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Wake / Turn Up Charlie / Spontaneous / Angel Has Fallen / Black Butterfly / Notorious / Red Machine / Covert Affairs / Go On / Grizzly / Looper / Ashes / Carriers / Law and Order: Criminal Intenet / Sordid Things / Beverly Hills Chiwawa / House M.D. / Because I Said So / The Prestige / First Snow / 10th and Wolf / Cheaper By The Dozen / Coyote Ugly
PIPER PERABO
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Station 19 / Grey's Anataomy / Shooter / Girls Trip / Rosewood / The After / Laid Out / Misfire / The Shop
JAINA LEE ORTIZ
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The Royals/ Love Is/ She’s Gotta Have It/ New York Undercover/ The Game
TOBY SANDEMAN
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Flight Attendant / Fear the Walking Dead / Origin / A Madea Homecoming / DNA
Isha Blaaker
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Arrow / I-ris / Cavity / Pink Skies Ahead / Strangers at Night / What I Wish You Said / Bull / Paradise by the Dashboard Light / Happy New Years
SEA SHIMOOKA
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Hawaii 5-0/ Take Two/ Law & Order: SVU/ So Help Me Todd/ The Fishing Club/ Life Coach/ Deaths
INGA SCHLINGMANN
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Lansky / Stockholm / The Dougherty Gang / The Loudest Voice / The Education of Frederick Fitzell / Killerman / Sweetheart / The Wolf Hour / Lord of Chaos / Shot Caller / War Machine / Hot Summer Nights / The OA / Vincent N Roxxy / By Way of Helena / Brooklyn / Stealing Stars / The Gambler / Beneath the Harvest Sky / Smash / All Is Bright / Blue Potato / Nor'easter / The Place Beyond The Pines / Four / The Hungry Ghosts / New York, I Love You / Tess and Nana / Afterschool
EMORY COHEN
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Thirst / Kiss Me / The Mentor / Mistresses / Femme Fatales / NCIS: Los Angeles / Crash and Burn / Grey's Anatomy / Justified / Shameless /
JESS MACALLAN
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The Offer / Fosse/Verdon / Prodigal Son / Resident Alien / New Amsterdam / The Good Fight / Elementary
MEREDITH GARRETSON
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The Crowded Roo / Killing Eve (Producer/Writer) / Almost / 55 Degrees North
SUZANNE HEATHCOATE
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The Restaurant / Feet / Insatiable / Power / Engaged
CANDACE MAXWELL
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Promised Land/ Modern Love/ Invasion/ Hinge/ Some of Her Parts/ Eighteen/ Roommates/
ROLANDO CHUSAN
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Bloodline / Remember Alice Bell? / The Family That Preys / The Flock / American Gangster / The Wedding Bells / Secrets & Lies / Private Practice / Walker Payne / Fever Pitch / Something’s Gotta Give / Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
KADEE STRICKLAND
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Billions / It's Bruno / Ramy / Really Love / Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / Shades of Blue / Deadbeat / High Maintenance / Ache / Brooklove
JADE ESHETTE
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Mothers Day / Falcon Song / Mighty Fine / Cedar Cove
RAINEY QUALLEY
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The Blood Stripe / Dial a Prayer / Don't Worry Baby / The Early Years / Monk Fish / Black Dog, Red Dog / Sometimes I Lie / Labor Day / The Knick / Believe / Broad City / Suits / The Following / Deception / Pan Am / Unforgettable / The Game / A Gifted Man / Blue Bloods / Certainty / Mildred Pierce / Law and Order: Criminal Intent / Law and Order / Dash
TOM LIPINSKI
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Trigger Happy/ Asian Persuasion/ Mia/ Bare Knuckle/ Bruce!!!!/ Bling Empire/
KEVIN KREIDER
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Bull / Bruce!!! / Nightcap / Quantico / House of Cards / Person of Interest / The Blacklist / 3rd Street Blackout / Tallulah / Redrum / My Crazy Love / The Actress / Famous Farrah
JASON TOTTENHAM
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New Amsterdam / It's Bruno! / Farewell / BRUCE!!! / Mott Haven / White Girl / Jessica Jones / The Blacklist / Forever / The Normal Heart / / Boardwalk Empire / Full Circle / Blue Bloods / Nurse Jackie / Gotham / Unforgettable
EDEN MARRYSHOW
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Orange Is the New Black / Bull / Cavity / Strangers at Night / Return to Montauk
REBECCA KNOX
