User:Rebeccalarsen/Rebecca Larsen

BIOGRAPHY

Rebecca Larsen is a Utah born American actress and improviser known mainly for her work in commercials, film and television.

Before leaving Salt Lake City for Los Angeles in 2004 she attended the Actor Training Program Conservatory at the University of Utah.

CAREER

Rebecca Larsen started filming her first feature in 2007. She played Sophia in the independent film Scream of the Bikini, a role that earned her a Maverick Movie Award nomination for Best Actress in 2009.

She played Soviet-Georgian migrant worker Elsa in Our Neck of the Woods, a University of Southern California graduate thesis film which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

In her most recent feature, Justify, which premiered in 2010, Rebecca portrayed kinky heroine Abby Lombard, a misguided mistress hell-bent on revenge. Reviewed by The Fetishistas, an international fetish publication.

Later in 2010, she payed Giovanna, a double agent in the sexy noir short Nice Tie Italiano.

After earlier roles on Veronica Mars and House House MD, Rebecca filmed her first pilot for TVLand in January 2011 with veteran comedians Kristen Johnston, Donald Faison, and Wayne Knight.

Rebecca is the lead singer of a 1930’s jazz band called The Black Orchid Trio.

Rebecca Larsen is also a stage actress at the popular Hollywood area theatre company, Sacred Fools, where she recently played Frenchy in the stage version of Forbidden Zone, Richard Elfman’s odd opus, and Irene Adler in the world premier of Watson, an origional take on the Sherlock Holmes Series.

She served as Sacred Fools’ managing director for 18 months in 2008-09, and now produces an annual Season Launch party for the company.

Since 2007, she has produced 4 short films (Thunder Chance, Second Best, The Agency, Cat Picnic) and has worked sporadically as a 1st AD on several films and television shows.

PRESS

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705279842/Short-film-is-jump-starting-Utahns-career.html

EXTERNAL LINKS

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1325311/