Erika Santosuosso

Appearance

Gender Female
Pronouns
Height 5' 2''
Body Type Petite
Weight 117
Hair color Brown
Hair length Shoulder Length
Eyes Green
Age range 20-24, 25-29
Ethnic appearance Caucasian
Trained Singing Voice Yes
Unions EQUITY
Representation Manager:
Barbara Schulman
Oxford Talent Management

About Me

Performer and Filmmaker. NYC based. Producer at Shakedown Productions. Frontman of Uncle Jesse and R!ot Squad (90s/00s cover bands).

R!ot Squad www.RiotSquadNYC.com

More

TV - Sarcastic and Smart


Film

CAKE Lead Shakedown Productions
ALTERSCAPE Featured Supporting Dir. Serge Levin, Isle Empire Pictures
PLYUSHKIN (Short) Supporting Dir. Karli Kopp, Brooklyn College
THE ACTOR Supporting Lead Avanoir Films
CAT (Short) Supporting Shakedown Productions
BOROUGH ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER (Short) Supporting Hayride Films
LITTLE BOY BLUES (Short) Supporting Hofstra University, Dir. Charlie Alberto
LIBERATION (Short) Lead Dir. Noah Redfield, Hofstra University
BLACK CANDLES (Short) Supporting Nicholas Heet
TONIGHT (Short) Lead Royston Coppenger
A BROKEN CRY IN THE NIGHT (Short) Supporting Amber Robinson
CYRUS THE GOOD (Short) Supporting Nickon Hemati/Lily-Hayes Kaufman

Television

CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES Fairuza Balk (Lead) Bio Channel, Dir. Lesley Mallgrave
CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES Clairvoyant (Supporting) Bio Channel, Dir. Lesley Mallgrave
MYSTERIES AT THE CASTLE Guest Star Travel Channel

Theater

LOVE & SHIT (One Act) Mia Nylon Fusion Theatre Co., NYC/Ivette Dumeng
JUNIE B. JONES Junie B. Theatreworks USA
FANCY NANCY Rhonda The Vital Theatre Co.,NY, Dir. Sam Viverito
BACHELORETTE Gena Hanna T. Wolff/The Walker Space
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Hedwig Hofstra University, Dir. Kelly Malloy
THE FANTASTICKS Luisa BCA Plaza/Boston, Dir. Marc Francis
RENT Mimi Hofstra University, Dir. Cindy Rosenthal/Jeff Theiss
THE INSANITY OF MARY GIRARD Fury 2, Mrs. Lum Hofstra University. Dir. Alex Rose
THE WAR OF THE ROSES (HenryVI Parts I-III) Duchess of Gloucester Hofstra University, Dir. Royston Coppenger
INTIMATIONS FOR SAXOPHONE Compnay Hofstra University, Dir. Peter Sander
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Audrey Masquerade MT Co., Dir. Michael Guess/Kenny Kruper

Commercials

FIVE BELOW CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN Elf

Internet

EXTRA/ORDINARY (2 Seasons-16 Episodes) Lead Benjamin Long
STEP INTO MY OFFICE Featured Misha Calvert
ORCS OF NEW YORK Lead Harry Aspinwall

Training

BFA Theatre Arts: Performance Hofstra University
-ACTING Hofstra University Jean Dobie Giebel, Chris Dippel, Peter Sander
-ACTING FOR SHAKESPEARE Hofstra University Peter Sander
-BIOMECHANICS Hofstra University Ed Eleftarian
-SPEECH/VOICE Hofstra University Ilona Pierce
-DIALECTS Hofstra University Gloria Biegler
-MOVEMENT (Character Mask, Red Nose, and Stage Combat) Hofstra University Robert Westley
-ACTING FOR FILM (1&2) NYCDA Alan Rackham (Level 1) and Richard Omar (Level 2)
VOCAL PERFORMANCE COACHING Lynne Shane, Tammy Hensrud, Michael Pesce
ACTING FOR FILM/FILM AUDITION COACHING Heidi Marshall
AUDITION COACHING Andy Polk
BASIC IMPROV Face Off, Unlimited Joe Tex
VOICE LESSONS Michael Pesce
Acting on Camera (Level 1&2) One on One Bob Krakower
Scene Study The Barrow Group Lee Brock

Skills

Fronting a live band, character voices, great with kids, knitting/crocheting, yoga, costume construction, basic stage makeup, singing server at Ellen's Stardust Diner. DIALECTS: Lowland Southern, Received Pronunciation British, German, Brooklyn, Boston