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                             Man Down Justin Smith

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Former Maile School acting instructor and professional modeling and acting grad Justin Smith is an actor, known for his role on ABC’s hit soap General Hospital as Holt and the feature film Man Down as Stanton. Man Down will premier in theaters December 2nd.

 

Maile School’s President Debbie Wisner says, “Justin was great to have here on our staff. First as a student then as an instructor. He gave a lot to all the students and he just had that ‘it’ factor. We all knew it was a matter of time.

 

 

 

justin-smith-maile-schoolMan Down takes place in post-apocalyptic North America, former U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer (Shia LaBeouf), searches desperately for the whereabouts of his son, Jonathan, and wife, Natalie (Kate Mara), accompanied by his best friend (Jai Courtney) and a survivor (Clifton Collins, Jr.). Justin landed a lead role the film Silent Fall (2007) where he traveled all the way to Cape Town, South Africa where he spent four months filming throughout Cape Town, and also gained some much appreciated life experience. After returning from South Africa, Justin found himself in New York where he was cast in his first major television role on the CBS soap opera, As The World Turns. This led to other roles on television such as Army Wives (2007), Burn Notice (2007) and The CW’s The Vampire Diaries (2009). He also landed film work in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) starring Bruce Willis, and the comedy Walk of Shame (2014). Justin was also a host and a popular face on the syndicated morning news and entertainment show The Daily Buzz.

 

 

To see more on Justin Smith check out his IMDB page here.

The Maile School offers classes in Image & Confidence Development, On Camera Acting for TV, Commercials and Film and Professional Modeling. Call the school at 407-628-5989 to get your career stared today!

Star Talent at The Maile School

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The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School is always happy to brag about our students and graduates booking jobs in the business.

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Benjamin Mainville recently graduated from The Maile School’s Professional Modeling program this past August. He never considered modeling until meeting local models on film sets. These models helped give him the push needed and Benjamin became one of our students this past summer. Since graduating he has walked the runway at the Seminole Town Center’s Back to School fashion show, modeled unique costumes for Orlando Vintage Clothing & Costume’s upcoming campaign, and personally worked with The Stig (from Top Gear) at this year’s AIMExpo for Simpson Performance Products. He has also participated in a secret project with some other Maile School professionals which he looks forward to sharing once released!

 

The client for Simpson Performance Products was so impressed with Ben’s professionalism said, “Ben was fantastic he went well beyond a warm body in the suits and played the character well. We were very pleased and would book him again”.

When not working on his newly found modeling career, Benjamin is a hotelier by trade. Additionally, he works with local filmmakers (both on screen and behind the scenes) and is also an author. He has currently released three short-stories and has additional projects being revealed soon.

We look forward to seeing how our program has shaped Benjamin’s future.

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For more info on The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School call 407-628-5989 or email us at info@lisamaile.com to explore our exciting programs.

 

Haley Brooke Walker on NBC’s Chicago Med

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Congrats to Maile School  acting grad Haley Brooke Walker. She landed a guest starring role on NBC’s Chicago Med that aired on Thursday, October 27th.

Haley started going on auditions when she was a baby and mom Patina says, “At the age of three, Haley continued to say over and over again she wanted to act on TV. I gave in and found The Maile Acting School and enrolled her at the age of 4 in the kids on camera acting program.”

By age 7 Haley had a two page resume which included student films, musical theater, nonunion commercials, and Disney print work as well as her training at The Maile School.

 
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Haley relocated to California at the age of 8 when she booked a role for a pilot show through Actors Access.  Haley is a member of SAG-AFTRA.  Her industry credits include Pillsbury National, State Farm with Aaron Rogers, Toyota RAV4  Disney, AT&T, AAA, Cheetos, Canon, and Sleepy Hollow. Also recurring roles on True Blood and Code Black as well as the film Smashed from Sony Pictures Classics, and several nonunion pilots.

Haley is a competitive gymnast and enjoys swimming, singing, piano, guitar, and dance. She is a straight A student and received The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Award.

For more info on Haley call the school at 407-628-5989 or follow Haley Brooke Walker on Social Media: @haleybrookewalker on instagram, @HaleyBrookeWal1 on twitter, kawaiipanda94 on snapchat, and Haley Walker on Facebook

You can also follow her mom Patina @iampatinawilson on instagram, Patinawwalker on snapchat, @PatinaWalker on Twitter, and Patina Wilson Walker on Facebook.

Tony Robinette lands role on Fresh Off The Boat

Tony Robinette lands role on ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat

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Exciting news for Maile School Acting & Advanced Acting graduate Tony Robinette. He landed a role on the ABC comedy hit show Fresh Off The Boat.
Tony was happy to share his good news and said,  “I just booked an awesome funny co star on a prime time TV show that’s has been on my target list for 3 seasons. Whoop Whoop!”
We are so proud to help spread the word on Tony.

It’s the ’90s and 12 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie (Hudson Yang) just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents (Randall Park and Constance Wu). It’s culture shock for his immigrant family in this comedy about pursuing the American Dream.

Fresh Off the Boat stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery and Ian Chen as Evan.
Fresh Off The Boat is based on Chef Eddie Huang’s memoir Fresh Off the Boat and airs on Tuesdays nights at 9pm on ABC.

fresh-off-the-boatTony can also be seen in the comedy film The Best Thanksgiving Ever playing the role of a cashier.
His other industry credits include Spring Breakers (2012), Robo-Dog (2015) and commercials for Aflac, Honda, Hungry Howies and Universal to name a few.

 

 

For more information on Tony Robinette contact The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School at 407-628-5989 or email us at frontdesk@lisamaile.com. The Maile School has been training talent since 1982 offering programs in Image & Confidence Development, On Camera Acting and Professional Modeling for adults, teens and kids.

