Wren Barnes

Wren Barnes was born in San Jose, California. As a young child she moved to Farragut (Knoxville) Tennessee where she spent the rest of her childhood. When she was 7 years old she told her parents that she wanted a meeting with them in the living room and it was then she told her parents she really wanted to be an actress. After a few months went by and still no agent she told her parents she needed another meeting in the living room and she expressed she was really serious, she wanted to be an actress. As a child she was an avid swimmer and practiced ballet. She signed with Talent Trek and booked notable childhood acting roles included being a younger version of Dolly Parton working with the celebrity herself in a commercial debuting a brand new part of the Dollywood theme park, acting in October Sky, and acting/dancing in 'The City Ballet' Nutcracker in front of thousands of people in sold out shows. She sang in choir and did mission tours traveling around the U.S. singing in major cities. At 15 years old she was cast in the Professional Shakespeare Summer show series with with the Tennessee Stage Company, the youngest person ever hired to act in the series or for the company. She worked 50-70 hour weeks, 7 days a week, for 8 weeks during her high school 10th grade summer. Her role was not only acting in 3 Shakespeare plays but also touring one play to schools performing to elementary students, stage construction, hair, costuming, and make-up. In high school she was active in local modeling and acting taking Advanced Acting classes with the majority of her electives. She was offered several scholarships at The Southeastern Theater Conference including at that same conference another actor that played Hamlet with her just months earlier won the award for Best Lead Actor in the Southeastern United States. In high school she was Class President, played sports, performed theater, and was active in her local church and community volunteering. She graduated High School, at that time the only school in that State of TN to receive a Blue Ribbon Excellence Award from The White House, with Honors and her GPA in the Top 5 percent of her class. At 19 she won a modeling contest and was offered a major contract but turned it down to focus on going to college to pursue and complete a Business degree. She graduated from The New York Conservatory with a Degree in Acting for Film and Television. She then went to University of Central Florida and graduated with a Bachelors in Business Administration, Marketing Concentration. She worked for several years in Healthcare Management primarily working with Prescription Medical Device for Respiratory Illness and Rehabilitation for serious life threatening illnesses and injuries. After she experienced a life altering accident, she felt grateful to be alive and felt she must return to pursuing her dream of working fully in Film. She worked on several projects in Knoxville and then in the Fall of 2014 moved to Utah and continued to work in Acting and Film Business in which she resides today.

Wren Hafen

Wren Hafen is known for The Seeding (2023).

Wren Hardy

Wren Hardy is an actor, known for The Hallow (2015).

Wren Roberts

Wren Roberts is known for The X Files (1993), The Sentinel (1996) and Stargate SG-1 (1997).