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Staring at the Sun / Hits / Trending Down / Hits / HairBrained / Happyish / Forever / The Americans / The Delivery Man / HairBrained / The Unconscious Tongues of Abigail Weiss / Philco / Insidious / Over Coffee/ NYC 22 / Law & Order
MICHAEL OBERHOLTZER
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Hostile Take-over / What We Found / New York Undercover / The First Wives Club / When They See Us / Bull / Bite Me / FBI / NCIS: New Orleans / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit / Gotham / Blue Bloods
ANTINO CROWLEY-KAMENWATI
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Chicago Med / She's Gotta Have It / SMILF / Orange Is the New Black / Mr. Robot / Night Sweats / Life Through an Artist / 30 Day Promise / Bruce!!! / The Hudson Tribes
NHADYA SALOMAN
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit / The Leftovers / Person of Interest / Black List / Unforgettable / Mutual Friends / Golden Boy / Do No Harm / The Cold Lands / Frances Ha / The Good Wife / A Gifted Man / Watching TV with the Red Chinese/ Javelina / Zenith / Happythankyoumoreplease / Old Friends / Law and Order / Royal Pains / Third Watch / The Bedford Diaries
PETER SCANAVINO
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The Blacklist / Orange is the New Black / Scarefest / The Drummer / Elementary / The Following / What Am I Doing Here? / The Mysteries of Laura / Rebel in the Rye / In Searching / Scarefest / L'Absinthe / C Street / Just Ask / Grief x 4
EVAN HALL
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The Mysteries of Laura / Alpha House / The Lions Den / Until Someone Gets Hurt / Anesthesia / Annunciation / Broken Crystal / That Awkward Moment / Tutta colpa di Freud / Roombuds
JULIA MORRISON
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Straight Outta Compton / Blue Bloods / Gossip Girl / The Dictator / Elliot Loves / Circledrawers / As the World Turns / Undefeated
ELENA GOODE
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In the Heights / Manifest / The Loudest Voice / Black Mirror / Ray Donovan / House of Cards / Madam Secretary / Manchester by the Sea / The Sinner / In the Studio / No Beast So Fierce / Power / Black Box / Elementary / Scandal / Good Wife / Nurse Jackie / Numb3rs / The Sopranos
Suzan Porfour
VIEW PROFILENICOLE VILLAMIL
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Gotham / High Maintenance / Forever / Black Box / One Bad Choice / Us & Them / Do No Harm / Clutter / What Maisie Knew / Blue Bloods / The Madness of the Day
LUKE FORBES
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Godless / Café Society / Fan Girl / The Slap / Light Rider
TESS FRAIZER
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Fall to Rise / The Notorious Bettie Page / Table One / Road Trip / Bowfinger / Dating Games / Rounders / 54 / Illuminata / Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt / Law & Order: Criminal Intent / Grosse Pointe / Sex and the City / Fall to Rise / The Banger Sisters /
KOHL SUDDETH
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The Long Short / Table 9 / Socias / The Pudding Club
DARKO ALEXANDAR
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Ghost Source Zero / Sugar / The Exam / Shankman's / Hostages / Walking with the Enemy / Evil, I / Choices / Law & Order / Manifesto
GRAHAM POWELL
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TV/Film: Match / Revenge / Mad Men / Awake / Bitter Bartender / The Unkown / Metro / Roomies / The Knights of Prosperity / Saturday Night Live / The Best Thanksgiving Ever / My Man Is a Loser / Hotchfeld / Another Round
JAY SEALS
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Great Performances / Fringe / Law and Order / Ed / Strangers With Candy / Sunday Sunday / Universal Language / Trapped Girl / Rabbit Stories / Nick and Norah's Infinate Playlist / Jessie & Jill / Kinsey /
MARCEL SIMONEAU
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Delivering the Goods / Person of Interest / The Good Wife / Oh Shh... / All My Children / Women Do It Better / Perfect Stranger / My Brother / The Devil Wears Prada / Inside Man / As the World Turns / The Jury / One Life to Live / Guiding Light /
BRANDHYZE STANLEY
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Going in Style / Homeland / Younger / The Family / The Slap / My Crazy Love / Bruce!!! / The Hanji Box / Telephone / Our Nation / Sea Beach Local
NANCY SUN
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Whitney Houston: I wanna Dance With Somebody/ Detroit/ Castle Rock/ Boston Strangler/ Slender Man/ Vacant/ The Forger/ Dexter: New Blood
KRIS SIDBERRY
