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SIMONE

Female - 25 to 35 yrsSupporting Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

SIMONE is model perfect, poised, outspoken, and confident in how she carries herself. Although, there is a mysterious side of her that’s more reserved and elusive, hinting at the vulnerability she usually keeps hidden. To everyone else, she is perfect, but for Conrad, she doesn’t quite spark the connection that he yearns for. ANY ETHNICITY

DJANGO

Male - 30 to 40 yrsLarge Principal Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

DJANGO is an eccentric and theatrical artist who has a small problem with procrastination. His larger-than-life personality truly defines an artist but controlling where his enthusiasm is directed is the real art. ANY ETHNICITY

MARTINA/MARTIN

All - 40 to 65 yrsPrincipal Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

MARTINA is pragmatic and seasoned, carrying the quiet wisdom of experience. Beneath her weariness lies a grounded, hopeful side. ANY ETHNICITY

MAIA

Female - 25 to 30 yrsPrincipal Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

MAIA is an intuitive and driven professional who values both the personal and professional relationship she shares with Conrad. She is happy with the steady pace of their growing relationship, but when Conrad admits he’s unsure of their true connection, she is hurt. Still, Maia remains calm, grounded in her sense of self-worth. ANY ETHNICITY

MYSTERY MAN

Male - 32 to 45 yrsPrincipal Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

This MYSTERY MAN carries himself with intrigue, and secrecy. His presence is alluring and unsettling, as if he always knows more than he reveals… ANY ETHNICITY

TIM

Male - 23 to 32 yrsPrincipal Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

TIM is affable and relaxed and his easygoing warmth makes him a natural confidant. He has a knack for putting people at ease with easy conversation. ANY ETHNICITY

FRIEDRICH

Male - 40 to 60 yrsPrincipal Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

FRIEDRICH is intellectual and refined, with a sharp wit and confidence that can be both captivating and intimidating. His aloofness only adds to his mystery. ** Is going to be combined with another character so sides will reflect that. ANY ETHNICITY

VALERIE

Female - 23 to 32 yrsSmall Principal Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

VALERIE is direct and no-nonsense and doesn’t want to waste anyone’s time. Her straightforwardness is very admirable! ANY ETHNICITY

PASSENGER

All - 30 to 45 yrsActor Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

This PASSENGER is a curious people-watcher and quick to notice the small details that others may overlook. ANY ETHNICITY

BRETT

Male - 30 to 45 yrsActor Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

BRETT thinks he's the funniest guy in the room. His relaxed nature with Emma shows us that he hasn't grown at all since their breakup... ANY ETHNICITY

DRIVER

Male - 30 to 56 yrsActor Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

This DRIVER is practical and efficient and very reliable behind the wheel. ANY ETHNICITY

LANCE’S WIFE

Female - 29 to 40 yrsActor Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

LANCE’S WIFE is composed and insightful, quick to read a room and even quicker to notice what others miss. She carries herself with quiet strength and offers support when she feels it's needed. ANY ETHNICITY

SALES ATTENDANT

Female - 25 to 30 yrsActor Union
Project title
Finding My Connection
Media
MOW
Due date
Sunday August 31, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

This SALES ATTENDANT is friendly, professional, and polished, moving through customer interactions with ease! ANY ETHNICITY

Aaron Barone

Male - 25 to 30 yrsSupporting Non union
Project title
The Art of Letting Go - Vertical Drama
Media
Internet
Due date
Wednesday September 3, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Refined, warm, and confident. Head of Barone Medical, he enters Olivia’s life after her public humiliation, offering kindness and support. Unlike Henry, Aaron respects her strength, becomes her ally through her surgery, and emerges as both a love interest and a symbol of her fresh start. Aaron is described as handsome and composed, with a refined, polished appearance that reflects his status as the head of Barone Medical. He carries himself with quiet confidence. He is well-groomed, stylish in tailored suits, and with a warm, approachable demeanor. His looks are less flashy than Henry’s but more grounded, giving him a steady, trustworthy presence.

GINNY

Female - 25 to 29 yrsRecurring Union
Project title
American Hostage WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
TV Series
Due date
Saturday August 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Character portrayed is Caucasian, Female presenting, late 20s, intelligent, ambitious, confident, Fred's assistant, Ginny is an aspiring reporter and part of Fred Heckman's news team at the radio station. She fits in well with the easy banter and camaraderie of the other staffers and doesn't mind being ribbed a bit as she pitches her ideas for new stories. A valuable member of the team, Ginny is with Fred and the others as they watch the first harrowing footage of Tony and his hostage Dick Hall walking down a city street (while Ginny holds the TV's rabbit ear antennae so the picture doesn't fuzz out). Ginny feels strongly that their station manager, Jerry, is a coward for not wanting to have Tony on the air live with Fred...

JERRY

Male - 35 to 55 yrsRecurring Union
Project title
American Hostage WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
TV Series
Due date
Saturday August 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, 40s, the station manager, not a guy to rock the boat, Jerry works well with Fred Heckman, the news director. However, Jerry is not happy about Fred's insistence that they put the volatile Tony Kiritsis on the air, live, so he can explain his side of the story as he holds banker Dick Hall hostage. Jerry's worried about a lot of things: the FCC fining them $300 for every curse word Tony utters, the possibility that Tony might kill Dick on the air, and how their advertising sponsors will react. Jerry is concerned about everything except the ethical/moral obligation of keeping listeners informed of an important breaking story; but on the other hand, Jerry is very concerned with keeping the lights on at the station, with everyone's job intact... *Please inlude actors with comedy background.

JUDY

Female - 28 to 35 yrsRecurring Union
Project title
American Hostage WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
TV Series
Due date
Saturday August 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Character portrayed is Female, 30s, on top of things, practical, clear-thinking, Judy is the receptionist at the radio station. She's the one who first tells Fred that a reporter has called in about the hostage situation, and later insists that a busy Fred stop and take the phone call when the hostage-taker himself calls in. Like the others, Judy is both fascinated and horrified by Tony Kiritsis' taking Dick Hall hostage, but she sees station manager Jerry's reluctance to run the story live -- it could be the end of the station, and their jobs... BIPOC

POLICE CHIEF EUGENE GALLAGHER

Male - 50 to 60 yrsRecurring Union
Project title
American Hostage WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
TV Series
Due date
Saturday August 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, 50s, profane and wiley but not unhinged, Gallagher has come to the news station at station manager Jerry's request, to tell them how to deal with the volatile Tony Kiritsis when he calls in for a live interview...

JOHN RUCKLEHAUS

Male - 40 to 50 yrsRecurring Union
Project title
American Hostage WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
TV Series
Due date
Saturday August 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, late 40s, the type who loves to see himself on a billboard, he is one of the lawyers assigned to Tony's case. He's a glad-hander, a politician first, a lawyer second...

JIMMIE

Male - 44 to 50 yrsRecurring Union
Project title
American Hostage WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
TV Series
Due date
Saturday August 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Character portrayed is Caucasian, Male presenting, late 40s - early 50s, Male, Jimmie is Tony’s beloved, protective, reassuring older brother who is currently campaigning for Sheriff. Although his association with Tony could hurt his campaign, Jimmie’s professionalism and public relations skills allows him to turn the story into his favor while making a case for his brother. He knows how to make moussaka just like his mother and tries his best to calm his brother down…