Where are our alumni?

Working at the forefront of the entertainment industry.

  • Photo of Taylor Dearden

    Taylor Dearden

    Best known for her roles on The Pitt, and Sweet/Vivcous series (BA ’15)

  • Image of Tonatiuah

    Tonatiuh

    Tonatiuh starred in the 2025 film Kiss of the Spiderwoman alongside Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna.

  • Portrait of Danny Strong

    Danny Strong

    Not only an actor, Strong is the award-winning creator and showrunner of the Hulu series Dopesick. He is also an award-winning screenwriter and book writer for Broadway’s 2025 revival of the musical Chess, Game Change, Recount and Lee Daniels’ The Butler. (BA ’96)

  • Forest Whitaker

    Forest Whitaker

    An Academy Award-winning actor, Whitaker is also an accomplished director and producer. (’82)

  • Karan Soni

    Karan Soni

    As an actor he is best known for blockbuster movies like Deadpool, Ghostbusters, Detective Pikachu, Office Christmas Party and Across the Spider-Verse .

  • Briga Heelan

    Briga Heelan

    Briga Heelan starred in the NBC series Great News, the CBS series B Positive and more. She recently starred in the world premiere of “Once Upon a One More Time.”

  • Troian Bellisario

    Troian Bellisario

    Currently starring in the Dick Wolf’s On Call, Bellisario formed The Casitas Group theatre company with some of her fellow alumni. (BFA ’09)

  • Beck Bennett

    Beck Bennett

    A long-time cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Bennett is also known for his work in James Gunn’s Superman . (BFA ’07)

  • Portrait of Patrick Adams

    Patrick J. Adams

    Adams is best known for playing the leading role of Mike Ross on USA Network’s Suits, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for outstanding actor in a drama series. (BFA ’04)

  • Portrait of Deborah Ann Woll

    Deborah Ann Woll

    Best known for her roles on HBO’s True Blood, and in the Daredevil series (BFA ’07)

  • J. August Richards

    J. August Richards

    Best known for his work on Joss Whedon’s Angel and in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Richards can also be seen on Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce. (BFA ’95)

  • Grant Heslov

    Grant Heslov

    Grant Heslov is an Academy Award winner, noted for his work as a director, producer, writer and actor. In 2006 he co-founded Smokehouse Pictures with longtime partner and collaborator George Clooney.