The Academy of Cinema and Television Announces Collaboration with Malese Jow

The Academy of Cinema and Television (ACT) announced today, a
collaboration with Malese Jow to create specialized online educational
series for kids and teens interested in the Entertainment Industry.
This is the second in a series of Question & Answer training
sessions to be announced worldwide.


The Academy of Cinema and Television (www.academyofcinemaandtv.com)
realizes that many parents have aspiring starlets who know at a young
age exactly what he or she wants to do – act professionally. Of course,
they tend to voice their desire in terms of “I want to be a movie star”
or “I want to be like Hannah Montana”. However, the road to becoming a
child or teen actor is often paved with pitfalls, ones that can be
avoided if you know what to look for. This why the new Internet series
of Q & As are so important ... learning from those who are walking
the road to stardom.


Students of ACT learn techniques of working on camera, how to bring
an audition or scene alive, as well as important processes to make them
stand out from the crowd. Now, they can also learn first hand the
demands of the entertainment industry from successful child and teen
stars, like Malese Jow (www.imdb.com/name/nm1679802/).



Jow was born, Elizabeth Melise Jow on February 18, 1991. The Tulsa,
Oklahoma native is half-Chinese and part-Cherokee Indian. Jow began her
career at the tender age of two as a print model for JC Penny out of
the Dallas market and also appeared in number of national commercials
by the time she was five. When she was seven she was chosen to be the
opening act for Rodney Lay and the Wild West, a group of retired
country musicians from Hee Haw fame at a live theater show in Grove,
Oklahoma. Jow was selected over 75 adult women for this opportunity,
and began a year-long run as one of their leading ladies - opening for
such legendary acts as Brenda Lee, George Jones, Ty Herndon, and many
others.


At the age of eight, the head of McDonald’s advertising heard Jow’s
voice, and after a whirlwind corporate meeting with their executives in
Chicago, she was given the unique opportunity of appearing in several
McDonald’s/Disney commercials and radio jingles. In the spring of 2000,
9-year-old Malese and her family moved to LA for the Hollywood pilot
season.


In 2002 she appeared on Ed McMahon’s Next Big Star on PAX-TV. She
won 4 rounds against stiff competition and made it to the finals where
she suffered a devastating loss to her competitor by ONE audience vote
- after the first balloting was declared a tie. After the disappointing
loss she focused primarily on acting, and in 2003 competed against
thousands of girls and landed the role of the funky and fashionable
Geena Fabiano for the pilot of Nickelodeon’s hit show "Unfabulous" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfabulous ).



Jow is perhaps best known for playing the Geena Fabiano role on the
Nickelodeon series, alongside Emma Roberts, and her 2007 role in the
movie “Bratz” as the character Quinn in the popular group of high
school girls from the film.


Today Jow is focused on her music and pursing her life-long dream
of becoming a serious vocalist. According to her MySpace profile at http://www.myspace.com/malesemusic, she wants “to have a career in the entertainment industry that spans over a lifetime…”



Young talented kids like Jow are in demand in the entertainment
industry this year. With television stations like Disney and
Nickelodeon targeting only kids and teens, the market for new faces is
growing as never before. And with this growth comes "instant stardom"
for the ones that are picked to act, sing, dance or even do extra work.
Such stardom is often difficult for adults to deal with, much less
children, so it is vitally important that the family be involved as
well. Knowing other families and parents who have put their own lives
on hold to follow their child’s dreams and have been successful makes
the journey much easier.