Carolyn Chiodini-Cable

Carolyn Chiodini-Cable was born in Rhode Island into a creative and cultured environment. She studied dance and gymnastics as a child. She entertained in plays and musicals. Music has always been an integral part of life. Carolyn's father is acclaimed jazz artist, John Chiodini. Carolyn came into contact with many famous and eclectic personalities since birth like Etta James, Peggy Lee, Natalie Cole, Maynard Ferguson, Barry Mannilow, and many others throughout her father's respected career. She also came into wonderful personalities in her own acting related endeavors. Notable personalities include Jeff Goldblum, Jay Bernstein, Jon Peters, Kevin Costner, Hugh Heffner and more. These extraordinary encounters contribute to shape her world-view. Carolyn Cable concentrated her acting training on the Sandford Meisner Acting Method and then branched out to train with people with whom she associated. Among her favorite teachers were Jeff Goldblum, Kim Darby and Fran Bascom. Carolyn continued to train in dance, acting and athletics throughout University as she studied to be a Filmmaker. Carolyn started acting professionally in television sitcom, Saved by the Bell (1989), recurring as Courtney. She also recurred on the soap opera, Days of Our Lives (1965). She stayed on recurring status with DOOL (and did some emergency medical consulting work there too) with the promises of finding her a regular role on the show. Carolyn often said working on a soap opera is a wonderful experience. Carolyn did take her opportunity to create something new when opportunity arose. Carolyn stars as Crista in the independent feature film, "Under the Jacarandas." She has acted in dramatic and comedic short subject festival films and videos which have been in festivals, on cable television, and the Internet. Early TV appearances are still in syndication. Carolyn also studied 'Improvisation: What's Funny, What's Not' at UCLA. Improvisation and humor are second nature to her. As a member of the Screen Actor's Guild Conservatory at the American Film Institute (AFI), she was in a diverse acting program. She also had the good fortune to teach actors and writers in the Summer Seminars/SAG Conservatory at AFI. Carolyn creates, writes and produces her own films and cable TV/web shows which she occasionally directs. Her original short comedy film "A Cow and A Salad" screened at a local film festival. Soon after she was introduced to Producers affiliated with Cannon Film Group. They asked Carolyn to write a feature screenplay titled "Pursuit of Happiness" (aka "Caged Up!"), a satire about Federal Camp Prisoners. This started Carolyn's professional writing career and next came a supernatural thriller script assignment "COPS USA." She continued to work with the former Canon producers doing a Rewrite for "Second Chance," a Dan Haggerty starer. Carolyn is also the screenwriter for "Mfuwe & Me," an African Safari-themed script based on the Maneater of Mfuwe, from a first hand account surrounding a mane-less Man-eating Lion who terrorized and killed people in the town of Mfuwe, near Zambia, Africa. The Man-eating Lion is on permanent exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago,IL. As a filmmaker, Carolyn was recognized in the Velvet Light Trap: Review of Cinema, a critically acclaimed film magazine. Her acting, storytelling skills and filmmaking style came to light at the University and Documentarian Alexis Krasilovsky noticed. She penned the article and told Carolyn due to Carolyn's sensitivity, diversity in her work, and especially her use of Universal themes, her work in particular always stood out. Carolyn's works both in-front of the camera as an actress and behind the camera as a filmmaker are commended. At the first annual WVIF, Time Warner Cable's film festival, Carolyn was on the filmmakers panel. Her films In the Open (2004), A Cow and a Salad (1991), and Inbreeds (2003) were screened. The following year in the West Valley Indie Film Festival she had additional screenings of her earlier film works. This was a compilation of independent works, edited to form Raw: Undergrad Classics (2005). Carolyn's memberships include the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences, the Film Society, the Film Group and the SAG Conservatory at AFI, CSUN, CSUDH and UCLA.