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Sarah Yarkin
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Sarah Yarkin is an actress, writer, and producer known for her grounded, nuanced performances across film and television. With sharp humor and emotional depth, she has built a career that bridges studio projects and the indie film world.

Yarkin stars as Rhonda Rosen in the Paramount+ breakout series School Spirits, opposite Peyton List and Milo Manheim. The mystery drama follows a teen girl trapped as a ghost in her high school while investigating her own death. As Rhonda—a sardonic, emotionally guarded spirit from the 1960s—Yarkin delivers a standout performance marked by wit, vulnerability, and resilience. Season 3 premieres January 2026.

In film, Yarkin starred as Melody in Netflix and Legendary’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Additional credits include Not Okay (Searchlight/Hulu) opposite Zoey Deutch and Dylan O’Brien, and Universal/Blumhouse’s Happy Death Day 2U. Her television work includes Platonic (Apple TV+), Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform), Single Parents (ABC), and appearances on Transparent, The Middle, and The Good Place, showcasing her range across comedy, drama, and genre.

Expanding her work behind the camera, Yarkin produced and stars in the upcoming short VISITORS, a sci-fi thriller directed by Minnie Schedeen and serving as a proof of concept for a feature in development. She also leads the independent psychological thriller The Silence Game, currently on the festival circuit.

Credits:

  • Texas Chainshaw Massacre
  • School Spirits
  • Platonic
  • Happy Death Day 2U
  • Not Okay
  • Motherland: Fort Salem
  • Single Parents
  • American Horror Story
  • The Good Place
  • Transparent
  • The Middle

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Dot-Marie Jones
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Dot Marie Jones has received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations (2011, 2012, 2013) for her role as football coach ‘Shannon Beiste’ on FOX’s megahit television show Glee. In its third season, the show received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. With an expansive list of diverse film and television credits, Jones is known for her poignant roles in both drama and comedy with her most recent credits including the Indie Spirit nominated feature Greener Grass and Universal’s Bros directed by Billy Eichner. In January 2020, Dot was honored to join the cast of the Broadway musical Rock Of Ages as the first woman to play the lead role of DENNIS DUPRE.

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Teddy Sears
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A talented actor dedicated to his craft, Teddy Sears has built a career across numerous hit television series with roles that consistently elevate his body of work in entertainment.

Sears is now appearing in the new NBC medical drama series BRILLIANT MINDS opposite Zachary Quinto, and will next appear in season two of Netflix’s breakout series THE NIGHT AGENT.

He previously starred in Ryan Murphy’s anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORIES opposite Alicia Silverstone and Murphy’s Netflix series THE POLITICIAN opposite Bette Midler, as well as a large recurring role on NBC’s CHICAGO FIRE and on CW’s THE FLASH. Sears was series regular on the Fox series 24: LEGACY, the Showtime Golden Globe nominated drama series MASTERS OF SEX, and the Steven Bochco legal drama RAISING THE BAR.

Further credits include FX’s acclaimed series AMERICAN HORROR STORY (also opposite Quinto) and AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT in recurring roles, and numerous guest starring roles on AMC’s MAD MEN, HBO’s BIG LOVE, NBC’s long running crime drama LAW & ORDER: SVU, and the award-winning comedy series UGLY BETTY (among many others).

His TV movies include A WALTON’S THANKSGIVING opposite Bellamy Young, CHRISTMAS IN EVERGREEN opposite Ashley Williams, and THE CLIENT LIST opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Recent voice work includes the DC Comics animated feature JUSTICE LEAGUE: WARWORLD and THE DISCO BALL written by Kyle Killen.

On the big screen, Sears was seen in the film NINE LIVES directed by Barry Sonnenfeld starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner and Christopher Walken, as well as the Blumhouse thriller CURVE opposite Julianne Hough. And in 2009 Sears appeared alongside Colin Firth and Julianne Moore in the Tom Ford-directed film A SINGLE MAN.

Originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland, Sears graduated from the University of Virginia in 1999. Following college, Sears moved to New York where he began his acting career, studying under acclaimed coach William Esper.

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Amir Arison
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Amir Arison is best known for his work on nine seasons of the NBC/Sony/Netflix international hit series The Blacklist as fan favorite ‘Aram Mojtabai’. In 2022, Amir starred as the lead role ‘Amir’ in The Kite Runner on Broadway, for which he won the 2023 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Performance in a Broadway Debut.

Select TV credits include recurring & guest appearances on American Horror Story, Ramy, Billions, Law & Order: SVU, Bull, Homeland, Girls, as well as many others including HULU’s ‘The Dropout’. On film, he starred in the indie drama ‘20 Weeks’ and has been seen in Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Visitor’,  Nia Vardalos’ ‘I Hate Valentines Day’, Amy Heckerling’s ‘VAMPS’,  ‘Jane Wants a Boyfriend’, ‘Big Words’, among others.  Currently Amir has been starring in a satirical Butterfinger commercial campaign running for the past four years.

On stage, he’s performed in New York, around the country, and internationally with world premieres at New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theatre, The Signature, MCC, LAByrinth, Waterwell, Yale Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington, The Shakespeare Theatre, the RSC & more.

Amir is the Emmy Award winning host of the NBC/Telemundo special “Clear The Shelters” helping 161,000 rescue pets nationwide get adopted. He recently sold, is executive producing, and hosting his own talk show ‘The Reel Ones with Amir Arison’ for Reach TV and Lightbeam TV. Amir is also the award winning director of ‘Fortress’ and Angelight Films’ ‘Tati’s Fashion Show’. He is currently between filming the Apple TV Limited Series “Sinking Spring” from Ridley Scott & Peter Craig.

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