FOR
FOR YOU
FOR YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. 4@ALL RIGHT, CASSIE. >> BOY, CERTAINLY GETTING
INTERESTING OUT THERE.
>> SHE'S ALL OVER IT FOR US.
WELL, BEING AN ACTOR NOT EASY
BEING AN ACTOR DIRECTOR4@
PRODUCER SEEMS ALMOST LIKE AN
IMPOSSIBLE TASK.
ONE CLAIBORNE4@ COUNTY WOMAN,
HOWEVER, HAS BALANCED ALL THREE
AND A CAREER4@ THAT HAS TAKEN HR
FROM BROADWAY TO THE BIG4@ SCREN
TO BEHIND THE CAMERA.
YVONNE THOMAS AND
PHOTOJOURNALIST WILLIAM WINNETT
SHARES HER STORY ACTRESS,
PHOTOJOURNALIST WILLIAM WINNETT SHARES HER STORY ACTRESS,4@ DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND PROUD
RESIDENT OF CLAIBORNE COUNTY
CARSHENAH JEFFERSON4@
SIEGENTHALER HAS DONE ALMOST
EVERYTHING THERE IS TO DO IN
THE ENTERTAINMENT4@ BUSINESS.
A GRADUATE OF FLORIDA STATE AND
RECEIVING HER MASTER'S DEGREE
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
CARSHENAH HIT4@ THE GROUND
RUNNING AS SOON AS SHE THREW
HER GRADUATION CAP INTO4@ THE AR
.
THE DAY OF MY GRADUATION I FLEW
TO NEW YORK AND I MODEL FOR THE
MATTEL COMPANY SO I HAVE MY OWN
BARBIE DOLL SAMOAN.
>> THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A
REVAMP OF MATTEL.
>> I WAS SORT OF THE BARBIE IN
THE ROCKERS THAT EVERYONE KIND
OF REMEMBER.
>> I4@ WAS CALLED ONE MODERN
CIRCLE SO BARBIE HAD LIKE A
PINK HAIR.
>> SHE HAD THE BANGS YOU KNOW
SHE LIKE THIS LIKE YOU LOOK AT
ME OVERCOAT4@ WHAT WE DID WAS WE
TOURED AROUND OUR FIRST OPENING@
WAS FHL SCHWARTZ IN NEW YORK SO
WE OPENED UP THAT STORE4@, CAME
DOWN TO ORLANDO AND THEY DID
THIS WHOLE BARBIE CONVENTION
AND SPENDING TIME IN NEW YORK
AND BROADWAY AND OFF BROADWAY4@
PLAYS CARSHENAH EVENTUALLY MADE
HER WAY TO LOS ANGELES AND ONCE
AGAIN DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME
FINDING WORK. 4@
>> FIRST DAY IN L.A. I GOT INTO
AKEELAH AND THE BEE WITH
LAURENCE FISHBURNE ANGELA
BASSETT DURING THE LUNCH BREAK
ON SET CARSHENAH SAW SOMETHING
THAT PIQ4@UED HER INTEREST.
>> I SAW TWO DIFFERENT LINES.
>> ONE4@ LINE WAS LIKE FOR THE
BACKGROUND4@ ACTORS I GET IN
THERE LIKE BAG LUNCH AND THE
OTHER LINE WAS CRAFT SERVICES
WITH LIKE LOBSTER BISQUE, YOU
KNOW, AND LIKE THE WHOLE LIKE
STEAK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING OVER
HERE.
AND I LITERALLY ASKED SOMEONE I
SAID4@ HOW DO I GET FROM THIS
LINE TO THIS L4@INE TO GET INTO
THE CRAFT4@ SERVICES LINE
CARSHENAH NEEDED TO BE A MEMBER
OF SAG THE SCREEN ACTOR4@S GUILD
AND ANOTHER ENCOUNTER WITH4@
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT GOT HER
THE LOBSTER BISQUE THAT SHE
WANTED.
>> NEXT THING I KNOW I
OVERHEARD THE PRODUCTION
ASSISTANT SAY HEY, WE NEED
SOMEONE TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT
LIKE SIX DAYS4@4@ LIKE CONSISTEY
.
>> I LITERALLY WAS RIGHT HERE.
I TAPPE4@D HER ON THE SHOULDER
AND I WAS LIKE MAN, 4@I LITERALY
JUST CAME IN.
I'M LIVING AT THE TRAVELO4@DGE.
I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
AND SHE'S LIKE GREAT CAN YOU BE
HERE ALL SIX4@ DAYS?
