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DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS PAST AND PRESENT

STARS AND WORKING ACTORS THAT HAVE SPENT YEARS TRAINING WITH CATHRYN SULLIVAN AS THEIR COACH

Selena Gomez - Hall of Fame Student from Cathryn Sullivan's Acting for Film School in Dallas.

selena gomez

TAUGHT 3 YRS​.​ Cathryn is on Selena Gomez E-Hollywood Story. Cathryn helped Selena book all 3 pilots at Disney & coached her on every page once she got the pilot. Star of ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING now on HULU with Steve Martin and Martin Short (shooting its 3rd season). And is the star of her own HBOMax cooking show:

SELENA + CHEF.

Demi Lovato - Hall of Fame Student from Cathryn Sullivan's Acting for Film School in DFW.

demi lovato

TAUGHT 6 YRS​ Demi was in Cathryn's top class-Pro Master. Her mother mentions Cathryn in her book “Falling with Wings” that came out 2018 and credits her for championing Demi in helping her become a strong actress & human being. Cathryn coached her on her work that got her “Favorite TV Guest Star” at the People’s choice award one year for “GREY’S ANATOMY”).

Thomas Mann - Hall of Fame Student and former employee at the acting school.

thomas mann

PROJECT X/ ME, EARL AND THE DYING GIRL (star)/ KONG: SKULL ISLAND /THE HIGHWAY MEN/ ABOUT FATE/ LADY AND THE TRAMP playing John Dear/Disney Feature film remake-TAUGHT 4 YEARS plus Thomas was also an aide & master teacher at the studio both in Coppell & in Lewisville.

JAREN LEWISON

Premiere Student and A-List Aide, stars in the Netflix show, NEVER HAVE I EVER (4 Seasons). 

HAYLEY ORRANTIA - Student at the acting studio in Lewisville for 5 years before moving to LA.

Hayley Orrantia

Plays the daughter in THE GOLDBERGS - TEN SEASONS! (Booked it 3 weeks after being in L.A.) -TAUGHT 5 YEARS (Hayley was a Premiere Student) Runner Up on MASKED SINGER.

Gavin Casalegno

Gavin is the lead in the new series THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY. He has also booked roles in WALKER, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, NOAH, and more!

BREC BASSINGER

Lead in STARGIRL ON CW! She is STARGIRL in the DC Universe! The star of Nickelodeon's BELLA AND THE BULLDOGS—(Master Student-Took 5 YEARS).

DEBBY RYAN - Student for 2 years at the acting studio in Lewisville for 5 years before moving to LA.

DEBBY RYAN

JESSIE, INSATIABLE, (PRODUCING NOW) TAUGHT 2 YRS.

OLIVIA SCOTT WELCH

Lead role in 20th Century Fox 3 picture deal FEAR STREET and the lead in the Amazon series, PANIC.

(Premiere Student/Aide for 8 years at CS Studio).

MALLORY JAMES MAHONEY​

BUNK'D Series regular for 5 seasons. - (Took at CS studio 5 YRS-still teaching her during her hiatus).

LOGAN MILLER was a master teacher at Lewisville at the acting school before becoming a star!

LOGAN MILLER

ESCAPE ROOM,  WALKING DEAD (8 episodes), LOVE SIMON.Got his start in Disney’s as the star of I'M IN THE BAND(Was also a master teacher at the studio).

mason dye

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4, FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC, TEEN WOLF, FINDING CARTER (9 episodes), BOSCH (8 episodes),  and more!

Will star in the reboot of "PUNKY BREWSTER"! Noah also played The Rock's son in "SKYSCRAPER".

Noah Cottrell

Lead in THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES! Lead in PUNKY BREWSTER reboot! Noah has been taking classes at the studio since he was about 5-6 years old! He got his first big break when he played Dwayne Johnson's (the Rock) son in SKYSCRAPER. He continues to train with me in-between his gigs!  

ANNE WINTERS hall of fame student from Cathryn's acting classes.

Anne winters

13 REASONS WHY (2nd & 3rd season) & ABC's GRAND HOTEL, THE ORVILLE. ANNE is also producing a new Disney + project in which she also stars! 

