BA #264: Elizabeth Schmidt

February 25, 2019

 

On the two-hundred and sixty-fourth Box Angeles actor Elizabeth Schmidt (American Sniper, Grey’s Anatomy) stops by Studio 309. She discusses her fabulous Northwestern Mutual commercial, attending Northwestern, struggling in New York City, and more!

 

 

the BA #264 breakdown
– Box rants car repairs.
– Drinking and rituals.
– Growing up in the Bay area and doing Children’s theatre.
– Being in an all girls school and moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern.
– Moving to NYC, living next to MSG and doing regional theatre.
– Working jobs like a paralegal and standardized patient work.
– Coming to LA, joining the Actor’s Network and taking classes a Lesly Kahn, Groundlings.
– Getting reps thru Talent Link and working at a casting director office.
– Joining the union, the issues with less union commercials and creating a theatre company.

For more Elizabeth, @therealelizabethschmidt on Instagram.

 

STUDIO BEER – Reel Brewery, Untitled Pilsner