You started performing at a pretty young age.
I got into theater first and I was in a touring company for Sound
of Music and then came to new York and Booked “Showboat” on
Broadway and at the same time I booked a kids show on PBS
called “The Reppies” which was a band of rock n roll dinosaurs and
I was about 10 years old and decided to go with that because the
TV show was the main lead. I did 64 episodes of that which was
super fun. I was back and forth between New Your and Florida for
a couple of years and that’s how I landed the “Guiding Light” soap
opera which I did for 2 ½ years. I ended up leaving because I got
signed by Epic Sony in a band PYT. We toured with Britney twice,
N’SYNC twice, Destiny’s Child, 98 Degrees, the Superbowl with
Aerosmith, Sting and Styx. We toured for about 4 years. I was in
the band until I was almost 18.
Is that when the acting kicked in?
Yea, I did “Raise your Voice” which was my first major release with
Hilary Duff and then followed by leading roles in “American Pie:
Band Camp” and “Frat Party.”
And the transition from high school to college?
Yes, and my senior year I didn’t act that much because I wanted to
do kid’s stuff. I went to college to be a Dr, I was doing pre med, but
I got really depressed. I was like what was I thinking, I don’t want
to be a doctor. I missed acting and singing. I got an audition for the
WWE and I knew what it was but I just I had never really watched
it. I did the audition just to take a meeting because I just wanted to
start doing stuff. I got a call back and they flew me out to CT which
is where they have their screen tests and I was like “Whoa, this is
pretty big deal”.
Being part of the WWE was crazy! It was a whole other animal be-
cause at that time I had done acting, music, hosting for Teen Nick-
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