CODY LINLEY​

HOOT, HANNAH MONTANA- 4 YEARS/DANCING WITH THE STARS - GOT 4TH PLACE/SHARKNADO ⅘ -Took 10 YRS/Aide/Master teacher now

BRYCE GHEISAR

WALK THE PRANK/ WONDER/ 

A DOG'S PURPOSE, ASTRONAUTS, WHITE BIRD - Taught 5 YRS.

ASJHA COOPER

ALL AMERICAN, SNOWFALL, THE FOSTERS, CHICAGO MED and much more!

DEVIN WAY

QUEER AS FOLK, Dr. Blake Simms on GREY'S ANATOMY, as well as on STATION 19. 

AHSLEY WILLIAMS

Lead in the Freeform show, MOTHERLAND: Fort Salem - 5 YRS IN PREMIERE CLASS, but had her as a student since she was 7 years old. 

McKaley Miller

McKaley was a lead in the film MA. She was on HART OF DIXIE for 4 years and you've seen her in so many guest starring roles including SCREAM QUEEN, BONES, FAKING IT.

Froy Gutierrez

Best known for CRUEL SUMMER on Freeform. Froy has also appeared in WIRELESS, TEEN WOLF, ONE DAY AT A TIME, THE GOLDBURGS, HOCUS POCUS 2 and more!

JT NEAL

ABC show as a LEAD in BLESS THIS MESS, Fox's PIVOTING, HAUNTED HATHAWAYS and more! (Master Student/Aide 3 1/2 YEARS).

madison pettis

HE'S ALL THAT, GAME PLAN,CORY IN THE HOUSE, LAB RATS, LIFE WITH BOYS, 

(Took 3 YRS & then, moved to L.A. with 2 jobs)

shelby surdam

Shelby is playing the role of Tenielle in the show CRUEL SUMMER which is produced by Jessica Biel. Lead in FACEBOOK WATCH'S SKAM - 5 YRS IN PREMIERE CLASS. 

LOGAN KIM

Leading role in GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE!

BRYCE CASS​

"13 REASONS WHY” (2nd & 3rd season) "GOOSEBUMPS 2" and Amazon Prime series "PANIC". (Took 12 YEARS!)

paulina chavez

Ashley in the Mario Lopez produced show, THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE OF ASHLEY GARCIA as well as FATE: THE WINX SAGA. Paulina trained with me for 5 years.

KATIE SARIFE​

LEAD in the Warner Brothers feature ANNABELLE 3. MCKENNA GRACE was also a student of mine and is also in ANNABELLE 3! Katie has been in CW’s Supernatural. She played Sara in the mini-series Youth and Consequences on YouTube premium.(Master Student-5 years and AIDE).  

BELLE SHOUSE​

REGULAR ON “SECRETS AND LIES" AND "PROJECT MC2" & LEAD IN FACEBOOK WATCH SERIES "QUEEN AMERICA" with CATHERINE ZETA-JONES right now. (Belle use to make her mom drive 237 miles one way from Brenham, Texas for classes every single week for YEARS.)
 

Matthew Mccann student for 4 years at Cathryn Sullivan's Acting for film in DFW area.

MATT MCCANN

Regular on CBS's MAN WITH A PLAN 4 Seasons (Matt LeBlanc’s son)- FOUR SEASONS/ TAUGHT 4 YRS.

has filmed 12 episodes of "Mixed-ish" and will be going back to Cali to shoot 3-4 more episodes!

PAULET DEL CASTILLO

3 Seasons of "MIXED-ISH"!

PARKER WEATHERSBEE

Parker was a lead in the Broadway musical, Les Misérables, and toured for 9 months across the country! Pareker also booked a role in THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY!


robert hayes

Stars in the new upcoming show STAR TREK AXANAR, THE WALKING DEAD, BIGGER, AMERICAN SOUL, and CARTER HIGH.

Starred in "Blended", with Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler.  Avengers Endgame (2019

Emma Fuhrmann

Worked opposite Morgan Freeman in the Rob Reiner directed feature, "The Magic of Belle Isle", playing a girl who just wanted to learn more about imagination and where it comes from. She went on to star in a Warner Brothers/Happy Madison feature film, "Blended", with Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler playing the quirky, deeply emotional middle daughter, Espn. Most recently, Emma can be seen in the epic Marvel Studios Avengers Endgame (2019) blockbuster as Cassie Lang starring alongside Paul Rudd.

