Ricky was born and raised in the small southern town Winder, Georgia . Always having a passion for the arts whether music, film or theatre he knew that he always wanted to be a part of it. One of his first theatre productions was "Annie Get Your Gun" where he played "Lil Jake", Annie's brother where hearing the applause and laughter for the first time made him realize this is what he wanted to do with his career.
After several other theatre performances in Atlanta he finally got to move to the west coast to southern California where he has been steadily busy. His film credits include "Urban Nightmare", "Skip the Midget" and several others performances and also appeared on E! Entertainment's "Infamous".
After getting settled in California Ricky started his own entertainment company "Reidling Entertainment"
where he has written,directed and acted in two features, the first show "BoysTown" which currently airs in Canada and the upcoming feature film "HEELS". Ricky gives thanks to friends and family for their support. And a big "Thank You" to Michael. 143
Albertossy Espinoza an actor, dancer and choreographer was born in Ecuador and raised in Chicago since the age of five. As an actor, he made his debut in a lead role on an independent film, The Price of the American Dream, and later returned to the big screen in a lead role on five more feature films, 3 shorts, and 2 pilots. 2 of his features are distributed by Blockbuster Video and Netflix worldwide. Currently he is working on a new French speaking lead role. He is grateful that writer/director Ricky Reidling asked him to join the cast of HEELS for a second project working together.
Albertossy is also a trained dancer and choreographer in ballet, modern, jazz, flamenco, hip-hop, salsa, merengue and folk. Albertossy has performed nationally and internationally with numerous dance companies from Chicago and Los Angeles. In 2004 he founded FUSION Dance Theater and is the Artistic Director of the company. Since making its debut, the company has received good reviews from the press for their repertoire. In 2008 he opened his non-profit organization, FUSION Performing Dance Academy, to help under privilege kids by offering free dance classes. Albertossy also serves on the Board of Directors for Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles.
Albertossy credits his mother for giving him the strength, will and drive to push onward in all
aspects of life. He is tremendously grateful to his family, friends and teachers for their love and
support and especially recognizes his good friend and foremost supporter, Carolyn James.
General Information:
Name: Teresa
Employment: Works at Real Estate office
Relationship: Living with Kevin
Julie Ann Nill was raised in Southern California. She was brought up on class radio dramas and cinematic greats like Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart. She majored in Theater Arts at Azusa Pacific University. Following her dreams of writing country music, Julie moved to Nashville, TN where she met her husband, Jon. Heels was Julie's first feature film! She had such a wonderful experience and misses the cast and crew greatly! She is very close with her family who have always encouraged her to follow all her dreams; no matter how wild and crazy and how often they change!
Name: Moesha Luweena Jenkins
Works at HEELS nightclub
Relationship: Sugar Daddy
Performing for over 9 years in a variety of different stage shows, benefits and productions, Roxy Wood is not your average main stream artist. Born in Grand Rapids Michigan on June 3, 1983, the Live Singing Female/Character Illusionist has experienced more than her far share of adventures. After graduating high school and receiving her AA degree she began starring in such productions as Midnight Insanity's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and Crypto Homo Rockers "Hedwig And The Angry Inch." An avid performer, Roxy loves her place in the spotlight. Currently residing in Los Angeles she has guest starred in Chow Nasty's Music video for "Ungawa," appeared on the Gene Simmons Reality show "Family Jewels," made two guest appearances on the Tyra Banks Show and landed a supporting role in the soon to be released film, ''Heels." Always on the go Roxy is constantly performing, singing live as her self and a variety of other characters (Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Lil' Kim...) Vocally, her biggest influences are Anastacia, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Beyonce and Melissa Etheridge. Her dreams and goals include: promoting diversity, equality and awareness to all, as well as establishing female impersonation/drag entertainment as a respectable career to be acknowledged and celebrated as mainstream entertainment.
Name: Chica a.k.a Chris
Realationship: Quite a few at the moment...
Tim Garrett, who plays the part of Chica in 'Heels,' grew up in South Texas and studied Theatre at the University of Texas in Austin. After an extensive stage career in Texas, Tim decided to move to Los Angles to pursue a film career. He has starred in several independent films and is looking forward to his next project. Tim also works as a dancer and with his free time enjoys working out, tanning, and watching Jersey Shore.
Name: Donela a.k.a Donald
Relationship: Married to his wife..but seems slighty confused
Mark Freeman, also known as Lorayne Love, played the always drinking, always opinionated, straight man in a dress, named Donela. It was a joy to get a chance to play this kind of character. I don't think our society is so far away from having a straight man doing drag... dare I mention, Milton Burle or even Bob Hope?
Prior to doing HEELS, Mark/ Lorayne could be seen all over Los Angeles doing Stand-Up Comedy, Hosting or performing along side LA's hottest and most talented comics and drag performers. He has performed on main stages like, The Hollywood Improv as well as The World Famous Laugh Factory.
Keep an eye out for Miss Love, there is talk of her going International... Just sayin!
Name: David
Works as Real Estate Agent
Relationship: Involved in an extra marital affair.
