Wendy Girard

Wendy Girard, an award-winning actor and producer, began acting in her teens in Washington D.C. as a clown. She performed all of the women's voices for Gallaudet College for the Deaf productions, and acted at The Washington Shakespeare Festival, The Washington Theatre Club, Arena Stage, where she also spent a year doing Spolin Improvisation, and Center Stage in Baltimore, playing mostly leads from the Greeks and Shakespeare to modern writers. She is also an award-winning still photographer and works as a writer, journalist and film reviewer. In New York, Girard became the youngest life member ever accepted in to The Actors Studio where she worked under the tutelage of Lee Strasberg for 13 years, and fulfilled her dream of working with her inspiration and idol, Elia Kazan. She also studied with Stella Adler, among other masters. She played leads in classical, contemporary and original plays including Miranda in "The Tempest", the hit "Oil!", and the autobiographical "Lucky Star", about