Actor\/Acting CoachWorking with On Screen Talent For Brands, Feature Films, Independent Films<\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\nKathy-Ann believes that acting, the best kind of acting, comes from the inside out. The human story is the actors\u2019 life work. And empathy, defined as actors\u2019 ability to embrace the story of another human being, is the tool for doing the work of the actor. Perhaps because of her own varied, awesome, awful, exciting and mundane life experiences. <\/span><\/p>\nOr perhaps because she\u2019s has worked with and known personally people of all kinds: those who have been battered by those they love, the poor, the chronically ill, the marginalized, the lauded ivy league attendee, the multi-billionaires purchasing companies using private equity, the immigrant, the Trump supporter, and the inclusion expert, Kathy-Ann has the ability to shift her attention effortlessly from one reality to another. This is what she uses to coach actors. <\/span><\/p>\nShe has studied with the lauded acting teachers Diana Castle, Peter Kelley and Tom Todoroff. Taking what she has learned from these greats, Kathy-Ann teaches actors to cultivate genuine interest in the human story – their own and that of others so that actors can embody the being of another human.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ bg_color=”#333333″ color_overlay=”#3d3d3d”]
<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nHuman Rights AttorneyFor Actors... For Everyone<\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Kathy-Ann believes that all of us have a responsibility to leave the planet better than it was when we got here. Thus, she has lived her life to make the world a little bit better for her fellow man. In fact, this is why she went to law school. Even when she was just a law student, the only honor society\u2019s membership she was interested in was the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She applied to and was accepted into its ranks, which also has included Michelle Obama, Loretta Lynch and the Honorable <\/span>William J. Brennan<\/span> of the United States Supreme Court. At the Bureau, Kathy-Ann focused on family law: domestic violence, child custody and support, divorce in large part because her mother is a survivor of domestic violence.<\/span><\/p>\nAfter graduation, Kathy-Ann went on to represent women (and a few men) like her mother through pro bono representation of clients who were referred to her by the Women\u2019s Bar Foundation. She also represented folks with HIV in family matters, on Social Security issues and when facing eviction. Most recently, she was briefly able to work with now deceased attorney Hamza Ma\u2019ayeragi on immigation matters for recently arrived immigrants and their families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nKathy-Ann has also successfully published a law review article in the Hofstra Employment and Labor Law Journal<\/a> that proposes revolutionary change and seeks to streamline the entertainment industry.\u00a0<\/span>Since publication of the paper, she\u2019s working to more broadly share the ideas of this paper and to secure funding for birthing the ideas she envisions as being essential to the creation of a more empathic world order.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ bg_color=”#f5b802″ color_overlay=”#5b5b5b”]<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nShow Business Consultant & VisionaryConsulting with TV Productions, Web Series, Online Projects<\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Kathy-Ann is known in the performing arts as the \u201cgo to\u201d person for any and every thing show biz related. <\/span>As a former corporate attorney, litigator and non-profit executive she knows the ins and outs of business matters from contracting to negotiations, budgets, and production. <\/span><\/p>\nKathy-Ann draws upon her diverse experiences to make matters better for actors and anyone on the production side of the business. On casting, she works with CEM Casting<\/a> to lead the charge in casting for a multicultural world.<\/span><\/p>\nKathy-Ann’s series, The Mediator, garnered investment after she shared its manuscript, bible, and budget. This led to a short film adaptation of The Mediator, now receiving positive attention at international film festivals spanning the globe from Paris<\/a> and Switzerland<\/a> to New York City <\/a>(and Big Apple Film Festival<\/a>) to New Orleans<\/a> to Nashville<\/a> and Sacramento<\/a>.<\/p>\nShe has also recently been awarded for her script, We Three Sisters, as an emerging screenwriter<\/a>, honorable mention at Big Apple Film Festival<\/a>, and semifinalist at the London Women Film Festival<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Kathy-Ann has also successfully published a law review article in the Hofstra Employment and Labor Law Journal<\/a> that proposes revolutionary change and seeks to streamline the entertainment industry.