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Cicilianaire Boys' Club/ Longmire / Major Crimes / Shake It Up!/ The Nutty Professor / The Nutty Professor II / Spy Hard / Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll / Ray Donovan / Rizzoli and Isles / Jan / Beavis and Butt-head / Burn Notice / Whole Day Down / Medium / CSI: Las Vegas / In Plain Sight / Without a Trace / CSI: Miami
JOHN ALES
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Cuz-Bros / Modern Family / Usually Thicke / About a Boy / Divorce: A Love Story / Return to Zero/ Lady Friends / Mr. Sunshine / Necessary Roughness / The Stepford Wives / Better Off Ted / The Class / Joey / OZ / Numb3rs / 50/50
ANDREA ANDERS
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A Touch of Fate / What a Man Wouldnt do for a Woman / Choice of Amateurs (Partial Comfort)
CHAD BECKIM
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Maggie Black / A Bear Lands on Earth / Lullaby / Orange Is the New Black / Inside Amy Schumer / Made in Jersey / Royal Pains / Unforgettable / Pan Am / Mr. Propper’s Penguins / Trophy Kids / Blue Bloods / Weakness / Every Day / Once More With Feeling / Black Hawk Down / One Tree Hill / Cashmere Mafia / One Life To Live / CSI: Miami / JAG / As The World Turns / Grace & Glorie
CHRIS BEETEM
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The Lost Husband / Running with the Devil / Man of the House / American Housewife / Tag / Nobodies / Guidance / Take Care / 7500 / Burning Love / Hell Baby / Movie 43 / 7500 / GCB / Meeting Evil / Zookeeper / A Good Ole Fashion Orgy / The League / Miss Nobody / Iron Man 1 & 2 / Law Abiding Citizen / Confessions of a Shopaholic / Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby / The Skulls / The Odd Couple / About a Boy / The Following / Private Parts / CSI: Miami / Nip/Tuck / Entourage / Kings / Crossing Jordan / Line of Fire / Popular / The Skulls / See Spot Run
LESLIE BIBB
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The Dramatics / Chasseur / Vegas / Criminal Justice / Perception / For the Love of Money / Criminal Justice / Bones / Vegas / Private Practice / Harry's Law / Unforgettable / CSI NY / The Mentalist / Necessary Roughness / Rizzoli & Isles / Gordon Glass / Larry Crowne / NCIS: Los Angeles / Everyone Counts / Detroit 1-8-7 / Miami Medical / The Pacific / Justified / National Treasure / Without A Trace / 7th Heaven /
JOSH BITON
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Unforgettable / The American Experience / The Carrie Diaries / The Good Wife / Life on Mars / Rescue Me / Conviction / Bionic Woman / Law & Order: SVU / Conviction / Law & Order
CHRIS BOWERS
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Jessabelle / The Living / The Week / Red Wing / A Perfect Man / It’s Not You, It’s Me / Jessabelle / Los Angeles / Justified / To Be Friends / American Pie 2 / Just One Time / High Fidelity / Swimming
JOELLE CARTER
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The Maid's Room / Black Box / Elementary / Louie / Pan Am / Suits / The Good Wife / Boy Wonder / How to Make it in America / 24 / Taxi / ER / Without a Trace / The Sopranos
HERMAN CHAVES
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Luke Cage / Evil / Seis Manos / Black and Blue / Fatale / America Is Still The Place / Jessica Jones / The Defenders / The Good Fight / Breakthrough / Extinction / Skin / America Is Still the Place / Halo: Nightfall / Agent X / American Horror Story / The Following / The Surgeon General / Zero Dark Thirty / Men in Black 3 / The Good Wife / Ringer / Blue Bloods / Royal Pains / Salt / Million Dollar Baby / Law & Order: SVU / Law & Order: CI / The Parkers / ER
MIKE COLTER
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Nadia's Promise / American Sniper / The Prophet / Sister / Beautiful Now / Home / Only in New York / It's Dark Here / Mr. Hollywood / Backstorm / Resurection / Baby Daddy / CSI / Bones / Glee / Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D / Blood Shot / Sipernatural / Beg to Differ / Last Resort / Night of the Templar / The Girl from the Naked Eye / An Unbending People / Criminal Minds / Weeds / Entourage / 24 / CSI / Burn Notice / Fast and the Furious / Knight Rider / Numb3rs / Monk
ASSAF COHEN
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Bad Teacher / Of Two Minds / Journey 2: Mysterious Island / Miss Sunny Spider Patch of Friends / Sex and the City / Couples Retreat / General Hospital / Black Top / Friends / Seinfeld
KRISTIN DAVIS
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Body of Proof / Revenge / Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. / White Collar / Christine / Hot In Cleveland / Chuck / Law & Order: LA / Tell Me You Love Me / Political Disasters / Get Smart / Peaceful Warrior / Scrubs / The New Adventures of Old Christine / The Cleaner / Numb3rs / Tell Me You Love Me / Carnivale / Swordfish / Big Eden
