DANCE TO THE MOVIES
BIOGRAPHIES

LESLEY ANN WARREN
After winning Broadway’s “Most Promising Newcomer” Award at the age of 17, in the Broadway production 110 In the Shade, Lesley Ann Warren found stardom on the small screen in the title role of the legendary Rogers & Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of Cinderella. Warren’s film debut was in Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire, but it was her brilliant performance in Blake Edwards’ comic masterpiece, Victor/Victoria, that won her nominations for an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe, as well as winning a New York Film Critics Award and a People’s Choice Award. Additionally, Warren received nominations for a Golden Globe for Songwriter, and a People’s Choice Award for Choose Me. Film credits additionally include 10th and Wolf (written and directed by Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco), Secretary, Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey, Clue, Burglar, Pure Country, Cop and Mel Brooks’ Life Stinks. Warren’s television credits include a Golden Globe Award performance for Best Actress in the miniseries 79 Park Avenue. She also was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her role in the CBS miniseries Family of Spies. Warren received a Cable Ace nomination for her work in Tennessee Williams’ 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. She also received Cable Ace and Golden Globe nominations for her work in HBO Pictures’ Baja Oklahoma. Further television credits include leading roles in the NBC telefilm Evergreen, and the Emmy winning TNT miniseries Joseph (opposite Ben Kingsley).

Warren’s recurring roles in television include a comedic tour de force opposite Sydney Pollack on NBC’s hit comedy Will & Grace, the ABC series Desperate Housewives and most recently, five seasons in the USA Network drama, In Plain Sight, as well as the 100th episode of Psych, a tribute to the movie Clue.

Warren recently completed filming: It Snows All the Time and Babysitter which had its premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, as well as arc on COMMUNITY for Yahoo, GIGI DOES IT for IFC, GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE for Bravo and BLUNT TALK for Starz. Lesley will next be seen recurring in Jenji Kohan’s AMERICAN PRINCESS for Lifetime.
TRISTAN MacMANUS
Tristan is an Irish dancer, best known for his professional appearances on Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing. Hailing from County Wicklow in Ireland, Tristan was born in 1982 and started dancing when his gran took him and his sister to classes in Enniskerry and competed at European level in juvenile, junior and amateur competitions. He is married to Australian actress Tahyna Tozzi.
ANNA TREBUNSKAYA
Russian born American professional ballroom and Latin dancer, known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars. Anna is also a professional actress, having studied and trained at the Meisner based Baron Brown Studio in Los Angeles, CA. She brings her unique brand and skillset to the table as she delves into each character she portrays. A natural on stage and in front of the camera, her magnetic charm and charisma shine through in all genres, drama, comedy, action, thriller, and more. Most recently, she appeared on HBO's acclaimed show, The Newsroom, in a co-star role.
VON SMITH
A Kansas City, Missouri native, Von Smith was most recently seen on E!'s "Opening Act", where his experience was documented as Lady Gaga chose him to be her opening act on her tour in Australia in 2012. First introduced to the world when his version of "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not going)" from Dreamgirls became a sensation on YouTube, Von Smith has garnered a legion of fans and performed on some of the most celebrated stages, including ABC's "The View", Bravo's "The Kathy Griffin Show", BET's "106th and Park", featured on MTV News, VH1's "Best Week Ever", E's "The Soup", TV Azteca's "La Academia" (Mexico), "Up Junior" (China), and American Idol season 8 as one of the top 17 finalists. When not rocking out on national stages across the country, or performing in front of symphonies conducted by the late Marvin Hamlisch, Von can be found writing songs in the recording studio, where he has completed two completely original albums, both available on iTunes HERE.
About The Stander Group
Over 30 years of Excellence A global friendly boutique diversified talent agency. Focusing on galvanizing emerging and sustaining actors and taking care of their talent for long-term career goals. Unlike most full service talent agencies, we’re known for maintaining a significantly low roster of clients of caliber not quantity. Aside from representing clients for Commercials, Print, Film and TV , and Theatre, Variety Concert Touring to Production shows the agency also pitches for Reality Shows, works on Branding an artist, has a Record & Video Division allowing an artist to work in-house that is multidimensional. We package you from head to toe with top photographers to top coaches, graphics, social media, publicist and coaching to make you effective in today's market.