NEXT THING I KNOW I GOT MY
PAPERS SIGNED4@.
PEOPLE WERE LIKE OH NO, YO4@U'RE
IN THE WRONG LINE. 4@
I GO OH.
I MEAN THIS SAG LINE NOW I GOT
MY LOVE SERVICE4@ WHI4@LE IN L..
CARSHENAH CONSISTENTLY ADDED
MORE AND MORE ROLES TO HER
RESUMé INCLUDING PARTS ON SOME
WELL-KNOWN SITCOM.
BERNIE MAC SHOW WAS GREAT.
>> I GOT4@4@ CALLED IN TO LOOK E
A 704@ WITH THE AFRO AND
EVERYTHING.
SO DON'T LET THESE CURLS FOOL
YOU.
I CAN DO THE AFRO WAS LIKE AN
ANGELA DAVIS LOOK ALIKE4@.
I DID THAT.
I WAS THE MAIN CHARACTER'S BEST
FRIEND.
I GOT A SKATING PARTY4@ AND THEN
FROM THERE EVERYBODY HATES
CHRIS.
I4@ WAS LIKE ELIMINATED WOMAN
WHICH IS GREAT.
>> THAT SET4@ IS AWESOME.
EVERYONE ON THAT SET4@ FIRM HATS
CHRIS WAS JUST BAR NONE ON TOP
SITCOMS4@ ASIDE FROM A VERY EARY
AGE.
>> CARSHENAH ALWAYS4@ HAD A
PASSION FOR THE HORROR GENRE
STARTING FROM WATCHING THE
CLASSICS WITH HER MOM TO
WATCHING THE NIGHTMARE ON ELM
STREET WITH HER FRIENDS4@4@4@4@
I REMEMBER WHEN ALL MY FRIENDS
WERE LIKE OH SCARY FREDDY AND I
WAS LIKE GET HIM GET A GET.
>> TAKING THAT LOVE FOR HORROR
WITH HER TO LOS ANGELES.
>> CARSHENAH STARTED VERSE FILM
PRODUCTIONS MAKING HER THE ONLY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE HEADS
OF PRODUCTION FOR A HORROR
MOVIE STUDIO.
LET'S FACE IT BEING AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN YOU
ALWAYS HAVE TO FIND YOUR NICHE
TO SET YOURSEL4@F APART IN L.A..
>> LIKE I WOULD GO TO MEETINGS
ON STUDIOS AND SAY NAMEA A
BLACK WOMAN WHO HAS THEIR OWN
PRODUCTION COMPANY IN HORROR.
>> I G4@O OH WAIT AND THEY CAN'T
NAME ANYTHING.
SO WHEN I BUST OUT THE
CONVERSATION OF WELL HERE'S
WHAT I HAVE THEY'RE MORE
WILLING TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE
THAT'S SOMETHING IN THEIR IDEA
THAT THEY HAVE NOT THOUGHT
ABOUT4@ VERSE FILMS VERY FIRST
PRODUCTION4@ ENTITLED THE DEAD F
NIGHT4@ PREMIERED IN THEATERS IN
LOS ANGELES WINNING MANY AWARDS
AND IT'S IN RUSSIAN ACTUALLY.
>> SO4@ I DID A HORROR FILM4@, A
RUSSIAN HORROR FILM AS MY DEBUT
PEOPLE4@ WAIT WHAT WITH OTHER
ROLES IN4@ SHOWS LIKE SHAMELESS
AND 24 CARSHENAH MOST RECENTLY4@
AKARD IN A HORROR FILM CALLED
THE BLACK STRING ALONGSIDE
FRANKIE MUNIZ ACTRESS, PRODUCER
,DIRECTOR4@.
>> ALTHOUGH SHE'S DONE ALMOST
EVERYTHING THERE IS TO DO IN
THE ENTERTAIN4@MENT INDUSTRY,
CARSHENAH SAYS THAT ACTING WILL
ALWAYS BE HER FAVORITE.4@
I LOVE BEING ON TV SCREEN LIKE
I LOVE GETTING THE SCRIPT.
I LOVE THE SWEAT THAT IT
PRODUCES4@ WHEN YOU'RE LIKE MY
LAI.
WHAT'S MY LIFE LIKE LEARNING
THE LINES.
I JUST LOVE THE COMRADERIE OF
YOUR ON STUDIO4@ FAMILY EVERYONE
FROM THE LIGHTING PERSON TO4@ TE
GAFFER TO LIKE EVERYONE IS PART
OF THAT FAMILY.
>>4@ AND CARSHENAH SAYS SHE FINS
HER