TIM DEKAY
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The Penguins of Madagascar / Brothers and Sisters / Ally McBeal / A Midsummer Night’s Dream / The Bird Cage
CALISTA FLOCKHART
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Madam Secretary / Good Wife / Law & Order: SVU / Malcolm X / Thirteen Conversations About One Thing / The Wire / Gossip Girl / Third Watch / Law & Order: CI
DION GRAHAM
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Sweets / Pale Blue Sky / How To Score Your Life / Golf in the Kingdom / Woman in Berka / Pearl Harbor / Shaft / Kicking and Screaming / Law & Order: CI / Hack
CATHERINE KELLNER
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Unbelievable / Modern Persuasion / The Good Doctor / Animal Kingdom / The Samuel Project / 9JKL / Con Man / Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life / Super Fun Night / Battle Creek / Royal Pains / Drop Dead Diva / Don’t Trust the B— in Apt 23 / Psych / Crazy Stupid Love / Traffic Light / Repo Man / Doll House / Table For Three / Fast and The Furious / 21 / Cloverfield / Dollhouse / Dexter / ER / Monk / Grey’s Anatomy / Huff
LIZA LAPIRA
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Seeds / Armed Defense / Blacklist / Low Winter Sun / What Maisie Knew / Killing Them Softly / Jack Goes Boating / Tymbals / Don Juan DiMarco / Fat Cats /
TREVOR LONG
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True Story / That Thing with the Cat / The Knick / 200 Contracts / Elementry / Men in Black 3 / Bronx Warrants / Blue Bloods / You Don’t Know Jack / Boardwalk Empire / Law & Order: Criminal Intent / Public Enemies / Revolutionary Road / The Sopranos / Chappelle Show / Law & Order: SVU / Third Watch
ADAM MUCCI
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Irreversible / The Knick / White Collar / The Good Wife / The Devil You Know / Elementary / Not Fade Away / Blue Bloods / Shameless / Person of Interest / The Good Doctor / Body of Proof / How Do You Know / Nip/Tuck / Pushing Tin / Sweet and Lowdown / Private Practice / The Mentalist / Lie to Me / ER / Bionic Woman / Third Watch
MOLLY PRICE
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Where the Devil Dwells / Half Way Home / Jeffie Was Here / D.A.I.Sy / Miss March / Outlanders / Banshee / House M.D. / The Invasion / Sweet Judy Blue Eyes / The Therapy Session / Mindcrime / Up to the Roof /
ALEXIS RABEN
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Fosse/Verdon / Jojo Rabbit / Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri / Blue Iguana / F is for Family / The Best of Enemies / Mute / Blaze / Woman Walks Ahead / The Dark of the Night / Dishonored 2 / The Geography of Hope / The Heart / Mr.Right / Don Verdean / Digging for Fire / Poltergeist / Laggies / Why Now?! / A Case For You / Trust Me / The Way, Way Back / Better Living Through Chemistry / A Single Shot / Seven Psychopaths / Owen / Frost/Nixon / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind / The Green Mile / Moon / Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
SAM ROCKWELL
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The Drop / Glass Chin / Mad / Blanco / Grimm / Power / Orange Is the New Black / Tio Papi / Side Effects / Law and Order & Law and Order: SVU / Prime Suspect / All Things Fall Apart / Pund of Flesh / Cold Case / Jack Goes Boating / FlashForward / All My Children / A Line in the Sand / On Bloody Sunday / Miami Vice / Blow / Dead Presidents / Just Shoot Me
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ
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Fangzi / In Your Eyes / Fangzi / Labor Day / R.I.P.D. / The House Across the Street / Rubberneck / What's Your Number? / Come on Down
DAKOTA SHEPARD
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Witches of East End / Modern Family / Neighbors From Hell / Advice from a Caterpillar / Yoga Matt / Family of the Year / Just Like Heaven / Joey / Freaky Friday / The Haunted Mansion / Striptease
DINA SPYBEY-WATERS
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The Teacher / Blue Caprice / Backwards / The Accidental Husband / Phoebe in Wonderland / Bernard and Doris / Third Watch / The Exonerated / Law & Order: CI / Phoebe in Wonderland
APRIL YVETTE THOMPSON
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H4 / Blackbird / Busted / The Get Away / Broken Roads / Single Ladies / This American Housewife / The Protector / NCIS / The Doctor / One Life to Live / Maneater / Dark Hourse / 24 / Jackson / Days of Our Lives / Bones / The DL Chronicles / CSI: NY / Shark / Lincon Heights / A.I. Assault / Just Legal / Jacob's Trouble / Girlfriends / A Year and a Day / All of Us / Soul Food / The District / MDs / Cosby / Coach / Guiding Light / Serenity / Jackson
