Linda Ann Eknoian's Page

Member's contact info (email and phone or agent):

Cell Phone: (617) 461-6969
Email: linda.eknoian@gmail.com
Website: http://www.lindaeknoian.com

Member's acting, voice or modeling website:

http://www.lindaeknoian.com/Actorspage.html

Member's age range:

36-40, 41-45, 46-50, 51-55

Member's Affiliations:

SAG-AFTRA

Member's PHYSICAL TRAITS (use format on the "Before Applying" page)

Physical Traits:
5'4", Weight: 125- 135 pounds
Ethnicity: Middleasten American/Caucasian
Hair: black; chin length
Waist: 30
Shoe: 9
Build or Body Style: Average

Member's Performance Skills:

Driving - car, Improvisation, Piano, Rappelling, Singer - Mezzo Soprano, Swimming - freestyle

Recent noteworthy acting experience (use the format on the Before Applying page):

FILMS:
Principal, Supporting and Dayplayer Roles:
Barbie Woods (Principal) FULL MOON - White Parrot Productions - Dir: Georganna Woods
Shelia (Principal) A MANOR OF SPEAKING - Boston Accent Films - Dirs: Ted Garland/Don Warnock
Lydia (Principal) HAUNTED IN DEPTH! - Boston Accent Films - Dir: Don Warnock
Reporter (Day Player) THE HOUSE - Boston Accent Films - Dir: Don Warnock
Miss Johnson (Principal) THE ROAD TO SANITY - Boston Accent Films - Dir: Don Warnock
Vinny's Wife (Day Player) SPAGHETTI & MATZOBALLSS - Widow Maven Productions - Dir: Dave Lewis
Beverly (Principal) FOLLOW THE BROCCOLI - CJ Productions - Bob Johnson
Linda (Day Player) TEMPS - Five Sisters Production
Rita - (Supporting) *LITTLE SHOTS OF HAPPINESS - Bangor Films - *Official Selection 1997 Berlin Film Festival
TEMPS (Linda) - Five Sisters Productions
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WEB SERIES:
Barbie Woods (Principal) FULL MOON - White Parrot Productions - Dir: Georganna Woods

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TELEVISION
Linda E!, Host - RAPPIN' WITH LINDA E! - LAE Productions
Deborah (Day Player) SISTER TALK II - BNN-TV Productions - Dir: Barbara Barrow-Murray
Mrs. Mitchell (Supporting) THE BIZ - Emerson College Student Production
Mrs. O'Sullivan (Supporting) DOT AVE. - Burren Productions

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THEATRE:
THE CENTURION: THE MUSICAL (Workshop Reading) - Poppy - Jubilee Productions, LLC
WHEN DEBORAH MET SAMMY - Deborah - NeWorks Festival
THE HOLLOW - Lady Angkatell - The First & Second Stringers
THE SEAGULL - Sorin Petrusha - New Theatre, Inc. Company
CHAPTER TWO - Faye - The Harrison Project Showcase
SGANERELLE, OR IMAGINARY CUCKOLD - Marguerite - Jamaica Plain Open Door Theater Co.
TO KILL OR NOT TO KILL - Inspector Fogg - Interactive Productions
FUNNY GIRL - Mrs. Strakosh - The Riverside Theatre Works
TWELVE ANGRY PEOPLE - Juror #4 - The Riverside Theatre Works
THE KING AND I - Wife #9 - The Riverside Theatre Works
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COMMERCIALS:
Hysterical Client - (Principal) BOSTON CHECKCASHERS - Boston University Film Unit

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BACKGROUND: (Film and TV)
Celtic Pride, Housitters, The Proposal, Underdog, Waterfront, Brotherhood, Surrogates, 27 Dresses, The Box, Underdog, The Departed, The Town, The Fighter, TED.

Training or acting classes (class name, teacher & where):

TRAINING:
On Camera Audition Workshop - Carolyn Pickman, CP Casting
Private Acting Session - Bill Mootos, Acting Coach
ImprovBoston - Currently in training, short, long form improv acting
Certificate - Improv Ayslum's Training Center, Improv Acting
New Theatre Conservatory, Boston, MA - Conservatory Acting Program
-Intro to Shakespeare Acting, Michael Hammond
-Kristin Linklater Voice Technique, Amelia Broome
Lyric Stage, Boston, MA - Acting Techniques, Robert Bouffier
Emerson College, Boston, MA - Performance on Television, Rex Trailer
Eric Morris System, Anthony Vincent Bova
Soap Opera Workshop, Mark Teschner, Casting Director - General Hospital
Actor's Workshop, John Aiello, Casting Director - NYPD

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EDUCATION:
New England Conservatory – Piano & Voice (Continuing Ed)
Emerson College, Masters in Media Arts
Emerson College, Bachelors in Science – Communications
Massachusetts Bay Community College, A.S. Business Management

Other non-acting related work, hobbies or charities (not skills) in which this actor is involved (1 or 2 word descriptions):

Accents/Dialects: Southern, Joan Rivers Impersonator

Producer, director, videographer, editor & writer
Divided We Stand, Documentary short (Completed 12/2013)
Snap Shots of My Life, Documentary short (Completed 12/2010)

Volunteer Videographer & Editor
New England SAG-AFTRA Local - "One Union One Voice!"

Executive producer & Host
Rappin' With Linda! Talk show through Boston Neighborhood Network
Status: November 1999 - September 2010

Special Skills:
Executive Producer (oversees a production from start to finish)
• Talk show host; on-camera skills
• Office Administration Professional - provided administrative support
• Organized and detailed oriented; budgeting
• Problem solving thinks outside of the box
• Solid camera, audio and editing skills - Videographer
• Knowledge of web design applications
• Salesforce, Google Docs
• Excellent performance, presentation & communication 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.):

Voice: Mezzo Soprano range
Accents/Dialects: Southern