Tess Degen

Female

Stoneham, MA

United States

Profile Information:

Member's contact info (email and phone or agent):
781-258-0874
tessdegen@gmail.com
Member's acting, voice or modeling website:
http://www.tessdegen.com
Member's age range:
41-45, 46-50
Member's Affiliations:
Non Union
Member's PHYSICAL TRAITS (use format on the "Before Applying" page)
Physical traits:
Mediterranean look
Height 5'4
Petite, Athletic
120 lbs
Shoe 8
Dress 4
Bust 36
Hips 32
waist 29
Skills:
Actress
Dancer
Singer
Biking
Driving a stick shift
Good Aim
Yoga
Pilates
Exercise
Reads music
Beginner piano
the Alexander Technique
Strong skills with children and dogs
Accents: French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian
fluent in German ,Portuguese and English, reads Italian and French.
Voice over, mezzo soprano singer,
Musical Theater
Mime
Commedia Del'Arte
Member Improv Troupe: Boston Playback Company
Energetic Performer
Portrayable & believable accents or dialects (e.g. Southern, Chinese, Spanish, German, Boston, etc.):
Texas
German
Spanish
Member's Performance Skills:
Aerobics, Bicycling-general, Bocci Ball, Body Surfing, Boogie Boarding, Bowling, Cry-on-Cue, Dance - ballet, Dance - ballroom, Dance - jazz, Dance - tap, Driving - car, Driving - stick shift-standard, Figure Skating, Guitar - 6 string, Ice Skating, Improvisation, Jump Rope, Piano, Ping-Pong, Rollerblading, Running - general, Singer - Alto, Singer - Mezzo Soprano, Softball, Swimming - general ability, Swimming - back stroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - freestyle, Teleprompter, Voice Artist Only, Yoga
Recent noteworthy acting experience (use the format on the Before Applying page):
TV, FILM
Slimebuck/Connie, Tommy DeNucci/ Morbidly Amusing Productions
Almost Mercy/Sheila, Tommy DeNucci/ Woodhaven Production
Stories For Dinner, Principal/ Luisa, Dolph Paulsen/ Raremint Productions
Magi, Principal/ Mother, Paul Kmiec/ Suny Purchase
Skye,Principal/Elana, Paul Kmiec/ SUNY Purchase thesis
In Memory, Principal/ Kate, Gabriel Marini/Tufts Film
The Widow, Principal/ Angela, Sarah Miller/ Emerson Film
Take Out, Principal/ Ellen, Kris Holodak/ BU Film
The Eye,Principal/ Newscaster. Peter Marsh/ BUCDIA
Nothing Deadly, Principal/ Mom, Beth Brodsky/BU Film
Paintbrush, Principal/ Mrs. Williams, Janice Lee/ BU Film
Pizza Day, Principal/Toni, Gerard Connolly/BU Film
Convention, Principal/Mom, Tom Basset, BU FILm
Under The Roof, Principal/Judith, Emma Platek BU Film
American Hustle/ Reporter, David Russell/White Dog Productions
Clear History, Chicago Fan, Greg Mottola/ Electron Motor Productions
The Makeover, Pedestrian, John Gray/ McGee Street Productions
Labor Day, Featured/ Wagon Wheel Patron, Jason Reitman/ Franks Pie Co.
Grown Ups 2, Shopper/ Columbia Pictures
In Your Eyes, Traveller, Brin Hill/ Bellweather Pictures
The Equalizer, Shopper, Antoine Fuqua/ Columbia Pictures
Olive Kitteridge, Funeral attendant, Lisa Cholodenko/ Playtone Productions
Business trip, Hotel Guest, Ken Scott/ Allied Productions
Joker, Supporting/Clara,Manfred Meisner/ Sender Freies Berlin
Tatort, Featured/ Bank Clerk, Hanno Lenz/ Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Commercial
HDI Web Video, Principal/ New Client,Christina Degen/Global Yoyager
Mothers and vacation, Principal/ Mother, Jenny Gutbezahl/Shotgun media group
HCHP Fall2011 Web Campaign, Featured/ New Patient, Micaela VanderMost/ Newfangled Studios

Event
Teddy's Really Really Late Show, Principal/ Barbara, AS Film, Frank Hauser
State Radio Music Video, Featured/ Rioter, Michael Randa Parker
Casino Confidential, Principal/ Katarina Stutzgard, Autumnleaf Production/Stephen Pasker
Berlin 750 year review Dancer, Singer Robert Gruner

Theater
Laundry and Bourbon/Elisabeth, Pauline Micelli
The Fence/ Son's Wife, Chris Webb
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, Judith Kalaora, Mrs. Brown/ Lead
Sweeney Todd Ensemble Brian Baruta
A Chorus Line Lori/Larry Julia Fiske
Ragtime Mrs. Houdini Julia Fiske
The Full Monty Molly James Tallach
Anything Goes Mrs. Harcourt Catherine Durickas
Company:
permanent member Boston Playback Company 2012
Training or acting classes (class name, teacher & where):
Acting Intensive, Tom Todoroff
On Camera audition, Carolyn Pickman
Acting for Commercials, Ann Baker
Scene Study, Fran Weinberg
Acting for Film, Lynda Robinson, Jack Plotnick
On-Camera Audition Masterclass, Rosalie Joseph
Improv, Boston Playback Company 2011-2012
Acting, Mime Amanda Good- Hennnesy, Peter Beck
Voice, Doug Jabarra
Other non-acting related work, hobbies or charities (not skills) in which this actor is involved (1 or 2 word descriptions):
Trilingual (German, Portuguese, English)
Choreography
Assistant Director for Children's Theater Productions
Pilates Instructor
Alexander Technique Instructor
Yoga
Swimming
Biking
Quilting
Good with children
Community theater
Therapy ( individual and group)
Walking
Dogs
Dance
Music
Exploring New Things
Strong Intellectual Skills
VOICE ARTISTS ONLY [you must have a professional demo to upload]: illustrative 1-word descriptions for this actor's voice (e.g. conversational, announcer, warm, etc.):
Mezzo Soprano, Alto Singer,
accents: British, German, Spanish, French,
Natural, Conversational, energetic, maternal, aggressive, demanding, instructor, teacher, intellectual, white collar professional, lawyer, doctor, warm, caring, soothing, silly, goofy, loud, sexy, caring, multilingual fluent German and Portuguese, European

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  • Walter Pizzi

    Nice meeting you at Rosalie Joseph's Auditioning Master Class at Boston Casting today.

  • Franco Zuccoli

    Very nice meeting you!  Have a great summer if you don't see you prior!

  • Diana Porter

    Hi Tess! Thanks for the friend request :)