Michelle Bernardis an American actor and writer. Bernard has been working in Hollywood since January 1999, from her first feature film role in Any Given Sunday. After studying English writing and computer science at Florida State University, Bernard moved back home to Miami to continue pursuing her passions for acting and modeling.
She had two recurring roles playing a police officer on Prime-time hit TV shows, 9-1-1. She also worked on seasons 1 and 2 of The Rookie.[1] She has also had roles in the TV shows such as Dads, Rake, and Ironside. Bernard won an acting award in 2014 for her role-playing drug addict "Tori" in an American Film Institute film titled Young Americans which won numerous awards and accolades at the Milledgeville, GA Film Festival.[2] Bernard also won a "2020 People's Telly Award" for her recurring role as 'Randi Roach' in the YouTube web-series by Brat TV productions titled Dirt, which also had Bernard's character cross over in 3 other web-series: Crown Lake, Total Eclipse, and On the Ropes. Bernard has photo-doubled for Julia Roberts for over 20 years and has worked with her on the commercial and ad campaigns for Lancôme. She has worked with famed photographers Annie Leibovitz, Robert Ashcroft and Robert Zuckerman, with appearances doing look-a-like work for Julia Roberts on The View.
In addition to acting, Bernard is a writer, and has journals dating back to December 1998, and is currently putting together her first novel, based on her blog, "There's Always F**kin' Somethin'" and 45 hand-written journals.[3]
Early life
Bernard was born in Miami, Florida, the youngest of 2 children of Michael Bernard, an electrical engineer and computer consultant for IBM, and Edie Grossman, a medical technologist and lab technician. Bernard started modeling in Miami Beach, Fl, when her uncle, an accountant, was doing the taxes for a modeling agency, "Runways," and the owner of the company, saw a picture of Bernard on her uncle's desk. They signed her the following week. Bernard then booked her first model casting at age 15, a runway show at The Fashion Mall in Plantation, Fl. Bernard continued to model throughout high school, and then continued in Tallahassee, Florida, where she studied at Florida State University. She won both Runway and Photo-shoot awards at a "Models of the South" competition in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina when she was only 21 years old.
After college graduation, Bernard moved back to Miami to continue her career in modeling and fashion. She signed with Mademoiselle Models, booking print ads for Levi's Jeans and commercials for Dillard's Department Store. Bernard appeared in Any Given Sunday.[4] Bernard moved to New York in May 1999, to continue acting and modeling. Once she earned enough money to pay for her Screen Actors Guild card, she began paying her dues working as a background actor on shows such as Sex and the City, Law & Order and The Sopranos.
In July 2003, Bernard moved to Hollywood, CA. Bernard studied at Beverly Hills Playhouse under the direction of Milton Katselas, Allen Barton, and Art Cohan. Bernard also worked with Bobbie Chance at Expressions Unlimited and continued to perfect her craft at Improv at the famed Groundlings in Hollywood. Bernard created her own web series on YouTube called 'BackstageGirlsTV.' She starred in, produced, directed, and edited this project with Stephanie Ann Saunders.[5]
Bernard was part the first run of the play entitled Married People: A Comedy which opened February 23, 2017, at The Zephyr Theater in Hollywood.
Bernard has also turned 45 hand-written journals into her "There's Always F**king Somethin" blog. Her first novel is currently being written.[6]
Bernard recurred on two prime-time TV shows, and on four streaming services web-series. In March 2018, Bernard worked on her first episode of 9-1-1.[7] She played the role of 'Officer Carol Branford' for 6 seasons.
In February 2019, Bernard appeared on The Rookie, playing the role of 'Officer DeSantos' for 2 seasons.
In October 2018, Bernard worked on the web-series, Dirt.[8] Bernard played "Randi Roach," a mob boss. Her character crossed over to On the Ropes, centering around real-life lightweight champion Ryan Garcia, which began shooting in January 2019, and aired on the BRAT Channel in February 2019.[9]
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