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ABOUT ME
Height: 5'7" | Eye Color: Blue | Hair Color: Dark Blonde | Soprano / Mezzo / Alto
Currently Looking for Representation
Leigh Renken (she/they) strives to explore the depth and nuance of the human condition with an acting approach centered around empathy, connection, psychology, and insightful storytelling. Her acting abilities span the range of stage performance, film, television, musical theatre, sketch comedy, commercial projects, and educational theatre. Leigh is a multi-faceted artist with collaboration efforts on several projects as an actor, singer, musician, writer, comedian, and cat mother.
Leigh was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, and is now based in New York City (with the occasional dabble in Denver). She graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a Drama major and Psychology minor, and completed her simultaneous acting training at Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
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RECENT PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
THEATER
Stella Adler Studio of Acting NYC | Top Girls | Dull Gret/Angie | Dir. Ran Xia
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Stella Adler Studio of Acting NYC | Julius Caesar | Octavius Caesar/Flavius/Lucius | Dir. Nick Piacente
NYU Tisch: Broke People Play Festival | I <3 Wendy's | Justine | Dir. Dominic Domeghini
TRAINING
New York University | Tisch School of the Arts | BFA in Drama/Acting
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Stella Adler Studio of Acting - NYU Partnership | Stage and Film Acting | NYC
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Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music NYU | Tisch School of the Arts | Live Performance/Looping
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New York University | College of Arts and Sciences | Minor in Psychology (General)
SPECIAL SKILLS
MUSIC: Advanced Singing (Musical Theatre, Jazz, Classical, Pop), Sight Reading, Music Theory, Vocal Pitch Accuracy, Whistling. Intermediate Piano, Trumpet, Beatboxing, Songwriting, and Composition skills.
DIALECTS: British (RP, Yorkshire, Cockney). U.S. (Southern, New York, Midwest).
DANCE: Intermediate Jazz and Musical Theatre, Beginner Ballet and Tap
MISC: Advanced Sketch Comedy (Performance/Writing) skills, Intermediate Stage Combat, Improvisation (Acting, Musical, Comedic), Playwriting and Screenwriting skills. Advanced Skiing and Biking skills, Valid Colorado Driver’s License & U.S. Passport.
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HEADSHOTS
Photos by Nicole Miccio