Diane Christiansen (Biz Kidz, Screen Teens, Private Lessons, and Professional Group Classes) began coaching actors in 1992. Just voted "One of the ten most effective acting coaches in Hollywood" , she is currently Acting/Life coach on the TLC hit reality show "FAKING IT" . Her career spans three decades as actress, coach, director and dancer. An instructor with her finger on the pulse of the Entertainment Industry, Diane works closely with many of LA.'s most acclaimed agents and managers.
A graduate of the
Strasberg Institute, she was mentored by Academy Award
Nominee, Sally Kirkland and the late Joseph Bernard.
She has appeared with the Rockettes at Radio City
Music Hall in NYC; danced with Siegfried & Roy in Las
Vegas and on NBC TV specials, she has been featured on
the Merv Griffin Show and hit series "Vegas". As a TV & Film
actress she has worked with Angelina Jolie,
Corey Feldman, Adam West, Orson Welles, Stacy Keach,
Pia Zadora, Ann Margaret, Jon Voight, Dom DeLouise,
Joan Rivers, Robert Urich, Billy Zane & Fred Durst.
Actively coaching "working " actors of all ages, 90%
of her student roster booking repeatedly and
consistently. Among them are series regulars on shows
such as LOST, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, 24, ZOEY 101,
NED'S DECLASSIFIED, UNFABULOUS, COMPLETE SAVAGES,
CHARMED, HOUSE, ALIAS, AMER. FAMILY, ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENT, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE ,PHIL OF THE
FUTURE, SIX FEET UNDER , LAW & ORDER , COLD CASE ,NYPD
BLUE, E.R., CSI , JUDGING AMY, SCRUBS, GEN. HOSPITAL,
DAYS OF OUR LIVES, YOUNG & THE RESTLESS & Disney's
LITTLE HOUSE ONTHE PRAIRIE, CAT IN THE HAT, BRUCE
ALMIGHTY, 13 GOING ON 30, STARSKY & HUTCH, YOU GOT
SERVED, & ANTWONE FISHER.
Her students are featured on
100's of Nat'l . Commercials and have recently
received "Kids Choice", "Young Artist" & "C.A.R.E." Awards.
Diane is committed to "making a difference" with
every actor she coaches and says that passing on this rich tradition has brought
even more joy to her
life than performing. Diane's greatest creations are
her two children, both are working professionals in
the Art & Acting fields.
Mission Statement
I am a coach who is committed to the evolution, the lifestyle and the transformation
of my students. Every actor I train becomes empowered to be the best, most
professional Artist they are capable of being.
I am thoroughly inspired and fulfilled by guiding each actor
to his or her potential. This providing the audience, as well as the actor,
with healing, social evolution and inspired performances that leave the viewer
forever transformed. It is my intention to train actors who shift the paradigm
of film, television and theatre and who transform themselves and humanity
in the process.