CATHERINE TAORMINA
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
- Janet (Title Role - dramatic Short Film with aged makeup) (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina is aged for the Title Role in this award winning short. A mother holding on to her last hope, her child leaving home. Los Angeles Film Awards - Best Indie Short - USA Independent Shorts Awards - Best Women Short - USA Independent Shorts Awards - Best Student Director [Gold Awards] - USA Boden International Film Festival - Best Director - Sweden Canada Shorts Film Festival - Award of Excellence - Canada Boston International Film Festival - Official Selection - USA Chelsea Film Festival - Official Selection - USA Rome Independent Prisma Awards - Official Selection - Italy Short To The Point - Official Selection - Romania Flickfair Film Festival - Official Selection - USA
- Tarab (supporting) feature film comedy (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina as Pamela a Valley Girlish Bigot who "innocently" harasses dance colleague Mena. Bowery Film Festival - Best Feature Film Los Angeles CineFest - Semi-Finalist Pinnacle Film Festival - Winner and Multiple Official Selections
- The Thing About My Folks (costar) feature film drama (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays a young Olympia Dukakis. Mother to Paul Reiser and wife to Peter Falk in flashback scenes)
- Sucker (costar) dramatic short film - Concerned Mom of Teen (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays concerned Mom of Teen who's father is taking him away to "show him the ropes" Nominated for a National Board of Review Student Film Award. Brooklyn College’s nominee for Princess Grace Award.
- Dreamer's Playground (supporting) dramatic short film Police Officer (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays a Police Officer responding to a potential kidnapping in a children's playground.
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (lead) - dramatic scene study Nurse Ratchett (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays stern Nurse Ratchett in this scene study full video visit: https://youtu.be/2shs_UyZPZ4
- Method or Madness (costar) comedy webseries (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays Lady Amelia a self-absorbed arrogant and delusional hipster musician in this award winning comedy webseries. HollyShorts Film Festival Monthly Screening - Winner Audience Choice Award IFQ - Best Comedy Webisode - Winner LA Web Fest - Outstanding Writing Miami Web Fest - Best Music/Score Nomination and Multiple Official Selections
- Twelfth Night (lead) comedy/drama Shakespeare classical text (Performance Video)
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Directed and Produced by Catherine Taormina plays Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, gathering information in a witty exchange with her countess' clown.
- Desperate Housewife Type self-scripted contest entry (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays a desperate housewife type enjoying a spa day with her gal-friend in this scene study short.
- Gotham Ep 419 (costar) drama - Bug Eater in the underground world (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays a Bug Eater in Gotham's Underworld. A difficult contest, but she won.
- Flea Market Flip Ep 605 (costar) reality television (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina uses her artistic and creative abilities, with talent for quick wit on full display during the improvised scenes and interviews. She and her teammate won the "Battle of the Boroughs" Thank goodness!
- The Strip - comedy (costar) Slavic foreign accent example (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays the girlfriend of a too-busy-for-a-relationship businessman.
- Cookie Eating Italian - Kelly Ripa Commercial for Ancestry.com (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina cast for her Italian language speaking abilities enjoys sharing biscotti with Kelly Ripa as she traces her Italian ancestry with ancestry.com
- Subway: The Series - Ep 102 - comedy (featured) Sloppy Passionate Kissing (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays part of a passionately kissing couple much to the revulsion of the lead character. Brooklyn Webfest - Winner KWebFest - Winner Best Music & Best Comedy Nominee LA Webfest - Winner Outstanding Series Miami Webest - Best Comedy Nominee Rome Web Awards - Winner Best Editing WWA Film Festival - Winner Best Cast, Director et. al. Rio Webfest - Nominee and Multiple Nominations
- Mozart In The Jungle (supporting) featuring my Italian speaking skills (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays a club stage manager opposite Bernadette Peters, Malcolm McDowell and Wallace Shawn
- Covering Prince's celebration of life featuring my Reporting/Hosting skills (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina interviews attendees post-screening of Purple Rain at the AMC 25 on 42nd street.
- Smoke On The Mountain (comedy) lead - on stage live theater performance (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays June Sanders on stage featuring strong character work ability and proficiency with multiple percussive instruments. She received rave reviews for her performance in the regional newspapers.