EDISON GRANT

Stars in 2 seasons of ENDLINGS on Hulu.

cooper carter

FOUNDATION on Apple TV. Cooper plays a future emperor to the empire.

Kariana Karhu

Booked a lead role in the Amazon Prime Series, PANIC. 

kennedy hermansen

 Lead in FACEBOOK WATCH'S"SKAM", - 5 YRS IN PREMIERE CLASS. 

QUINN COPELAND

Lead in PUNKY BREWSTER reboot.

HALL OF FAME LISTING

NEW STARS

OLIVIA SCOTT WELCH was a Premiere Student who worked as a full-time aide at the studio for at least three years and is one of Cathryn's A-list aides. Olivia is the star of the FEAR STREET trilogy and is the STAR of the Amazon Prime TV show PANIC.

JAREN LEWISON  was an Aide and Premiere Student at Cathryn's until moving to LA when he booked a Regular part on a Netflix series, NEVER HAVE I EVER. Jaren has been a student of Cathryn's since he was seven years old.  Jaren still bops in to help the studio!

MALLORY JAMES MAHONEY, who booked Disney's ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING is now the lead on Disney's TV show BUNK'D  & booked an episode of ON MY BLOCK as a guest star while simultaneously working on BUNK'D.

BREC BASSINGER started her career when she booked a Nickelodeon show as the star on BELLA & THE BULLDOGS. Now, she will be starring her 3rd season of the TV series STARGIRL.

ASHLEY NICOLE WILLIAMS  is a Lead in a Freeform show called MOTHERLAND: Fort Salem. Ashley was a Premiere Student who went to Cathryn from ages 7-18 when she moved to L.A.

Master Teacher/Master student KATIE SARIFE & Former AC student

McKENNA GRACE are in "Annabelle Comes Home". Both Katie and McKenna are Cathryn Sullivan Alumni's. McKenna is considered the  'it' girl in Hollywood, and is in "GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE.

Speaking of GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE,  LOGAN KIM is the only star of this film without a lot of credits and he is one of ours! 

ANNE WINTERS began her career in the TV series  as a regular on TYRANT , 13 REASONS WHY & GRANDE HOTEL, and won an Emmy for ZAC & MIA. She is currently ORVILLE and is producing a project with Seth MacFarlane's production company behind it.

DEVIN WAY is the lead in in the new QUEER AS FOLK. He also played Dr. Blake Simms on GREY’S ANATOMY, as well as on STATION 19. 

J T NEAL (Master Student & Aide)  was a regular on ABC's BLESS THIS MESS for 2 seasons.

SHELBY SURDAM & FROY GUITIERREZ star in CRUEL SUMMER on FreeForm.

MCKALEY MILLER- McKaley was on HART OF DIXIE for 4 years and you've seen her in so many guest starring roles including SCREAM QUEEN, BONES, FAKING IT  Movie MA with Octavio Spencer.

NOAH COTTRELL  just filmed a new HBO Max show! He also starred in the reboot of PUNKY BREWSTER! Noah has been taking classes at the studio since he was about 5-6 years old! He got his first big break when he played Dwayne Johnson's (the Rock) son in SKYSCRAPER. He continues to train with me in-between his gigs!  

PAULINA CHÁVEZ is the Star of  the Netflix series THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE OF ASHLEY GARCIA. She plays Ashley Garcia on a Mario Lopez show & Eva Longoria was one of the directors on that set.  Paulina lived in San Antonio and made her Mom drive here for five years for acting class. She was not only a master student who came here every Saturday, she worked as an aide as well for the class before and after her class.

BRYCE CASS had a recurring role in two seasons of 13 REASONS WHY (2nd & 3rd seasons & he plays Cyrus). Bryce is also on the Amazon Prime show as a recur on PANIC.

PAULET DEL CASTILLO Paulet has a recurring role in MIXED-ISH and is Best friends with the oldest daughter on that show. Paulet travels between Texas and California, is a master student who trains at the acting studio in Lewisville continually, and is still in public school!


