JENNIFER AQUINO
SAG - AFTRA
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FILM

Only the Brave

Mission from Buddha Prods.

Lane Nishikawa

Screenland Drive

Red Hen Prods.

Thomas Bradford

The Party Crashers

PLM Prods.

Phil Leirness

After One Cigarette

Moonbeach Ent.

Peter Stougaard

Unexpected Love

Living Waters Prods.

Noel Yang

Ralph, the Waiter

AFI Film

Nakwon Song

It Makes You Wonder...
AFI Film
Adolfo Shabba-Doo Quinones
Free Love
NYU Film
Rob Aitro

 

 

 

TELEVISION

JAG

CBS - Guest Star

Tony Wharmby - Belisarius Prods.

Honolulu CRU (pilot)

ABC - Guest Star

Larry Shaw - Avnet/Kerner Co.

Patients/ce (pilot)

Guest Star

Deborah Romare - Christopher A. Debiec

Caroline in the City

NBC - Also Starring

Ted Waas - Barron/Pennette Prods.

Port Charles

ABC - Principal

Shelley Curtis - Wendy Riche, Producer

City of Angels

CBS - Co-Star

Dianne Houston - Steve Bochco Prods.

Titans
NBC - Co-Star
Charles Correll - Spelling Television

 

 

 

THEATRE

M. Butterfly

East West Players

Chay Yew

The Tempest

East West Players

Andrew Tsao

When Tigers Smoked Long Pipes

Victory Theatre

Robert Shinso

Dead of Night - American Monsters

Lodestone/Edison Theatre

Ryun Yu

One for the Road - The Other Side of Freedom

The Actors' Gang Theatre

Adele Robbins & Brian Powell

Dogeaters

La Jolla Playhouse LA Workshop

Michael Greif

People Like Me

Playwrights' Arena

Henry Ong

Boys' Life

Theatre West

Norman Cohen

Cabaret

East West Players

David Galligan

 

 

 

TRAINING

Scene Study

Harry Mastrogeorge

Voice

Calvin Remsberg

Shakespeare

Stanley Soble - Mark Taper Forum

Martial Arts

Master Ken Nagayama

Dance

Carlos Jones; UCLA

Theatre Arts

UCLA

Improvisation

Jack Mongan

SPECIAL SKILLS & INTERESTS
Dance (Jazz, Street, Modern, UCLA Dance Team)…Collegiate Cheerleading…Singing
Martial Arts (Tae Kwon Do, Aikido)…Gold Medal in 2000 United Martial Arts World Championships / Silver Medal in 1999
Splits/Split Jumps…Flexible/High Kicks…Breaking Brick & Boards Firearms… Aerobics…Weightlifting
Health & Fitness…Volleyball…Roller/Ice-skating...Snow-Skiing…Bowling
Computers…Surfing the Internet…Traveling the World
Accents/Dialects:  Asian …Valley Girl…New York/Bronx…Upper British Class
 

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JENNIFER AQUINO grew up in Cerritos, California.  She got her first taste of acting at St. Linus elementary school in Norwalk; she played the leading role of the Princess in “Beyond the Horizon.” While attending Whitney High School, she received the Performing Arts Award. She graduated from the University of California Los Angeles, where she studied theatre and dance, and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics.  She was a UCLA Cheerleader for three years as a member of the Dance Team.  In addition to cheering for UCLA's football and basketball teams, she also entered in national dance team competitions.

Jennifer got her first break playing Eolani Jacoby in David Lynch’s television series Twin Peaks.  She has performed in various theatres:  East West Players, Playwrights’ Arena, Theatre West, The Actors’ Gang Theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse.  Her television credits include Titans, City of Angels, JAG, Port Charles, Caroline in the City, Honolulu CRU (ABC pilot with Russell Wong, Michael Rooker, and Lori Petty.)  Watch for her in the upcoming independent films The Party Crashers and Screenland Drive in the festival circuit.

She was a founding member of Theatre Geo, and a previous member of Theatre West .  She is currently involved with East West Players and is an active member of the EWP Alliance of Creative Talent Services (EWP ACTS), and Lodestone Theatre Ensemble .  She has been involved with EWP for the past five years, appearing onstage in EWP’s production of The Tempest and Cabaret, executive producing EWP’s 31st and 32nd Anniversary Awards Dinners, the 3rd - 6th Annual EWP Network Showcases, and serving on the Executive Committee for the EWP Network.  She also has performed in benefits for Amnesty International, Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M), Pets Are Wonderful Support for People Living With HIV/AIDS (PAWS/LA), and the Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (STAGE).
 

UPDATES

Jennifer just finished working on the feature film ONLY THE BRAVE, a film about the 442nd battalion during World War II.  The film stars Jason Scott Lee, Mark Dacascos, and Yuji Okumoto.  Directed by Lane Nishikawa.

Jennifer just finished a six week run of the Tony-Award-winning play M. BUTTERFLY at East West Players in downtown Los Angeles.  The play starred Arye Gross and Alec Mapa.  Written by David Henry Hwang, and directed by Chay Yew.

You can currently hear her voice as the red head girl, Chelsea in the RUGRATS' animated television series ALL GROWN UP on Nickelodeon.  Thursdays and Saturdays.

Next up for Jennifer is the feature film SIXTEEN HOURS OF CORPORATE ANGST, directed by Akira Nakano.  The project begins filming in October on location in Los Angeles, Maryland, and DC.

Jennifer will also be performing in John Ridley's play TEN THOUSAND YEARS at the El Portal Theatre.  John Ridley is a producer on THIRD WATCH, and wrote U-TURN, THREE KINGS, and UNDERCOVER BROTHER.  A reading of the play will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:30pm at the Coronet Theatre in Hollywood.

Read her interview by Clint Morris on Moviehole.com .

Jennifer is the lead voice of Catherine Stanfield in Microsoft and Genki's Xbox car chasing combat game "Maximum Chase."

Currently, you can see Jennifer in a national commercial for Home Depot.

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Theatrical:
Amsel, Eisenstadt & Frazier, Inc.,
323.939.1188

Commercial:
Pinnacle Commercial Talent
323.939.5440

Voiceover:
Sandie Schnarr Talent

310.360.7680
 

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