Rachel Galvin

Rachel Galvin is an American actress, writer and editor who has performed and worked in Colorado, Los Angeles, and South Florida.

Theater Actor

Galvin began her career in the Colorado area, training with acting coach Bill Smith at The Acting Studio.^[1]

She was in many plays in Colorado and Los Angeles. In Florida, she was in the musical "Beware The Eyes Of Mars," playing three roles: Miss Pussywillow, Galaxy Operator and a hippie.^[2]

Film Actor

She moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting, having featured roles in several films and television shows, including Babylon 5 (TV series) in the episode "Paragon of Animals" as an enphili refugee.^[3] She also was featured in several productions, including Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and Power Rangers. She also was seen in Damon Packard's Early 70's Horror Trailer^[4] and in The Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Show^[5]

She went on to do several independent films in Florida, including features "Film Contest?" and "Elixir." She was a lead in many short films, including, "Someone Special" ^[6]"It's Happening", "Intersect", "Life Worth Living", "End of the Living", "The Delivery", "Refusal",^[7] "Faded", "Lockbox", "Wrong Turn", Casting Call", "Final, Job","End of the Living," "Lucky Streak & the Crimefighters",^[8] "Repugnant Verocity," "Trap" (as voiceover)"6th Day" and "Frozen Styph". She was in the web series "Absolution".^[9] A full resume is listed on www.imdb.com.^[10]

She did several commercials for BocaRaton.com.^[11]

Manager

In Los Angeles, she worked as a talent coordinator for ESI KIDZ, now called The ESI Network.,^[12] working with young actors who have gone on to have a career of their own, such as Malcom David Kelley^[13] who appeared in the TV show Lost.

Tour Guide

She also worked at Universal Studios as a tram tour guide.^[13]

Producer

She produced a webisode called "The Insight" for BocaRaton.com.^[14] The show is a three-host format discussing ideas about Law of Attraction, Holistic Health, Forgive & Forget and more.

Editor

She has been an editor at CitySmart Magazine, created a trade publication about film entitled "Independent Streak Magazine" ^[15] and is editor at "Observer Newspaper." ^[16]

Writer

She moved to South Florida and began a career as a writer, working with various publications, including as a theater critic for the New Times. A full list of New Times Broward Palm Beach articles can be found online.^[17] Highlights include:

Enchanted April at the Caldwell Theater^[18]
The Music and Life of Cole Porter at Stage Door Theater^[19]
Bubbe Meises—Bubbe Stories at Atlantis Theater^[20]
Hello Dolly at Stage Door Theater^[21]
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at Palm Beach Dramaworks^[22]
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife at The Delray Beach Playhouse^[23]
Ennio at Cuillo Theater^[24]
Anything Goes at Stage Door Theater^[25]

She was also a theater critic for Talkin' Broadway. Highlights include:

Amadeus at The Mosaic Theater^[26]
Necessary Targets at Lehman Theater^[27]

She has written about art for Art of the Times^[28] and Cultural Quarterly,^[29] among others.

She has her own column in DUO Magazine talking about film, as well as writing additional articles.^[30]

She has written about Kettlebells for Dragon Door^[31]^[32] and their magazine Hard Style.

She was lead writer (editor) for In the Biz Magazine and ^[33] and is assistant editor and school editor at Deerfield Observer.^[34]

She has written for Coral Springs & Parkland City News about various topics, including business profiles,^[35] about events,^[35] about beauty^[36] and restaurants,^[37] among others. She has had her own fashion blog called Let's Talk Fashion.^[38]

She has written about many celebrities like Julian Lennon ^[39] and Jane Russell ^[40] for publications like Edit International, a wire service. She also wrote about Jackie Evancho ^[41]

AUTHOR: She has written her own 184-page book on the acting industry entitled "Basics of the Biz: A Holistic Approach to Becoming an Actor"^[42]

Filmmaker

She worked on several independent projects as a producer but took on a directorial debut, starring in a short film called To Mine Own Self Be True,^[43] which was shown twice in 2005 at Screamfest.

On-line Publisher

Galvin is the publisher for Independent Streak Magazine (www.independentstreakmagazine.com)^[44] and is the founder of a social networking portal and blog (IndependentStreak.Ning.Com).^[7]

Photographer

Galvin is also a photographer. She took photos of FTL MODA, a fashion show held in January 2007 in Ft. Lauderdale.^[45]

Host

She is a frequent host on ObserverTV.^[46] Video is available at www.observernewspaperonline.com.^[16]

She has her own radio shows on blog talk radio: IndieStreak ^[47] in which she interviews filmmakers and Basics of the Biz ^[48] in which she talks about the acting industry. She was nominated for a Women in the Arts Award for Best Web Show ^[49] and won Web Radio Show of the Year.^[47]^[50] She has interviewed many guests, including hosting guru and coach, Marki Costello^[51]

She interviewed filmmakers on the red carpet at the Palm Beach International Film Festival for BocaRaton.com. Video is available on www.bocaraton.com.^[52]

She was a guest reporter on CityTV25's program "In the Loop.",^[53] on BocaRaton.com.^[54] She was also can be seen in a segment on the French Film Festival at Cinema Paradiso.^[55]

She was a guest host for the podcast KoreNewMedia.com^[56]

She was a host for podcast KoreMovies.com as well as a guest host on KoreNews.com.^[57]

Artist

Galvin was the illustrator for "Davy Jones & the Heart of Darkness",^[58] which tells the creation myth about Davy Jones' Locker.

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