Redefining Talent : Bridget Megan Clark
With credits like Doubt, Rescue Me, Ugly Betty, and Michael & Michael Have Issues (plus, she’s rumored to be attached to the Next Evolution Productions pilot Circle of Eight) one would think they’d be looking at the resume laundry list of someone age… 25, 30, 50…
Not quite. Following recent television trends, younger and younger actors are being labeled The Next Big Thing, much like our pick for editorial review –the ethereal-eyed Bridget Megan Clark. The determined 14-year-old (yes, we did just say fourteen) has played scenes opposite not just one… but three Academy Award winners, and now she’s poised to star in one of the hot new pilots of the season.
Represented by Frontier Booking International, Clark has been working — as in, paycheck — since the age of nine. Her parents, recognizing her talent and innate “it” factor (that extra something that comes into important play when a “good actor” is pitted against the rigorous standards of network casting) enrolled her into a special performing arts school in New York City.
She’s continued on her wave of young success, including being nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her short film Marino’s in the LA Reel Film Festival.
On acting:
“I am looking for roles that I can really work on and discover things about the character… stretch what I can do as an actor… since I’m young, my dad says I have the luxury of being able to do that.”
Right you are, Bridget. Stretch away — and keep adding Oscar winners to your reel. If you keep going at this pace, you’ll be holding a little gold statue of your own one day.
Bridget is presently filming an RC Cola commercial in Israel, and will headline as “Little Red” in the Off Broadway production of Into the Woods, which goes up in April.
To see more on Bridget, including her reel and booking information, visit http://www.massify.com/profiles/bridgetmeganclark
