Leanette Bailey
Owner/Founder at Gaelic Productions
Actor, Assistant Director, Casting Director, Content Creator, Development Coordinator, Director, Host/presenter, Narrator, Performance Coach, Producer, Production Assistant, Production Coordinator, Singer, Stage Director, Theatre Director and Voice Actor
Grand Rapids, Michigan
January 2020
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About Leanette
Multi-award-winning voice/actor of film, TV, and stage. Former Segment Producer, Writer, Director, and Talent Coordinator for Five & Dime Production's / WKTV Public Access-Broadcasting show “YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, AMERICA!!,” (The Greater Chicago Independent Television and Radio Artists Showcase RECOGNITION & NOMINEE for Outstanding New Comedy Series) with over 35 credits to her name including The Haunt (haunted house attraction) as a professional scareactor (6 Best Actor wins) and several BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS awards including Short films 'Lord Justice: Tales of a Fallen Superhero' and ''A Family Portrait'
Her noted voice work includes ACX/Audible, RBC Ministries 'THE HAPPY POND' and 'DOWN GILEAD LANE', local advertising and commercial bits. RECENT Comedy/Improv with FOOT'N YA MOUTH! traveling troupe. One of her most critically-acclaimed roles was SISTER ROBERT-ANNE with the A.P. Theatrical Association - Equity production of 'NUNSENSE II: THE SECOND COMING, performing 4 solos in a 3 act routine earning her a Press conference with The Holland Sentinel and the Lakeshore Performing Arts Assoc.
She very much enjoys voice work, as it allows her full pardon of creating and interpreting many interesting characters, including accents/dialects, while gauging scripts, and broadening her creative avenue. She has worked professionally with Edye Evans-Hyde (NAACP/Ebony Awards), Patrick Ziegler (SAG/AFTRA/Emmy), Sarah Stark (EIFA) , Todd Michael-Lewis, and Barnard Shaw.
Unique traits: Auburn Hair Hazel eyes Spotted freckles
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Certifications
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Credits
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Foot'n Ya Mouth! Improv (
2023 )
Theater by Bridges & Butterflies (Comedy) P.A. / Performer -
The Executioner of God (
2022 )
Voice-over by ACX/Audible - Self Narrator Professional audiobook narration -
Scare Actor (
2017 - 2022 )
Theater by The Haunt (Drama, Horror and Thriller) Multiple/A-lists Haunted House - attraction [6 industry awards for Best Actor / Actor of the Night] -
The Importance of Being Earnest (
2017 )
Theater by Heritage Theater/GRCC/Keith Oberon (Comedy and Family) Miss Prism (Supporting) Recognized & Nominated for Best Supporting Actress by The Grand Awards (2018); and Outstanding Comical Performance in Theater by the Eclipse Awards (2018) -
Harvey (
2017 )
Theater by Cedar Springs Players (Comedy and Family) Director -
You've Got to Be Kidding Me, America! (
2007 - 2010 )
Television by Five & Dime Productions LLC (Comedy, Reality-TV and Adult) Producer, Director, Writer, Recurring Player Board of Directors, Teleplay/Writing -
Lord Justice: The Lost Tales of a Fallen Superhero (
2008 )
Film (short) by Grand Valley Media (Drama and Thriller) Nurse Kent Waterfront Film Festival; WINNER: Best Supporting Actress Lakeshore Film Festival; Nominee, Best Supporting Actress
Awards
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Actor of the Night (3 awards) - The Haunt
(2021) -
Best Actor (2 awards) - The Haunt
(2020) -
Actor of the Night - The Haunt
(2019) -
Best Actor - The Haunt
(2018) -
Best Comical Performance: Nominee (Grand Awards) - The Importance of Being Earnest
(2018) -
Outstanding Comical Performance; Recognition (Eclipse Awards) The Importance of Being Earnest
(2018) -
Best Actor - The Haunt
(2017) -
Outstanding Performance in Theater: Nominee (The Grand Awards) Wilde Tales Retold
(2012) -
Best Supporting Actress: Recognition (The Grand Rapids Press & FOX-17 Media) The Miracle Worker
(2011) -
Outstanding Comical Performance; Recognition (The Holland Sentinel) Nunsense II: The Second Coming
(2009) -
Outstanding Performance in a Musical: Recognition (Lakeshore Performing Arts) Nunsense II
(2009) -
Best Supporting Actress:: Winner (West Michigan Film Festival) Lord Justice: The Lost Tales
(2008)
Education
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Auditioning for Film
(2017-2017) -
Songbird Studios
(2005-2010) -
Grand Rapids Civic Theater: Directing & Stage Management
(1995-1997) -
Grand Rapids Community College: Basic Acting, Stage Techniques, Scene Study
(1995-1997)
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