Hunter Ackerman hails from the St. Louis area, where he earned Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville first degree in theatre performance and physics. He resides in Los Angeles and love the diversity of diverting activities here. His favorite performance in Los Angeles so far has been the lead character in the dramatic improv "Torn" in Hollywood, and as Jeff in the popular internet series "The Hunted TV". Hunter is an avid rock climber and swordsman. His passion for music has him singing, playing guitar, bass, mandolin, strings, and the Native American flute in several music projects with videos on youtube. He also has 10 years of percussion experience and most recent project "BoysTown" got him kick started with the guitar. Hunter currently supports his acting career doing live stunt shows.
Name: Michael
Employment: Works as V.P of Marketing
Relationship: Engaged to Stacy
Alex Luria was born & raised in Las Vegas, NV and graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in economics. Notable film credits include The Ministers, directed by Franc. Reyes and You Don't Mess With the Zohan, directed by Dennis Dugan. Alex is currently appearing in advertising campaigns for Coors Light & Bank of America, as well as the indie horror film 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams, which is making its Los Angeles debut on July 15th at the Egyptian Theater. Also recently completed first writing/producing endeavor - a mockumentary short entitled "Hobosexuality in America". www.AlexLuria.com for more information.
Name: Stacy
Employment: Works at Disneyland as Snow White
Relationship: Engaged to Michael
You can catch her as the cool, hip character that the kids look up to, "Pinky", on the Daytime Emmy nominated kids show, "HIP HOP HARRY", currently airing on TLC and Discovery Kids monday through friday. This Chicagoland native has a background in theater and dance where she has studied at Columbia College and taught at various studios including Lou Contes Dance Studio. Since moving to L.A. she has studied at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio, Steve Eastin Studio, Edge, Millenium, and Debbie Reynolds. Some of her past credits include Second City, Chicago and touring as a dancer with various artists such as R. Kelly, Jay-Z, and Stellar Award Winner, Donald Lawrence. She thanks God for her family and friends she has been blessed with. Advice: Live the Dream and K.L.E.O.! (k.eep l.oving e.ach o.ther) Oh, and don't forget to laugh! : ) For more information go to www.kellyvdolan.com
Name: Ineedaman
Relationship: No one really knows...
Britt Prentice is originally from the Washington DC area. He had his first performance at age five. Britt studied Jazz and Classical Voice and Drama at the University of Miami (Fla) and mentored under Jon Secada. Britt just finished 2 webisodes for the new ABC hit show FLASH FORWARD. Britt played BABE RUTH on the new DISNEY hit WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE. Britt was also on CHARMED, that sexy scifi, with Alyssa Milano now in syndication and as a Biker Dude in the John Waters film "A DIRTY SHAME" and Security Guard in PASSIONS on NBC. Britt is also an amazing singer and has sung the National Anthem all across the US for such teams as the Los Angeles Lakers & Dodgers, Washington Redskins, Chicago Cubs, and World Cup Soccer. Britt also produced, wrote and performed his own CD and Vibe Magazine compared Britt's voice to Luther Vandross. Britt is also a seasoned stage performer and recently finished a national tour of the hit musical comedy The Clean Up Woman starring Telma Hopkins & Jackee Harry. He has performed with the likes of Debbie Allen, Patti LaBelle, Terry Mann, Christopher Williams, JD Lawrence, and Arturo Sandoval (Grammy winner-Jazz). A hidden talent is that Britt is a very good dancer and has had dance features in TV, film (Head Of State) & stage. GOTO: www.brittprentice.com or www.IMDB.com/name/nm1566198/.
Name: Athena
Employment: Works at Popeye's Chicken in Arkansas
Relationship: Lives with Boyfriend Bucky.
Tom began singing at the age of 5 in the role of The Angel Gabriel in
a school production. He enjoyed singing so much his mum put him in
the church choir with his brothers and sister. Aged 13 he competed in the British Choirboy of the Year competition and finished in secondplace in the whole of Great Britain.
Tom moved to London after completing his studies at Manchester Grammar School to be a member of the hugely successful boy band 'North and South'. The band's debut single reached #7 in the UK charts and #2 in Malaysia! The band went on to have 3 more top 40 hits. The four band members starred in two seasons of the BAFTA nominated hit children's comedy drama series 'No Sweat' on the BBC, for which Tom also composed the soundtrack, age 18.
Tom went on to pursue a career in musical theatre and starred in the
West End productions of Les Miserables and Cats in the leading roles
of Marius and The Rum Tum Tugger for three years, performing around one thousand shows.
He moved to the US age 23 to study at Harvard University where he
graduated with honours in East Asian Studies. His performance in
Harvard's Hasty Pudding Show won him written praise from Catherine Zeta-Jones. He took his knowledge of Mandarin language to China and worked as a hip-hop dance aerobics instructor in Beijing, as a travel journalist in the remote corners of Northwest China, and to Henanprovince where he was appointed Harvard's cultural attache to theShaolin Temple.
After graduation Tom went touring through Manhattan with his senior year band Tommy and The Tigers. He became the first ever non-American to sing The Star Spangled Banner at a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park. He also became a spokesperson for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acting as an On-line Presenter and Global Performing
Artist for the government's international tourism marketing campaign. He is now living in LA pursuing a career in acting, modeling, andvoice overs, while writing music and singing in his third band.
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