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Maile Grads Work: Justin Smith

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Congrats to advanced acting and modeling graduate Justin Smith. He began work this past December as Corporal Stanton in the psychological thriller titled Man Down directed by Dito Montiel and starring Shia LaBeouf and Gary Oldman. The film follows a haunted Afghanistan war veteran who attempts to come to terms with his past while searching for his family in a post-apocalyptic America..

Justin also worked on the set of The Exes starring Donald Faison and Wayne Knight that aired on TV Land a few weeks ago. Justin has built up quite a resume working on the feature films Baby, Baby, Baby with Brian Klugman and Kelsey Grammer, Walk of Shame, A Good Day to Die Hard as well as the TV mini-series How to Break Up with Your Girlfriend Before Football Season. Be sure to see Justin in theatres next year in Man Down. Man-Down-Justin-Smith-Maile-School

 

Maile Grads Work: Patrick Fenimore Credit Karma Shark

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Any shark week fans out there? If so you’ve probably seen the Credit Karma Shark commercial airing.  Maile acting graduate Patrick Fenimore stars in the commercial as a surfer with a shark who is worried about his credit score.  He offers the shark some helpful advice about visiting creditkarma.com. The commercial can be seen below.

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Patrick said, “I still wanted to break into acting and appear on SNL. After getting a job with Brevard County Fire Rescue, I fell in love with firefighting. I put plan A aside and worked on plan B becoming a firefighter/paramedic. I’ve been a firefighter paramedic now for over 7 years.” About a year and half ago, Patrick decided to give his acting career another shot by enrolling in our adult acting program as well as our advanced improv class. He has booked some industry work for WKMG Local 6,  Christener’s Steak House (where he got to drink wine and eat steak, which he says was awesome!), a PSA for harbor house of Orlando, a web commercial for an LED lighted patio furniture on Brookstone’s website, and just recently booked a Credit Karma commercial. Patrick says, “I highly recommend The Maile School. They always look out for the students in making sure they never get ripped off and always want to see the students succeed. The staff is great, friendly and always smiling when you walk in.”

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Maile School Graduate & Instructor Shellita Boxie Laughs with the Dolphins

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Have you seen the hilarious laughing dolphin commercial for SeaWorld?  If so, that would be Maile School acting graduate and instructor Shellita Boxie.  The commercial titled “Mom Speaks Dolphin” is currently airing and you can also check it out below.

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Shellita is a SAG stunt actress and has doubled for some of Hollywood’s leading ladies in films such  as Why did I Get Married Two, Medea’s Big Happy Family, and TV shows for Single Ladies, The Middle, and The Young and the Restless.  Her commercial credits include Publix, SeaWorld, Lunchables, & Derek Jeter Ford Edge to name a few.  Shellita earned her BA Degree in Communications from UCF.

Shellita will be teaching a Stunt Acting Seminar at The Maile School on Tuesday, August 26th.  If you are interested in learning about stunt work and becoming a stunt double, call the school to reserve your seat! (Students & Grads Only)

 

 

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August Newsletter: Noah Schnacky: Star on the Rise

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The August newsletter is here! On the cover is acting graduate Noah Schnacky with exciting news!

Also included this month is Star Talent,  Summer Camp Pictures, 1 Day Workshops, FREE monthly seminars and so much more!

Don’t forget to email us your news to newsletter@lisamaile.com so you can be included in next months newsletter! We love to hear what our students and graduates are up to!

 

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Maile Grad Aubrey Peeples Update!

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If you are a Nashville fan then you know Aubrey plays the role of Layla Grant on the ABC smash hit. Wendy, Aubrey’s mom says, “Stayed tuned the Nashville season finale it should be pretty exciting”! Aubrey had her Opry debut (as Aubrey, not Layla) this past February. You can go to:  http://www.wsmonline.com/watch-listen/opry/?ccm_paging_p=2 and listen to her live performance on the archive on 2/8/2014 (it’s about half way through the show). They are trying to work out with her schedule to have another appearance in the near future. She recorded with the rest of the Nashville cast a live music special at the Ryman Theatre that will air on ABC on April 23rd. Be on the look out for the release date for her movie she did with Nicholas Cage titled Tokarev. More updates are coming soon on Aubrey! She has some exciting things happening and we should  have some information to release  in the very near future.  Show Aubrey some love and follow her on twitter- @aubreypeeples, Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/AubreyPeeples and Instagram-  http://instagram.com/heypeeplesitsaubrey

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Maile Grad Norm Lewis Makes History as Broadway’s 1st Black Phantom

Norm-Lewis-Andrew-Llyod-WeberMaile Grad Norm Lewis makes history as Broadway’s First Black Phantom

Congratulations to acting graduate Norm Lewis for becoming Broadway’s first black phantom.

“Phantom of the Opera” is the longest running show in Broadway history. Thirteen men have played the role of Phantom on Broadway, but the one making headlines is Norm Lewis.
He was featured as ABC’s Person of the Week. In an interview with ABC Norm said, “I’m just so excited to be a part of this history. People have a certain vision of a particular character and, a lot of times, we as minorities don’t fit that particular vision. And now, I think that people are a little more open to that.”
The legendary creator of the show, Andrew Lloyd Webber (pictured left with Norm), said the Broadway world is becoming more colorblind.
“Phantom of the Opera” featuring Norm Lewis begins on Monday, May 12, at the Majestic Theater.
Norm is known for his role of Sen. Edison Davis on ABC’s hit show Scandal.

Below is Norm featured on ABC’s Person of the Week.

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