Annie Grindlay Studio is a premier Los Angeles acting studio operating with your career in mind. Choose from ongoing classes to stay sharp, to acting intensives to build a foundation or deepen your craft, or our business empowerment class to get you set up professionally.
Welcome to Annie Grindlay Studio
Los Angeles Acting Classes
Private Coaching
Taped Auditions
The Studio has re-opened for in-person classes! Virtual classes via Zoom are also available. Contact us for more information.
Our Classes
Fundamental Audition Intensive
One Audition Intensive class is a prerequisite for enrollment in any other class in the studio except when stated otherwise. The Fundamental Intensive Class is an on-camera auditioning class for actors who may have previous acting training and experience but are just beginning in the professional world of auditioning for film and television.
Advanced Audition Intensive
One Audition Intensive class is a prerequisite for enrollment in any other class in the studio except when stated otherwise. The Advanced Intensive is on-camera auditioning class designed to deepen the craft and technique of actors who are currently out in the professional world auditioning and working in film and television.
Online Intensive-Mixed Levels
One Audition Intensive class is a prerequisite for enrollment in any other class in the studio except when stated otherwise. Online Intensive-Mixed Levels focuses on two things, auditioning and the business side of your career in the entertainment industry.
Commercial Intensive
Offered only in the summer and fall months, the Commercial Intensive class is an on-camera audition class designed for actors who have previous acting training and experience or are just beginning in the professional world of auditioning for commercials. There is no prerequisite for this class and actors at every level are welcome to take this class.
Ongoing Audition
Once an Intensive Audition Experience class is completed, actors have the opportunity to join an Ongoing class. These classes take place once a week and are offered at various times during the week. Students are admitted as space becomes available.
Audition & Business
An auditioning and business empowerment class designed to provide concrete audition skills, business accountability, and professional networking within the entertainment industry with invited guest speakers. No prerequisite required. All levels.
Comedy Ongoing
The Comedy Ongoing class teaches a basic understanding of performing and auditioning for comedy. You will learn to execute the many twists and turns in comedic sides and how to craft an authentic, grounded performance while serving the script and finding the funny.
Annie’s passion, talent and wisdom have been invaluable to me as an actor. I hold her in the highest regard.
I started working with Annie at the very beginning of my career. She was a big champ in my corner. Having positive and constructive support like that are vital to your growth as an actor.
When I met Annie, I’d had three years of series regular work in the US and NZ. But my auditioning skills were rusty. Annie got my auditioning back in shape. Within a couple of weeks, I booked a series regular on "Desperate Housewives".
After 20 years in the business, auditioning was still nerve racking and booking random as a lightning strike. Annie helped me remove the fear from the audition process and find what works for me “in the room”. A tremendous change.
Annie has been a lighthouse for both my career and life. She creates a sanctuary for actors to trust themselves, explore and feel at home in their work.
There is no doubt in my mind that Annie is the reason why I booked my first role as a series regular on "Mercy Street" just three months later…she is a wizard and can make magic happen!
The amazing Annie coached me for two gigs, a pilot and a recurring. I booked both. But then… That’s just how she rolls. Not the first time, won’t be the last. She just deals in miracles.
Annie’s coaching during 2015 pilot season was a key ingredient to my callbacks, testing, and finally booking a series regular on "Rosewood".
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