Stacie Lynn Renna

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Stacie Lynn Renna (born 1973) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She has worked in television and films since she was ten years old. In 2002, she founded the ANTG Management talent agency in Sherman Oaks, California, in which she represented approximately 75 actors for television and movie roles.[ citation needed ]

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Early life

Renna was born in 1973 and grew up in the Hillsborough, New Jersey section of Montgomery Township, New Jersey. She is a graduate of The High School for Performing Arts and attended DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Theatre and Publicity.[ citation needed ]

Professional background

Theatre

Renna has appeared in 42 professional theater productions, including Broadway and regional theater productions.[ citation needed ] Her background in theatre includes appearing in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", in which she portrayed Margaret, [1] George Street Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, and Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia, to name a few. She also appeared on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' "The Case of the Crushed Petunias", in the role of Dorothy Simple, [2] and in "Reefer Madness" at the Manhattan Class Theatre Company, and in George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man", in which she portrayed Raina.[ citation needed ] with The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (as well as "Twelfth Night" and "Macbeth" as one of the three Witches.)

Renna has appeared in contemporary productions, including "Company" as April, "Little Shop of Horrors" as Audrey, Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls" (winning an Irene Ryan Award), Bonnie in "Anything Goes", Abigail in "The Crucible", and in Moss Hart and George Kaufman's "Once in a Lifetime" [3] and "Guys and Dolls". [4]

Film and television appearances

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
1989GaragaMinVoiceover
1991Coronation StreetJill DevonshireEpisode 1.3234
1993HeartbeatMavis's MotherEpisode: A Talent for Deception
1993 Iria: Zeiram the Animation IriaVoiceover
1994Coronation StreetJill DevonshireEpisodes 1.3705; 1.3706
1995Coronation StreetJill DevonshireEpisode 1.3864
1996 Jewel BEM Hunter Lime LimeVoiceover
1996 My My Mai | Mai Waku
1997 Law & Order BeckyEpisode 1.4361
1998 All My Children DebbieEpisode 1.9785, 1.9789. 1.1041, 1.1048, 1.1052
1998MasqueradeAyumiVoiceover
1998' The Street'JackieEpisode 13.6
1998 Feds LilyEpisode 4.32
1999 Gokudo Gin (Djin)Voiceover
2000Children's WardAnnaEpisodes 12.8; 12.9
2001Nice ShotCynthia Stone
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise TraistanaSeason 2, Episode 22
2006Finding LucyLucille BallSTAR [5]

In addition, Renna is also credited with appearances Law & Order and All My Children, and Intimate Portrait: Lucille Ball.[ citation needed ]

Talent Management and Executive Recruiter

In 2002, Renna co-founded Act Now (ANTG), a talent management firm in Los Angeles, CA. Her firm represented about 75 television and film actors.

In 2008, Renna expanded her talent acquisition and management practice across a number of vertical industries, including Forrest Solutions (2008), Execu-Search Group (2009), and Addison Search (2010). She also started her own executive talent acquisition firm, Renna Career Services, LLC, in 2012. [6]

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  6. Renna, Stacie (July 26, 2018). "Stacie Renna". LinkedIn.

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