\u00a0<\/span>Since publication of the paper, she\u2019s working to more broadly share the ideas of this paper and to secure funding for birthing the ideas she envisions as being essential to the creation of a more empathic world order.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ bg_color=”#fbfbfb”]<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nDEI Professional Actor\/ImprovisorAccomplished Expert On All Things Diversity and Inclusion<\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Kathy-Ann is part of a multi-ethnic, multinational, deeply layered, and complicated family. <\/span>Since she was a small child she\u2019s understood and been working on bridging cross-cultural divides. <\/span><\/p>\nShe was once a consultant\/facilitator working for Verna Myers (who is now the VP of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix<\/a>) <\/span>\u00a0and presently she\u2019s an actor\/improvisor\/facilitator with Power Play Interactive Development<\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\nWith Power Play, she goes to colleges and universities around the world (sometimes in person or via Zoom) acting out and improvising ‘trigger’ scenarios that encapsulate all areas of diversity, equity and inclusion. <\/span><\/p>\nPower Play gives Kathy-Ann the opportunity to carry out her empathic mission – promoting belonging and love for all humans whether rich or poor, black or white, gay or straight, male\/female\/trans\/cisgendered, US born or not, able bodied or not – in this case in higher education.<\/span><\/p>\nKathy-Ann has also successfully worked with the National Collegiate Athletic Association to produce workshops on inclusion in college athletics departments nationwide.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”full_width” type=”container” bg_select=”bg_color_section” p_top=”70″ anchor=”recent-works” bg_color=”#ffffff” p_bottom=”70″][vc_column]Meet Kathy-Ann<\/span><\/h3><\/div>[vc_column_text]Kathy-Ann Hart returned to singing, dancing and acting on film, stage and television to further her artistic mission – to increase empathy and foster cross-cultural understanding. She began performing as a child on the island of her birth \u2013 Trinidad, where she won prizes on the television show Twelve and Under for her dramatic performances of narrative poetry. If anyone finds footage of her in the poofy dress her mother made her wear, they should note that she\u2019s also an accomplished boxer. After winning prizes on Twelve and Under, Kathy-Ann went on to perform in other national arenas, once opening for a national celebrity at a concert on Independence Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHer bi-cultural background leads to her love of working overseas and with multicultural teams anywhere. Her first time back to performing as an adult was when she played Bridget Bishop in the award-winning ensemble show \u2013 Cry Innocent: The People vs. Bridget Bishop! Since then she\u2019s had lead and supporting roles in major film and on television as well as Principal roles in nationally running commercials. She sometimes admits that she attended Harvard Law School and practiced law for almost ten years. She was a corporate lawyer with the white shoe law firm Ropes & Gray representing clients in multi-billion dollar transactions and she is exceedingly proud of her work litigating matters on behalf of HIV+ clients at the esteemed nonprofit AIDS Action Committee. Because she worked for the uber rich and the very poor, she has an equanimity in her approach to her work as an actor. When she\u2019s not performing, you can find her in a yoga studio, on a bike in Spin class or dancing in Zumba\u2026although maybe she\u2019s performing there too.<\/span><\/p>\nSince returning to the arts and her heart, Kathy-Ann has rediscovered her love for humanity. Not only does she use her performing skills to improve the human experience but she is now more fully able and aware of her larger than life mission to improve the state of the human experience. Therefore, Kathy-Ann also works as 1) an acting coach, 2) human rights attorney,\u00a0 3) show business consultant, and 4) DEI professional actor\/improvisor. She is sought after and has won acclaim for her work in all of these arenas. <\/span><\/p>\nFun Fact: Kathy-Ann’s Film: The Mediator has been nominated as an official selection for a Zurich Film Festival and won Best US Narrative Short at Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival, among many others! Notably: The\u00a0Big Apple Film Festival<\/a><\/strong> favorably rated The Mediator and provided online distribution of the film on its channel<\/a><\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”1923″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”]Kathy-Ann's Article in Hofstra's Law Journal<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”]Kathy-Ann on IMDB<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”]Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”]Performance Resume<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”]Kathy-Ann's Blog<\/a><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”]Filmography<\/h2><\/div>
