her social media platforms to spread awareness and to help propel conversation forward. Also, she is passionate about women's rights, body positivity and equality for all. Hayes has volunteered at the Indianapolis Children's Hospital to read to children and has helped feed the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission. She's participated in several anti-bullying campaigns, including Say-NO Bullying and Free2Luv, and walked the runway in the Grace Rose Foundation annual fashion show to raise awareness for Cystic Fibrosis.
In her free time, Hayes enjoys rollerblading, baking with her friends and family, fashion, singing, traveling and sketch drawing. She loves theater, watching movies and creating films and videos. In the future, she hopes to develop, write, direct and produce her own projects.
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Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas
Producers: Jillian Clare & Susan Bernhardt
Channel: Realm
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Kylie Sparks talks WGA solidarity, the new season of "I Think You Should Leave", and that time they tried to hit a note and nothing came out!
About Kylie:
Kylie Sparks (they/them) is an actor, writer, and wearer of many hats of other things based in LA but born in Tulsa, OK. They have been in the entertainment industry for two decades starting as a child actor, and has worked in every medium possible. They are also incredibly passionate about local politics, organizing, coffee, and pugs. When they aren’t on set, Kylie loves to go to Dodgers, Clippers, Kings, and Angel City games and is a big fan of LA and Vegas sports across all genders. They also love video games, going to concerts, and exploring to find the perfect taco. Socials: @kyliesparks, website: kyliesparks.com 
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Theme Music by Andrew Skrabutenas
Producers: Jillian Clare & Susan Bernhardt
Channel: Realm
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