Audition Prep with Hallie T.

Hallie, an actress for over 40 years, is especially well known to audiences for her role as Jo McGuire, Lizzie's mom on the hit series Lizzie McGuire, and in The Lizzie McGuire Movie. ("Top Ten TV Moms" - CNN Entertainment) Star Trek fans may also know her as Data’s daughter, “Lal”. In addition to her long career as a professional actress in movies and television, Hallie also writes and produces films. She most recently co-wrote, co-produced and starred in The Last Champion, an inspirational sports drama, starring Cole Hauser ("Rip Wheeler" from Yellowstone.) The film has received 4.5 stars across all platforms and has been awarded the highest honors at every festival it’s entered. From beginning to professional actors, Hallie has taught and coached for over seventeen years. Many of Hallie’s students have become successful working actors on stage and in film and television and she is especially proud of helping several students gain acceptances to prestigious (and highly competitive) college and university theatre programs. Her acting classes and private coaching have gained national recognition and have been featured on ABC Primetime, in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. For some, a career in professional show business isn’t the ultimate goal but there are so many other worthwhile reasons to explore acting: Besides also being incredibly fun, acting is the only performing art that has the unique power to help and improve multiple areas of an individual’s life: Confidence, Imagination, Humor, Trust, Courage, Generosity, Physical Coordination, Public Speaking, Intelligence, Reading, Research Skills, Active Listening, Emotional Accessibility and Risk-taking, Problem Solving, Empathy and a deeper understanding of the human condition. In short, studying acting builds character!