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\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\tKathy-Ann Demo Reel 2025<\/h4><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kathyannhart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Lucira-Commercial-1-500x500.png\")
\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\tLucira Commercial<\/h4><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kathyannhart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Secret-Diary-of-an-Exchange-Student-1-500x500.png\")
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\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\tKathy-Ann – Law Enforcement Reel<\/h4><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/kathyannhart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Evil-lives-here-500x500.png\")
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Kathy-Ann believes that acting, the best kind of acting, comes from the inside out. The human story is the actors\u2019 life work. And empathy, defined as actors\u2019 ability to embrace the story of another human being, is the tool for doing the work of the actor. Perhaps because of her own varied, awesome, awful, exciting and mundane life experiences. <\/span><\/p>\n Or perhaps because she\u2019s has worked with and known personally people of all kinds: those who have been battered by those they love, the poor, the chronically ill, the marginalized, the lauded ivy league attendee, the multi-billionaires purchasing companies using private equity, the immigrant, the Trump supporter, and the inclusion expert, Kathy-Ann has the ability to shift her attention effortlessly from one reality to another. This is what she uses to coach actors. <\/span><\/p>\n She has studied with the lauded acting teachers Diana Castle, Peter Kelley and Tom Todoroff. Taking what she has learned from these greats, Kathy-Ann teaches actors to cultivate genuine interest in the human story – their own and that of others so that actors can embody the being of another human.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ bg_color=”#333333″ color_overlay=”#3d3d3d”] After graduation, Kathy-Ann went on to represent women (and a few men) like her mother through pro bono representation of clients who were referred to her by the Women\u2019s Bar Foundation. She also represented folks with HIV in family matters, on Social Security issues and when facing eviction. Most recently, she was briefly able to work with now deceased attorney Hamza Ma\u2019ayeragi on immigation matters for recently arrived immigrants and their families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kathy-Ann has also successfully published a law review article in the Hofstra Employment and Labor Law Journal<\/a> that proposes revolutionary change and seeks to streamline the entertainment industry.\u00a0<\/span>Since publication of the paper, she\u2019s working to more broadly share the ideas of this paper and to secure funding for birthing the ideas she envisions as being essential to the creation of a more empathic world order.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ bg_color=”#f5b802″ color_overlay=”#5b5b5b”] Kathy-Ann draws upon her diverse experiences to make matters better for actors and anyone on the production side of the business. On casting, she works with CEM Casting<\/a> to lead the charge in casting for a multicultural world.<\/span><\/p>\n Kathy-Ann’s series, The Mediator, garnered investment after she shared its manuscript, bible, and budget. This led to a short film adaptation of The Mediator, now receiving positive attention at international film festivals spanning the globe from Paris<\/a> and Switzerland<\/a> to New York City <\/a>(and Big Apple Film Festival<\/a>) to New Orleans<\/a> to Nashville<\/a> and Sacramento<\/a>.<\/p>\n She has also recently been awarded for her script, We Three Sisters, as an emerging screenwriter<\/a>, honorable mention at Big Apple Film Festival<\/a>, and semifinalist at the London Women Film Festival<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Kathy-Ann has also successfully published a law review article in the Hofstra Employment and Labor Law Journal<\/a> that proposes revolutionary change and seeks to streamline the entertainment industry.\u00a0<\/span>Since publication of the paper, she\u2019s working to more broadly share the ideas of this paper and to secure funding for birthing the ideas she envisions as being essential to the creation of a more empathic world order.