Wren T. Brown

A versatile actor with a deep melodious voice, Wren T. Brown is a fourth generation Angeleno, and also a fourth generation theatrical. He is very proud to be in his fourth decade as an Actor, Producer and Director. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Wren is descended from a long line of talented performers, including his father, jazz trumpeter Troy Brown Jr., his paternal grandmother, Bertha McElroy (a dancer at the Cotton Club NYC), and his paternal grandfather, actor-comedian Troy Brown Sr. (5th black actor in Screen Actors Guild). His maternal grandmother, Ruth Givens, was a torch singer and dancer (Cotton Club Los Angeles and movies) and his maternal grandfather, Lee Young Sr., was the first black staff musician in Hollywood (Columbia Pictures 1946) and the drummer and musical director for Nat King Cole. His great grandfather, Willis Handy Young, was a multi-instrumentalist, teacher and owner of his own Vaudeville troupe at the turn of the 20th Century (The New Orleans Strutters). Among Wren's film appearances are: "Beyond the Lights," "Waiting to Exhale," "Heart and Souls," "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory," "The Dinner," "Hollywood Shuffle," "Biker Boyz," "The Importance of Being Earnest," "Midnight Clear" and David Mamet's "Edmond." On television, Wren co-starred as Whoopi Goldberg's brother and comic foil in NBC's "Whoopi" and was a regular in "Flipper: The New Adventures," as well as CBS's "Bless This House." He has also guest starred or recurred on: "The West Wing," "The Practice," "Touched by an Angel," "Frasier," "Seinfeld," "Charmed," "Star Trek: Voyager," "Eli Stone," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Women's Murder Club," "Everybody Hates Chris," "The Game," and as Professor Wilkins on "Half & Half." Wren also starred opposite John Larroquette in Hallmark's "McBride: Tune in for Murder." Most recently, Wren has also been seen in the award-winning Amazon series, "Transparent" and "Dear White People," "Being Mary Jane," "Grey's Anatomy" (recurring), and as the voice of Virgil Simpson, on "The Simpsons." Wren will next be seen in Season 2 of Seth McFarlane's hit sci-fi series "The Orville." Some of his theatre credits include: Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (Drama-Logue Award winner), "On Borrowed Time," "Burning Hope," his NAACP Image Award-nominated performance in "Jeffrey's Plan" and most recently, The Public Theatre's "The Gospel at Colonus" at the Delacorte (Sept 2018). Wren has appeared in over 100 commercials and a broad range of voice-over and spoken word projects including being tapped by acclaimed pianist Billy Childs to recite the classic Langston Hughes poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" on Childs' GRAMMY Award nominated album "I've Known Rivers." He narrated The History Channel's "U.S.S. Constellation: Battling For Freedom," The Learning Channel series "Scene of the Crime," and "E! True Hollywood Story" on the life of Diana Ross. He also voiced Disney's Br'er Rabbit for various projects and can currently be heard narrating Laurence Fishburne's "Bronzeville," a 10 episode 1940s-era Chicago podcast. In his directorial debut, he directed over thirty-five actors and actresses in their performances in "Inspired By... The Bible Experience," winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year in which Wren also narrated the book of Matthew. In April 2018 , Wren made his theatrical directing debut on the Lone Tree Arts Center (Colorado) stage reviving August Wilson's cultural classic "Fences." In 1999, Wren made his debut as a producer with the critically acclaimed feature film, "Boesman & Lena" starring Danny Glover and Angela Bassett, followed by Dianne Reeves' concert film of her GRAMMY Award winning CD, "In the Moment: Live in Concert." He has produced an array of short films for new directors. In 2007, Wren founded Ebony Repertory Theatre (ERT), the first African American professional Equity theatre company in Los Angeles history where he serves as its producing artistic director from inception to the institution's now 10 year anniversary. ERT, under Wren's leadership, has produced Ovation Award and NAACP Theatre Award winning productions of August Wilson's "Two Trains Running," Regina Taylor's "Crowns," Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin In the Sun," Jeff Stetson's "Fraternity," Phillip Hayes Dean's "Robeson," "The Gospel at Colonus," of which the Los Angeles Times wrote "Theater at its most healing, electrifying and transcendent, 'Colonus' demands attendance." (June 2015) and the 2017 musical hit Clarke Peters' "Five Guys Named Moe" (May 18-June 11, 2017) which the Los Angeles Times reviewed as "...one of the more entertaining experiences available to humanity..." Wren periodically gives a six-week entertainment industry seminar through the ERT Performance Lab entitled, "Purpose, Passion & Possibility" as well as being an active cultural/motivational lecturer, recently interviewing filmmaker/executive Reginald Hudlin in the second annual Black Business Leaders Hall of Fame Induction event (Sept 2018). Wren currently serves on the board of Antioch University, Los Angeles. He has formerly served on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild, the Friends of Washington Preparatory High School, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and the Charles R. Drew University.

Wren Walker

Wren is a Canadian actress from Ontario, Canada. Her recent work includes playing the lead in the independent horror film "Peelers" directed by Seve Schelenz. A classically trained actress, Wren began her acting career on stage. Some of her stage credits include: Bonnie in "Hurly Burly", Maria in "Twelfth Night" and Cecily in "The Importance of Being Earnest". The UW production of "Our Country's Good" afforded her the opportunity to perform in Zinnowitz, Germany. Wren resides in Vancouver, Canada.

Wren Weichman

Wren Weichman is known for Sync (2012), Super Heroes vs. Game Heroes (2014) and The OMEn Chronicles (2013).

Wren Winnberger

Wren Winnberger is an actress, known for Stuck (2019).

Wrenn Schmidt

Melinda Wrenn Schmidt is an American actress, best known for her starring role as NASA engineer and flight director Margo Madison in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. Other television roles include Julia Sagorsky in the period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2012-2013), as KGB handler Kate in the spy drama series The Americans (2014), as Dr Iris Campbell on the thriller series Person of Interest (2014-2016), as Megan Holter in the horror series Outcast (2016-2018). Her film roles include the horror film Preservation (2014), the biographical drama I Saw the Light (2015), the war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), the romantic comedy, The Good Catholic (2017) and the science fiction horror film Nope (2022).

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