‏Carol Jefferson‏

Carol Jefferson is a former television news reporter turned prosecutor and now professional SAG-AFTRA actress represented by San Francisco based MDT, Inc. Agency. As a television news reporter, Carol covered crime, politics, features, breaking news stories, and entertainment. Carol interviewed celebrities including former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, gymnast Bart Conner, country singer Leann Rimes and R&B legend Patti LaBelle. Carol also covered the Black Entertainment Television awards show as a news reporter for KTNV-TV, ABC in Las Vegas.

Carol got her start at KRON-TV in San Francisco as a news trainee with her first on-air reporting job at WOWT-TV, NBC in Omaha, Nebraska. She covered a lot of snowstorms! Carol also anchored news updates for Cox Cable. In her spare time, she modeled for a local modeling agency and was a volunteer with the Omaha Girls Club, Inc. After Omaha, Nebraska Carol headed west to sin city and worked as a television news reporter for KTNV-TV, ABC in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carol covered several criminal trials and became interested in pursuing a new career, law.

As an actress, Carol has performed on stage with the Actors Workshop of Sacramento and Celebration Arts. With Celebration Arts, Carol played the lead role of "Pecola" in the highly successful production of Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye." The play received 4 out of 5 stars from the Sacramento News & Review and was named one of the best stage productions of 2014. Since that time, Carol has played lead and supporting roles in several independent films and commercials. Carol has also worked on several major television and film productions.

In addition to journalism, her legal career and acting, Carol has been active in a number of civic organizations, including the Nebraska AIDS Project, Omaha Girls Club, The Clark County Stay In School Program and the San Francisco Black Coalition on HIV & AIDS. Carol was also a student teacher and a mock trial coach while attending law school. Most recently, Carol was a mentor for an organization working to transform the lives of children in foster care and worked with children with special needs.