KARIANA KARHU appeared in the Amazon series, PANIC.


ESHAUN ENAMDAR appeared on Apple TV's LITTLE AMERICA.


EDISON GRANT is the lead for 2 seasons of ENDLINGS is now being aired on HULU.

Premiere Students SHELBY SURDAM &  KENNEDY HERMANSEN were regulars on Facebook watch's SKAM.



STARS:

BIG STARS CATHRYN TAUGHT:


DEMI LOVATO -Check out what Demi's Mother, Dianna de la Garza says about Cathryn in her book "Falling with Wings".  She talks about how Cathryn championed Demi the six years she coached under her.

Demi was a Disney star on SONNY WITH A CHANCE, CAMP ROCK, and many other Disney movies for several years, but then- went on to win a People's Choice for "Favorite selneaTV guest Star" in 2012 for GREY'S ANATOMY which Cathryn coached her for. Besides Demi being known as a huge singing star, she appeared movie with Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams called EUROVISION.


SELENA GOMEZ (Selena began being a star on WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE whom Cathryn Coached her on & other Disney movies, went on to movies like RAMONA & BEEZUS and was a Producer on 13 REASONS WHY as well as a voice-over star on the HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA trilogy) and many others. You can see Cathryn on Selena's E-Hollywood Story. Now Selena is the star of Hulu’s ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING with Steve Martin and Martin Short and has her own HBOMax cooking show 

SELENA + CHEF.


THOMAN MANN  was not only a Master student but a master teacher & is now considered an A-list Hollywood Actor.

Thomas began with PROJECT X &ME & EARL & THE DYING GIRL and moved on to THE HIGHWAYMEN, KONG: SKULL ISLAND & FARGO, HALLOWEEN KILLS, LADY AND THE TRAMP and so many more!


Premiere Student HAYLEY ORRANTIA booked ABC's THE GOLDBERGS three weeks after moving to L.A. which is going into its 9th season.


CODY LINLEY was a Pro Master Student and Master teacher and still teaches three times a year in Lewisville at the acting studio. Cody began his career at 8 years old as a Supporting Lead in MY DOG SKIP & had small, important roles in movies like MISS CONGENIALITY  & CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. He went on to have a recurring role as Miley's Boyfriend for 4 years on HANNAH MONTANA, Won 4th place on DANCING WITH THE STARS (Season 7 in  2008), was a lead in HOOT, and a star in HOOVEY.  Cody teaches in L.A. now at Cynthia Bain's Acting School.


BRYCE GHEISAR is a master student who was first booked on Disney's WALK THE PRANK and had supporting roles in WONDER (with Julia Roberts & Owen Wilson)  & a lead in A DOG'S PURPOSE had a starring role in a show Ron Howard show on Nick called THE ASTRONAUTS. He also was the lead of ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?.  

Master student MATT McCANN was a regular on "Man with a Plan" and played Matt LeBlanc's son.


LOGAN MILLER was a master student & master teacher at the Studio. He began by playing Matthew McConaughey as a young boy in "GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST" and went on to star in I'M IN THE BAND. He was a lead in the movie LOVE, SIMON, a lead in ESCAPE ROOM, and had a  recurring role in THE WALKING DEAD.


DEBBY RYAN started on many Disney shows including being a star of JESSIE after working on all THE SUITE LIFE shows. She is the star of  INSATIABLE  & is now producing shows. 


BELLE SHOUSE, who used to make her mom drive to the studio from Brenham, Texas every week ( a four drive one way) for almost five years when she booked ABC's  SECRETS AND LIES. She had 20 episodes on PROJECT  MC2 and Facebook Watch's QUEEN AMERICA with Catherine Zeta-Jones. 


MARSAI MARTIN has been a regular on BLACK-ISH for 8 Seasons and did a movie called LITTLE that Marsai stars in and is also an executive producer! 


MADISON PETTIS started her career by being the Rock's daughter in THE GAME PLAN & played Corey's sister in Disney's COREY IN THE HOUSE, She also starred in AMERICAN PIE: GIRLS RULE and HE’S ALL THAT.

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