I grew up 40 miles north of Jackson Hole Wyoming on a ranch with my 7 siblings, my 4-H steers, a few dogs, more cats than I could count, 100 head of horses, some pigs, a donkey, a buffalo, surrounded by thousands of acres of wilderness and an imagination that ran wilder than the snake river. It was a magical childhood. Between chores and riding horses, we spent most of our time building castles in the willow bushes, forging the rivers as pioneers in hand carts, and performing extravagant 4-hour shows while ice skating on the frozen pond in the pasture. We didn't have TV or video games so our imaginations were our playing ground.  My mother owns the oldest and longest-running professional theatre in Wyoming where to this day, she puts on Western musical theatre. We grew up on the stage of that theatre by night and ranched by day. Quite a juxtaposition of livelihoods, but to me, both captured the magic of the world I loved. Our life felt like an epic classic movie narrated by the sounds of nature and our own songs.  

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My first big stage production was a 90-run performance as Gretal in the Sound of Music when I was 4 years old (I think there are child labor laws against that these days, but in the 80s, the younger the better!!) I then went on to have a singing group with 3 of my sisters from when I was 8 until I was 25. We first started singing for guests at our ranch, rodeos, local conventions, and parties and then went on to sing for the Dude Ranchers Association all around the US. We had multiple record contracts in London and Nashville and opened for acts such as Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Terri Clark, and Reba McEntire at the Oklahoma City Children's Hospital. We toured Central Asia as ambassadors to the US putting on a rodeo and a show in a cultural exchange. I attended Belmont University where I studied Commercial Music and Music Business.

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I didn't finish college but immersed myself back to my roots, Ranching and theatre. I would wrangle the horses in at 5 am, take rides out all day, feed and muck stalls, and then drive to town to star in the show at the theatre. Then at 11 pm I would turn around and drive back to the ranch to start it all over again. It was exhausting but I couldn't have been happier in my life, doing what I loved to do. 

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After my father died, I felt like I needed a new start. I decided to try my luck in the Big Apple. My brother was attending Juilliard so I at least had family and a place to stay. Let's just say that I learned a lot in NYC. I was an assistant to Carrie Fisher for a stint and sang and played my violin in the subway for pennies while jumping turnstiles and sneaking food from anywhere I could. It couldn't have been less glamorous. After getting a few stints on Law & Order, Nurse Jackie, NCIS, and getting typed out, turned down, and run out of auditions, I decided to head back to the mountains. 

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I decided I wanted to work on projects that I felt passionate about and that meant something to me. I started to write plays and film little projects that felt fun and fulfilling. I decided to attend New York Film Academy to get a better understanding of film acting and moved to LA. 

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Since then, I have gone down many paths as an actor, singer, holistic nutritionist health coach, restaurant owner, chef, wife, and screenwriter. I believe we are creators and that we should never stop creating, in whatever way we feel inspired. Here's to the future, to creating the projects we want to be a part of and doing good work with the people that we love and look up to. AND doing it from a place where we love to be, and for me that is the wilds of Wyoming. 

 

I'm excited for the adventure. 
 

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