I Have a Degree in Acting ... Now What?

Meghan Deanna Smith is a trained actress and writer, currently living in Los Angeles, California. She began acting at a young age performing in community theater and continued on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Degree with a minor in Communication from Niagara University. After graduating summa cum laude, Smith competed in the prestigious IMTA (International Modeling and Talent Association) competition at which she was named IMTA's Actor of the Year in 2012. Previous IMTA winners are Jessica Biel, Katie Holmes, Eva Longoria, and many others with huge Hollywood success. Smith was trained in both improv and sketch writing at Second City Chicago, and was able to demonstrate her comedic skills while performing as a lead in a sketch comedy production in Manhattan, New York. She has taken dozens of acting, voice over, stage combat, singing, commercial acting, dance, casting director workshops, screen writing, and audition seminars/classes and uses that knowledge daily while she auditions and books work in Los Angeles as an actress. Smith has had speaking roles in both television shows and feature films, and has been cast in many diverse genres. Whether you've seen her as a lead in one of the "Sharknado" films or being a guest host on MTV's hit show "Ridiculousness", she is working hard, and succeeding, at making a name for herself in the film and television industry. Smith recently got married to her handsome husband who is also a comedian/actor/writer in Hollywood. Together they spend their days taking care of their rescue pup, auditioning for projects, laughing, and doing what they can to help other actors feel more in control of their careers.