- Songwriter, singer, Guitar player (live performance) featuring those skills (Performance Video)
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Catherine Taormina plays guitar and sings one of her original songs.
Résumé Print Résumé
TV/STREAMING ONLINE | ||
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Gotham - Ep 419 |
Co-Star |
dir: Scott White, Fox |
Mozart In The Jungle - Ep 304 |
Co-Star |
dir: Patricia Rozema, Amazon |
Deception - Ep 111 |
Co-Star |
dir: Carol Baker, ABC |
Flea Market Flip - Ep 605 |
Guest Star |
HGTV & GAC TV |
Method or Madness - Ep 201 |
Guest Star |
dir: Gerard Bianco, Web Series |
Subway: The Series - Ep 102 |
Guest Star |
dir: Veronica Dang, Web Series |
FILM | ||
The Thing About My Folks |
Lead |
dir: Ray De Felitta, New Line |
Twelfth Night |
Lead |
dir: Catherine Taormina, Indie |
Janet |
Lead |
dir. Wendi Tang, NYU Grad |
Sucker |
Lead |
dir: Tricia Cramer, Feirstein |
Girls! Girls! Girls! |
Lead |
dir: Marco Jemolo, NYFA |
Tarab |
Supporting |
dir: Jennifer Hanley, Ally Art |
40 Nickels |
Supporting |
dir: Yasmin Gorenberg, NYUgrad |
Dreamer's Playground |
Supporting |
dir: Lazarus Lazarid, Feirstei |
A Sweet Man |
Supporting |
dir: Marcos Sanchez, NYU Grad |
Festus |
Supporting |
dir: Shawn Snyder, NYU Grad |
COMMERCIALS | ||
Curtain Up! Playbill/Prudential |
Usher |
AP Production Services, Inc. |
Ancestry.com |
Italian with Kelly Ripa |
CMC/Forecast, Inc. |
Continental/Alitalia Airlines |
Bride |
Premiere Post Productions |
Hewlett Packard |
Bride |
Kaleidescope Productions |
Erbitux |
Cancer Survivor |
Bristol Myers Squibb Films |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering |
Receptionist |
Filmworks |
Merrill Lynch |
Industrial |
New Vision Communications |
Roche Labs |
Voice of Nurse Puppet |
Roche Labs In House |
American Foundation for Water Safety |
Host |
Stan Mendoza |
THEATER (All Leading Roles) | ||
A Hatful of Rain |
Celia Pope |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
Speed the Plow |
Karen |
Navesink Library Theater, NJ |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Hermia |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
I Hate Hamlet |
Dierdre |
First Avenue Playhouse, NJ |
The School for Husbands |
Isabelle |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
Misalliance |
Maid/Hypatia Understudy |
Two River Theater Company, NJ |
Division Street |
Dianah |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
Smoke on the Mountain |
June Sanders |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
Noises Off |
Dotty Otley/Mrs. Clackett |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
No Exit |
Inez Serrano |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
The Bear |
Popova |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
Hair |
Flower Child, Mother |
Lauren K. Woods Theater, NJ |
Beware The Man Eating Chicken |
Carole |
Fringe Festival, NYC |
California Suite |
Gert Franklyn |
Kobe Theater, NJ |
Don Quixote (Bi-Lingual Spanish/English) |
Dorotea/Andres/Puppet |
National Thtr of Perform Arts |
Gymnos: A Geek's Tragedy |
Treadmill |
HERE Arts, NYC |
William Shakespeare’s Haunted House |
Juliet |
Faux Real Theater Company, NYC |
A Christmas Carol |
Janet |
Count Basie & The Strand, NJ |
New York Renaissance Festival |
Interactive Performer (witch) |
Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, NY |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'4" |
Weight: 124 lbs |
Eyes: Brown |
Hair Color: Brown |
Hair Length: Long |
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I am a performer, musician, writer, producer and director. Behind-the-scenes experience includes theatrical stagehand and stage management, prop building and fabric arts. Strong emotional access. Monmouth University - Magna Cum Laude dual Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Psychology Bedlam Theater Outreach Acting Program - Eric Tucker, Zuzanna Szadowski, Ted Lewis Decruit Veteran Outreach Acting Program - Stephan Wolfert & Dawn Stern The Public Theater PublicWorks Acting Program - Lori Parquet Lee Strasberg