Finding Your Voice With Heidi Scheller

In this episode, Heidi talks to Vannessa Vasquez, Emmy nominated star of the Hulu hit East Los High. Vannessa talks about her Texan Mexican roots, following her dream of being an actress to Los Angeles, her commitment to serious acting training and ongoing voice work, and her current success in television and films.

In this episode, Heidi talks with the lovely and talented actress, Larisa Oleynik. Larisa talks about her early start in acting when she won a starring role as young Cosette/Eponine in Les Miserables at the age of seven. She followed that success by landing the lead at twelve years old on the Nickelodean hit show The Secret World of Alex Mack. Further success followed for her in many television and film roles including a lead in the film Ten Things I Hate About You. Larisa shares how she found her way to the Linklater voice work with Heidi about 5 years ago, and how warming up and taking care of her voice has helped in her personal and professional life.

In this inaugural episode, Heidi talks to actor Cody Linley about growing up as an actor in Texas, acting in his first Hollywood film at the age of 8, coming into Hannah Montana fame in his late teens, his latest starring role in the feature film Hoovey, and his recent discovery and experience with voice training, and that how that has affected his life both as an actor and on a personal level.