‏Carolyn Stotesbery‏

Carolyn Stotesbery is a multi-hyphenate talent: actor, writer, producer and singer. Carolyn was most recently seen guest starring on ABC's hit show Castle. Before then,Carolyn appeared in Roadside Attractions film Love & Mercy opposite John Cusack and Elizabeth Banks and as a recurring character on TNT's action drama "Agent X," starring Sharon Stone. In 2013, Carolyn created her production company Big Rock Entertainment as a vehicle for her storytelling. She created, wrote, and sold her first pilot "The Vintage" to E1 & Beacon Pictures. From this partnership, she developed another pilot "Nightlife" with them as well as a mini-series based off the play "Carry The World."Carolyn will next be seen starring opposite Eric Dane and Natalie Zea in Beacon Pictures' independent thriller Grey Lady. Written and directed by her "Agent X" co-star John Shea, the film also features an original song written and performed by Carolyn, "Carry On," as the end title credit song. She made screen debut in the 20th Century FOX comedy Stuck On You, directed by The Farrelly Brothers. Carolyn has worked on well-received television shows "Glory Daze," from director Walt Becker (Van Wilder) on TBS, "Cold Case" on CBS and, "Cracking Up" for FOX, as well as films such the historical drama Bobby directed by Emilio Estevez.Born in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Carolyn was chosen one out of 400 girls in a Ford Modeling search to represent Beauty in the Midwest during her freshmen year of high school. She was selected to go to New York and featured on CBS after which, Ford placed her in Chicago where at 15, she lived on her own working as a model. Stotesbery has shot with top photographers Ellen Von Unwerth, Odette Sugarman, Jill Greenberg, Jeremy Goldberg and appeared in magazines including Italian Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Glamour.Carolyn went on to study theater at USC, Cambridge University in England, NYU Tisch Stella Adler Conservatory, and The Imagined Life Theater in Los Angeles immersing herself in the likes of Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and Chekov. She is an Improv Olympic West Alumni, an Advanced Level UCB member, and also trained at Second City and The Groundlings.Carolyn is dedicated to making a difference and is greatly interested women's education and empowerment around the world. Carolyn is a member of Step Up For Women a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting and advancing underprivileged teens and their mothers, as well as a strong supporter of Women In Film.