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Li Jun Li on That One Audition with Alyshia Ochse

Li Jun Li

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Born in Shanghai, China, Li moved with her family to Bogotá, Colombia at the age of six, and then moved again to New York City at nine years old. Once in NYC, Li’s parents enrolled her in classes to study Chinese Classical Dance and she fell in love with performing on stage. She attended the esteemed LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and State University of New York at Purchase’s Acting Conservatory, further honing her craft. She went on to land roles in dozens of off-Broadway plays, before landing the lead role of Liat in the first Broadway revival of “South Pacific” opposite Matthew Morrison.

Li recently appeared in Sky Italia’s “Devils” (2022) opposite Alessandro Borghi and Patrick Dempsey, as well as in the Netflix Original Series “Wu Assassins” which aired in 2019. Other credits include: “Sex/Life” for Netflix, “Evil” for CBS, “Why Women Kill” for CBS All Access, a series regular role opposite John Cho on FOX’s “The Exorcist” (season two), and a lead role on the FOX series “Minority Report,” amongst others. In 2022, Li was cast in Peacock’s upcoming comedic thriller series “Based on a True Story.” This year, Li Jun Li can be seen starring opposite Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in Academy Award winner Damien Chazelle’s upcoming feature film, “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures).

When Li is not on set, you can find her traveling as she loves to explore the world and learn about other cultures. She is also a dedicated animal activist.


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LI JUN LI’S CREDITS: 
  • Sex/Life
  • Babylon
  • The Exorcist
  • Evil
  • Devils
  • Wu Assassins
  • Quantico
  • Blindspot
  • Billy & Billie
  • Minority Report
  • The Following
  • Damages

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036 Robert Baker on That One Audition with Alyshia Ochse

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Born in Memphis, TN to a guitar player father and an English teacher mother, Robert grew up on a lakeside farm in Eastern Arkansas. Starting out in professional regional theater at age 15, he went on to attend the Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting theater program at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. While performing in numerous school of theater, student, and independent produced plays he began working in television and film during his junior year and continued on through to graduation while producing and performing theater of his own . Robert Baker currently recurs on SUPERGIRL as the comic villain Otis Graves. And recently wrapped recurring arcs on WRECKED, THE SANTA CLARITA DIET and RIVERDALE. He can be seen as legendary Texas ranger “Big Foot” Wallace in the A+E Miniseries TEXAS RISING as well as tragic real-life detective Bryan Ridge in THE DEVIL’S KNOT opposite Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth. His film VIRTUALLY HEROES premiered at Sundance. Other big screen hits include INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL opposite Harrison Ford, LEATHERHEADS opposite George Clooney and OUT OF TIME opposite Denzel Washington as well THE LONE RANGER. On the small screen he is best known for his long recurring arc on GREY’S ANATOMY as ‘Dr. Charles Percy’ and ‘Randal Kusik’ on JUSTIFIED as well as countless roles on shows like Blindspot, The Magicians, Six Feet Under, and Mad Men..


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QUOTES:

“Nobody wants to see what you’ve planned. They want to see you exist.”

“Denzel Washington is never going to say the same thing twice.”

“I really try to make it a little different going in everytime, for your own sake. That’s a real trap, trying to replicate what worked.”

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  • WRITER: Erin McCluskey
  • SOUND DESIGN: Zachary Jameson
  • WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings
  • ASSISTANT: Elle Powell
  • SOCIAL OUTREACH: Bebe Katsenes

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