Lydia Bonney

Lydia Bonney is a Detroit area teen actress with an extensive background in dance. Her love of the stage began at three years old when she performed her first tap dance routine on stage. Since then she has added all forms of dance to her studies at her local dance studio and was a member of their competitive dance team for six seasons. Since 2016, she has been an integral member of the Detroit Tap Repertory (DTR), where she has served as a Dance Captain and Company Assistant. With DTR she has had the opportunity to perform in major shows throughout the Detroit and Cleveland areas including the Detroit Pistons Halftime Show, American's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Motor City Soles, and House of Blues Cleveland. She has also performed with TAP 24.7 in the Detroit tap dance shows: "TapSpeak" and "Murder at the Tap'Ocho." In 2019, Lydia had the opportunity to perform with the professional Caston and Company tap dance company as the only minor in the "Beatles on Tap" show. Working with former Radio City Rockette, Denise Caston, she was invited to tap dance live on TV and perform a halftime show with the professional Detroit Pistons Drumline. Her love of performance combined with her outgoing and charismatic personality led Lydia to acting. She began acting at the age of 15 and jumped into her acting training full force. She was excited to be accepted into the prestigious Interlochen Arts Camp summer theater program. Her three week acting intensive with Interlochen allowed her to work with amazing teachers and students from all over the country. She also received private acting lessons from Anne Cooper. Additionally, she has been participating in weekly online Actors Technique NY TV/Film technique classes with David Wensel and Todd Etelson. In the fall of 2020, she took on her first film projects including a re-occurring supporting role in the Christian web-series, "Sonder" and a supporting roll in the short film, "The Autumn Girl."