Name: Tori LaChapelle

Age: 21

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Some Previous Roles Include: Stage: Emmie/Alison in Farce: 4 Extremes of Comedy; Ingénue/Player in the East Coast Tour of Hamlet, Arabian Nights as Morgiana/Imp, Sylvie in the Female Version of the Odd Couple, Osric in Hamlet, Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire, and Sonia in Godspell. Film:  Heather (Emo) in the “Real World Spoof” short series, Simone in the extended short film “Lines”, A Piano Student/Art Student in the Touchstone Feature Length Film “Step Up”, Natalie in the film “Picnic At the Brothel”, Sarah in the short film “Diane’s Wake”, French Girl in “Artful Deception”, Daughter in a Support Our Troops PSA, and Amber in “The Locker”

Upcoming Projects: Tori will be starring as the role of Mary in the full length independent film tentatively titled “A Sexy Comedy”. Filming is scheduled to begin in November in Philadelphia and will most likely be distributed nationwide through a major independent film distributor.

Role Models: My Mom and Audrey Hepburn

Favorite Quotes: “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today” – James Dean
“Every day above ground is a holiday” – Glendon T Stevens

Favorite Movies: Life Is Beautiful, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Reservoir Dogs

Aspirations: When I was 14 I created a list of goals that if I were to achieve in my lifetime, I’d feel accomplished. With being paid to act, performing in New York on stage in front of a paying audience, and starring in a full length film that people eventually will pay to see is out of the way, my only acting related goal I set for myself left is to continue to do what I love to do for as long as it makes me happy. I don’t desire fame, just to work consistently and bring people’s stories to life.

Why She Loves Acting: My first time on stage was when I was 9 years old. I was casted in a Christmas show as one of the children and asked to do a dance number. Our opening audience was 1300 people. I wasn’t nervous. That’s how my parents knew I was where I was meant to be. But the rush I felt, the excitement when the lights went up…I felt very alive. The ability to take people out of whatever place they are in their lives- happy, sad, upper/middle/lower class, lawyers, postal workers, nurses, mothers, children, etc - and bring them to place where they are on the same plane…then entertain them for 2 hours or so is something I feel privileged to be a part of and still get thrilled about. This is an opportunity to create and display live art. Someone’s story waiting to be told, someone’s words waiting to be spoken. I love to discover things about these other people I portray because more often than not, I find these characters and I share many things in common, which helps me to become more aware of myself.