KC Marie Pandell

Born in Orange County, California in the summer of 1989, KC Marie Pandell was born and raised in Southern California. Her interest in acting grew from a very young age, and almost as soon as she could talk, KC Marie was playing more than simple dress up. Her interest in acting went deeper than showy play, and she was enrolled at Beverly Hills studio. As she matured, so did her interest, growing steadily in to the career path she desired. She acted whenever possible throughout junior high, and auditioned in the the Fullerton Union High School Academy of the Arts. She spent the next four years studying with Genni Klein, who pushed her abilities to new heights. Major productions included the comedic roles of Madam Arcati in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit", for which she won an award, and Julia in Ken Ludwig's "Lend Me A Tenor". In early 2007, Ms. Pandell auditioned for the Theatre department of Chapman University, which later came to be known as a branch of the College of Performing Arts (COPA). She spent the next few years training diligently with the professors at Chapman, improving her craft and broadening her understanding of it. At the end of her first year at Chapman, Ms. Pandell was cast as Angie in Hunger Artist's Theatre Co's production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls" in Orange County, Ca, her first non-school affiliated production. It ran for five weeks, to great reviews. Ms. Pandell completed her training at Chapman University with a Bachelor's of Arts in Theatre, with an Emphasis in Performance in May 2012. After a five year hiatus from the theatre, Ms. Pandell hopes to expand her acting experience with the tools she has acquired over her time at Chapman. Ms. Pandell hopes to be able to study abroad at one of England's prestigious acting schools. She specialises in dialect work, is well versed in performing Shakespeare, and also has a fondness for singing. She wishes she didn't have two left feet and had successfully learned dancing as a child. Some of her favourite actors include Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Kenneth Bragnaugh, Edward Norton, Laurence Olivier, and Cary Grant.