ELISA LEONETTI
ACTOR WRITER CASTING DIRECTOR
Profile
Entertainment professional with widespread knowledge working as a professional TV, film, and commercial actor, and print model in New York & Los Angeles. Owner of EML Casting, a still-photography company acting as a liaison between the client, ad agencies, agents and talent. Written a comedy about the wife of an aging rock star, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first full-length feature film: Between the Masters, a historical drama based on the rarely discussed male muse of Leonardo da Vinci.
Experience
Actor - Film, TV, Commercials. Los Angeles & NYC, Jan 2001 – Present
Had the pleasure of working with directors such as Paul Mazursky, James L. Brooks, Mark Pellington, and recently played opposite Ellen Barkin in Animal Kingdom, directed by John Wells. Worked on dozens of commercials with many top production companies and directors.
Film roles (partial list) Faithful, Pure Danger, Portrait of a Serial Killer, Adventures of Joe Dirt, Wasted in Babylon.
Commercials (partial list) IHOP, Home Depot, Walgreens, CVS, Target, McDonald's, Burger King, Lens Crafters, Dodge, Ford, Toyota, T Mobile, Humira
TV Roles (partial list) Desperate Housewives, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Alias, The Huntress, Southland, Dr. Vegas, Las Vegas, Girlfriends.
Casting Director - EML Casting (owner), Los Angeles, Jan 2006 – Present
Very first job was casting 40+ people for an international still photography campaign for Hewlitt-Packard with the Wray-McCann Group. Clients include Apple, Ray-Ban, Budweiser, TJ Maxx, Marshalls.
Education
Fine Arts, Fashion
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1986 – 1989
Studied design, illustration, fashion, photography. Worked in many different mediums, including oils, pastels, watercolor
References
Michael McQuhae - Executive Producer/Director at B-Reel 310-892-3784 Ekta Farrar - Film Publicity at Netflix 323-775-7864
Josh Appelbaum - Screenwriter, showrunner, producer 323-385-9670
213-610-9884 / e.ball@mac.com / emlcasting.com / betweenthemasters.com (password needed)
ELISA LEONETTI
ACTOR WRITER CASTING DIRECTOR
Profile
Entertainment professional with widespread knowledge working as a professional TV, film, and commercial actor, and print model in New York & Los Angeles. Owner of EML Casting, a still-photography company acting as a liaison between the client, ad agencies, agents and talent. Written a comedy about the wife of an aging rock star, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first full-length feature film: Between the Masters, a historical drama based on the rarely discussed male muse of Leonardo da Vinci.
Experience
Actor - Film, TV, Commercials. Los Angeles & NYC, Jan 2001 – Present
Had the pleasure of working with directors such as Paul Mazursky, James L. Brooks, Mark Pellington, and recently played opposite Ellen Barkin in Animal Kingdom, directed by John Wells. Worked on dozens of commercials with many top production companies and directors.
Film roles (partial list) Faithful, Pure Danger, Portrait of a Serial Killer, Adventures of Joe Dirt, Wasted in Babylon.
Commercials (partial list) IHOP, Home Depot, Walgreens, CVS, Target, McDonald's, Burger King, Lens Crafters, Dodge, Ford, Toyota, T Mobile, Humira
TV Roles (partial list) Desperate Housewives, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Alias, The Huntress, Southland, Dr. Vegas, Las Vegas, Girlfriends.
Casting Director - EML Casting (owner), Los Angeles, Jan 2006 – Present
Very first job was casting 40+ people for an international still photography campaign for Hewlitt-Packard with the Wray-McCann Group. Clients include Apple, Ray-Ban, Budweiser, TJ Maxx, Marshalls.
Education
Fine Arts, Fashion
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1986 – 1989
Studied design, illustration, fashion, photography. Worked in many different mediums, including oils, pastels, watercolor
References
Michael McQuhae - Executive Producer/Director at B-Reel 310-892-3784 Ekta Farrar - Film Publicity at Netflix 323-775-7864
Josh Appelbaum - Screenwriter, showrunner, producer 323-385-9670
213-610-9884 / e.ball@mac.com / emlcasting.com / betweenthemasters.com (password needed)