Crystal Carson

Crystal Carson has been teaching and coaching professionally in Los Angeles for the last 20 years. She began as a sought after teacher at the Margie Haber Studios for 12 years, before using her extraordinary gifts to start the Auditioning By Heart studio, in Sherman Oaks. Crystal also conducts semi-annual seminars at the University of Nebraska, various studios in Atlanta including Creative Studios of Atlanta, VoiceoverCity, and The Production Centre of Pinewood Studios (Atlanta), RJ's Casting in Orlando, and is invited to lead workshops and seminars in Vietnam at the Saigon International Film School, as well as hosting groups of international actors who travel to the US via "Industry Hollywood" to learn the Auditioning By Heart method. As a believer in the profound power acting in films and television has on our ever expanding world, Crystal Carson is one of very few elite acting coaches who has devoted her primary career to perfecting the coaching of professional actors. She understands the need for vulnerability, truth and the "flaws that come with being human" to live in every character, in order to reach audiences in a deep and sometimes magical way. Her outstanding reputation is testimony to her remarkable expertise and her unique ability to inspire others to rise to their potential. Prior to dedicating her life to professional coaching exclusively, Crystal worked as an actress in 25 theatre repertory and summer stock companies; in several television programs, and had a recurring role on CBS's award winning show, "Jag". But Crystal is better known for playing Julia Barrett for five years on "General Hospital", when she was voted "Best New Female" by Soap Opera Digest and put on their cover as one of "Television's Most Beautiful Women." In her young career, Crystal appeared for 8 weeks on the mega-hit "Dallas", booked several Television Pilots, and had guest starring roles on "Ellen", "Cheers", "Charles In Charge", "Midnight Caller", "Thirtysomething", "Simon & Simon" and "Night Court" to name a few. Crystal appeared in several films including "Who's That Girl" with Madonna, and the female lead in "Killer Tomatoes Strikes Back" with John Astin, among others.