ALENA ACKER - AEA, - AGVA, - SAG-AFTRA Eligible

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Represented by:

Aligned Stars Agency (GA) (818) 726-5805 / (770) 510-3883

Baker Management (NY) 212-262-4234

Television

And Just Like That, Episode 304

Co-Star

dir. Michael Patrick King

Untitled TV Project

Guest Star

Anonymous Content

Diabolical, Episode 306

Guest Star

Discovery ID

Six Degrees of Murder, Episode 207

Guest Star

Discovery ID

Redrum, Episode 206

Guest Star

Discovery ID

On the Case with Paula Zahn (Discovery ID)

Guest Star

Discovery ID

Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood

Series Regular

dir. Erica Jensen

Confronting a Serial Killer

Recurring

Starz

Catching a Killer: Sam Little

Co-Star

Oxygen

Fatal Encounters

Co-Star

Discovery ID

Scorned: Love Kills

Co-Star

Discovery ID

Evil I

Co-Star

Discovery ID

Comedy

Gotham City Improv

Main Company Member

Irene Carrol, artistic Dir.

Mother Eve's Open House

Supporting

Upright Citizen's Brigade

Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Senusal Sisterhood

Supporting

The Pit

Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood

Supporting

LA Comedy Festival

LMAOff Broadway/Eight is Never Enough

Guest Performer (Improv)

Walter Frazier, dir.

Red Tie Mafia

Company Member (Improv)

Hyperion Theatre Project

Commercial

Worldwide

Principal

dir. Mark Jenkinson

National

Principal

dir. Chris Bean/Assembly Films

National

Principal

Marked Media

Conflicts available on request

New York Theatre

The Night of the Iguana

Frau Fahrenkopf (Supporting)

Signature Theatre/Emily Mann

Pecker the Musical (Reading, based on the John Waters film)

Lynn Wentworth/Dr. Klompus (Supporting)

dir. Stephen Nachamie

The Ryan Case 1873 (Drama Desk Nominated)

Bridget Burke (Supporting)

Live-In Theatre Productions

The Trial of Typhoid Mary

Mary Mallon (Lead)

Live-In Theatre Productions

Sight Unseen (Reading)

Grete (Supporting)

Katrin Hilbe

The Bedbug

Professor and Others (Supporting)

Medicine Show Theatre

Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood

Rhododendron (Supporting)

New York Fringe Festival

Education

The University of Michigan

B.A. in Theatre and German

Graduated magna cum laude

Training

MN Studios

Advanced on Camera Technique

Jenn Wolf

The Ken Studio

On Camera Technique/Private Coaching

Ken Schatz

Mel Mack Acting Studio

Private Coaching

Melonie Mack

T. Schreiber Studio

On Camera Scene Study

Peter and Diane Miner

New York Vocal Coaching

Musical Theatre Auditioning

Justin Stoney/Nancy Anderson

Alena Acker is a versatile actor and singer. Moving seamlessly between television, commercial, theatre and film and between drama and comedy, she often plays characters who on the surface may not seem extraordinary, but who are surprisingly complex once you get to know them. She's the shy nerd who gains self-confidence, the wacky neighbor who saves your life, the grieving widow with a secret, the pious innocent who's anything but. more at www.alenaacker.com

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 180 lbs

A CURRENT PASSPORT, Cycling, Figure Skating, Ice Skating, Jump Rope, Roller Skating, Rollerblading, Running - General, Snorkeling, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - freestyle, Weight Lifting, Yoga, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Mime, Singer, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Vocal Style: Legit, Voiceover, American - Minnesota Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, Canadian Accent, French Accent, German Accent, Irish Accent, Russian Accent, Fluent German