Can someone please help me with my acting resume?

Question

I have never been to any type of acting class, but I've wanted to become an actress for the last five years...
All I really have are 'Skills', such as; playing the flute, I can speak a tiny bit of french, I'm good at drawing/sketching, etc..etc...
I was in a play, once, a long time ago...It was Pinocchio - I was one of the weasles, but I can't remember who the directer/producer was because I was in sixth grade then (I'm in ninth grade now)...Should I still put down I was in the play and what not, but just leave out who the director/producer was??
What are more examples of 'talents' I could write down?
I was curious, would being really good with all types of animals count as a 'skill' or am I just getting desperate with that one?

Thanks so much in advance!

TruthTeller59 · Accepted Answer

If you don't have many credits, show that you're serious by having training from the best and a lot of unique special skills/abilities that you can actually do.

Here's how an acting resume should be set up:
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/ELDORADO59/scan0002.jpg

RESUME-ALWAYS use the 3 column format!
Here's the standard LA format. In NY, it's usually the same but with Theatre being higher up than Film/TV (/ denotes column breaks):

At the top and centered:
Name (Centered and is largest in font size)
Union affiliation (if any)
CELL Phone Number
Email

Far Left side below the top and centered stuff:
Height 
Weight
Hair color
Eye color

Right side opposite of statistics:
Agent logo with contact info (sometimes if you have an agent, you can remove your own cell phone and email address. Then weirdos that find your stuff in the dumpster can contact them instead of you)

Film
Title/(Lead, supporting)/Director

Television
Title/(Lead, guest star, co-star, regular, Under 5, recurring)/Network

Theatre
Title/Specific character played/Production company or director depending on who is more prestigious.

Commericials
ALWAYS put "List available upon request!" Do keep a separate list of the commercials with the Casting directors involved in case an agent asks.

Training
Skill learned/School or teacher/Location (LA, NY?)
OR
Skill learned/Teacher/School, Location
ie. Cold Reading/Margie Haber/Margie Haber Studios, LA,CA

Special Skills/Abilities
Be creative with this. When I was starting out and interviewing with agencies, they would usually go straight there and talk about my special talents and even had me demonstrate some of them

DON'T:
-Put extra work
-Put Modeling/Print gigs. You make a separate resume for that.
-Lie
-Put age. If an agent asks you when you meet with him or her, then tell the truth. It's for legal reasons. ie. Under 18 can't work normal hours and need parent/guardian to sign stuff or you have to be at least 25 to do a beer commercial.
-Put your home phone number or address unless you want weirdos coming to your house.
-Put dates. It ages you!
-Have it separate from your headshot. It should be cut to fit and stapled to the back of your headshot.

Anonymous · Answer

I frankly don't think you have enough to put on a resume at this point. You should get in a class so you can perform scenes, then at least you can add those scenes to your resume, get experience, and make contacts.

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