TERREL TILFORD
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Russian Doll / I Am the Night / SEAL Team / Narcos: Mexico / Midnight, Texas / FBI / O.G. / The Looming Tower / Gringo / Divorce / Madam Secretary / Bloodline / Law and Order / Law and Order: SVU / The Good Wife / Treme / Louie / Salvation Bolevard / Little Fockers / Amigo / The A-Team / Fringe / Che: Part One & Two / The Marconi Bros. / American Gangster / Traffic
YUL VAZQUEZ
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Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story / Distemper / Prelude / The Honeymoon Phase / The Grudge / Two Sentence Horror Story / City on a Hill / Mad? / The Guy / Ramy / Hell Girl / FBI / By Dawn / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit / The Big Take / Make America Black Again / Shadowhunters / Bull / The Karma Club / Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll / Priceless / Detours / Gregory and Jane / Douglas Brown / A Haunting at Silver Falls / Surviving Family / Blue Bloods / Ugly Betty / Damages / Cashmere Mafia / Good Bye Baby / The Knights of Prosperity / Law and Order: CI / My Best Friend’s Wife / Drink Kiss and Tango / Lazarus / Hoodwink / CSI: Miami / Rescue Me
TARA WESTWOOD
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Memoire / John Wick / Don Peyote / Westside / Battle Creek / The Devil You Know / Brooklyn Nine-Nine / 30 Rock / Up All Night / The Worst / Unbanded / Rescue Me / OZ / Law and Order: SVU / Hellraiser: Hellseeker / Undercover Angel
DEAN WINTERS
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Sweet Lorraine / The Sublime and Beautiful / Borgia / Law and Order: SVU / NYC 22 / Viviene Again / Five Minarets in New York / Fringe / Urgency / Walking on Turtle Island / Law and Order / Lincoln Heights / 24 / Eyes / Dexter / CSI: Crime Scene Investigation / Wildfire / 13 Graves / Wanted / Numb3rs / Crossing Jordan / North Shore / NYPD Blue /
SCOTT WILLIAM WINTERS
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“I was placed in the intense reigns of Charlie Sandlan. I became a better artist, actor, friend, sibling and daughter because of the studio. Even now, I crave the studio every day. What I learned is present in my work every day. I truly believe in everything they stand for.”
“Maggie taught me that I could control my work, my acting, and to throw all of the bullshit out that I had in my head about ‘what I should be doing’ and to just listen and respond honestly, in the moment. She gave me a craft. She is, quite simply put, THE BEST.”
“Maggie Flanigan taught me the true meaning of artistry, passion, and professionalism. I am certain that I continue to work as an actress because of my training with Maggie. At every audition and every performance, her guiding voice is with me. It is a gift beyond measure.”
“Maggie Flanigan is uncompromising, her instincts as a teacher are razor sharp. She doesn’t miss a beat”
“Maggie Flanigan has been one of the most important people in my artistic life. I want to work with Maggie trained actors. As an actor myself, she is my first source. I do not say this lightly, if you are serious about acting, and willing to work very hard, then go to Maggie.”
“Maggie helped me find my sense of truth, an actors greatest asset. Maggie is an expert at instilling that vital ingredient, which allows an actor’s potential to become limitless. My work will forever be rooted in the clarity and honesty she helped me develop.”
“After working for ten years, I did the 2 year program, and now feel that I have the tools I need to become the actor I’ve always dreamed of being. Maggie Flanigan instilled in me a clear sense of truth and a standard of perfection. I am a better actor because of this studio.”
“As an actor, the core of what you have to rely on is your sense of truth and humanity. Maggie allowed me to discover and embrace mine. Trusting my sense of humanity and truth has given me the ability to take risks in my work and my career decisions.”
“Maggie Flanigan has the unique ability to get an actor to the essence of what is true in a moment. She creates a safe and caring environment in which to work.”
“Maggie Flanigan introduced me to my own spirit and my own sense of Truth. Her passion for teaching and ability to communicate are rare gifts to any actor looking for a technique to set his or her talent free. Maggie’s voice has been the one constant guide in my career.”