ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK star VICKY JEUDY - How To Be SUCCESSFUL in FILM/TELEVISION SPECIAL ONE TIME EVENT!

Sunday, December 17, 2017, 11am ET / 8am PT

Actors Connection is THRILLED to welcome Vicky Jeudy, star of NETFLIX's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK to teach this special ONE DAY ONLY event!

Film/TV requires you to know the many ins and outs of the business. Learn from someone who has experienced the UPS and the DOWNS first hand! Figure out the best way to move forward for YOUR career with with invaluable information Vicky has!

Vicky will share with you: -Her personal story how she landed on the show and what she was doing. -She'll be open and share her challenges now. We are all human. -Be the best version of yourself physically, emotionally and mentally. -Keeping yourself busy when not working. -Importance of having manager and agent contract looked over. -Adding clauses to the contract to protect the Artist. -Having faith in this Industry and being yourself and not following others. -When to get a publicist? Her experience with one. -Try to Pay off debt right away and making sure you save your money. -Using social media. ... and an invaluable Q&A

Actress Vicky Jeudy is best known for her breakout role on the American comedy-drama hit series, Orange Is the New Black. Vicky plays Janae Watson, a former high school track star, who after one wrong turn becomes an inmate at Litchfield Penitentiary. The hit series now in its fourth season is streamed on Netflix. In 2015, Vicky and the entire cast were the recipients of a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in addition to two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2015 and 2016.

Vicky got her start in the entertainment world competing in beauty pageants. She was a top 25 Semifinalist in the Miss NY USA competition, where she took home the title of Miss Photogenic. After gaining her BA in theatre studies, her interest shifted from pageants to acting. Vicky landed her first few roles in small independent films and made several guest appearances on the popular TV series "Law & Order: Special victims unit." Through these projects she learned that her emotionally nuanced performances, coupled with her professionalism, would create fast opportunities for her future as an artist.

Born and raised in Queens, New York and of Haitian descent, Vicky is an activist at heart. Vicky believes that as an artist, she should express her world views through each of her character portrayals. Vicky is an avid reader in holistic health and when not on set, can be seen empowering the youth in her urban community and giving back to her native Haiti.

Vicky Jeudy