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ bg_color=”#fbfbfb”] She was once a consultant\/facilitator working for Verna Myers (who is now the VP of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix<\/a>) <\/span>\u00a0and presently she\u2019s an actor\/improvisor\/facilitator with Power Play Interactive Development<\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n With Power Play, she goes to colleges and universities around the world (sometimes in person or via Zoom) acting out and improvising ‘trigger’ scenarios that encapsulate all areas of diversity, equity and inclusion. <\/span><\/p>\n Power Play gives Kathy-Ann the opportunity to carry out her empathic mission – promoting belonging and love for all humans whether rich or poor, black or white, gay or straight, male\/female\/trans\/cisgendered, US born or not, able bodied or not – in this case in higher education.<\/span><\/p>\n Kathy-Ann has also successfully worked with the National Collegiate Athletic Association to produce workshops on inclusion in college athletics departments nationwide.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”full_width” type=”container” bg_select=”bg_color_section” p_top=”70″ anchor=”recent-works” bg_color=”#ffffff” p_bottom=”70″][vc_column] Her bi-cultural background leads to her love of working overseas and with multicultural teams anywhere. Her first time back to performing as an adult was when she played Bridget Bishop in the award-winning ensemble show \u2013 Cry Innocent: The People vs. Bridget Bishop! Since then she\u2019s had lead and supporting roles in major film and on television as well as Principal roles in nationally running commercials. She sometimes admits that she attended Harvard Law School and practiced law for almost ten years. She was a corporate lawyer with the white shoe law firm Ropes & Gray representing clients in multi-billion dollar transactions and she is exceedingly proud of her work litigating matters on behalf of HIV+ clients at the esteemed nonprofit AIDS Action Committee. Because she worked for the uber rich and the very poor, she has an equanimity in her approach to her work as an actor. When she\u2019s not performing, you can find her in a yoga studio, on a bike in Spin class or dancing in Zumba\u2026although maybe she\u2019s performing there too.<\/span><\/p>\n Since returning to the arts and her heart, Kathy-Ann has rediscovered her love for humanity. Not only does she use her performing skills to improve the human experience but she is now more fully able and aware of her larger than life mission to improve the state of the human experience. Therefore, Kathy-Ann also works as 1) an acting coach, 2) human rights attorney,\u00a0 3) show business consultant, and 4) DEI professional actor\/improvisor. She is sought after and has won acclaim for her work in all of these arenas. <\/span><\/p>\n Fun Fact: Kathy-Ann’s Film: The Mediator has been nominated as an official selection for a Zurich Film Festival and won Best US Narrative Short at Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival, among many others! Notably: The\u00a0Big Apple Film Festival<\/a><\/strong> favorably rated The Mediator and provided online distribution of the film on its channel<\/a><\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”1923″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”]Human Rights AttorneyFor Actors... For Everyone<\/span><\/h4><\/div>
Show Business Consultant & VisionaryConsulting with TV Productions, Web Series, Online Projects<\/span><\/h4><\/div>
DEI Professional Actor\/ImprovisorAccomplished Expert On All Things Diversity and Inclusion<\/span><\/h4><\/div>
Meet Kathy-Ann<\/span><\/h3><\/div>[vc_column_text]Kathy-Ann Hart returned to singing, dancing and acting on film, stage and television to further her artistic mission – to increase empathy and foster cross-cultural understanding. She began performing as a child on the island of her birth \u2013 Trinidad, where she won prizes on the television show Twelve and Under for her dramatic performances of narrative poetry. If anyone finds footage of her in the poofy dress her mother made her wear, they should note that she\u2019s also an accomplished boxer. After winning prizes on Twelve and Under, Kathy-Ann went on to perform in other national arenas, once opening for a national celebrity at a concert on Independence Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Filmography<\/h2><\/div>
\t\t<\/a>\t\tMadame Web<\/h4><\/span>
\t\t<\/a>\t\tKathy-Ann Demo Reel 2025<\/h4><\/span>
\t\t<\/a>\t\tLucira Commercial<\/h4><\/span>
\t\t<\/a>\t\tThe Secret Diary of an Exchange Student<\/h4><\/span>
\t\t<\/a>\t\tWe Speak NYC<\/h4><\/span>
\t\t<\/a>\t\tKathy-Ann – Law Enforcement Reel<\/h4><\/span>
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