Carolyn Stotesbery is a multifaceted talent, exceling as an actor, writer, producer, and singer. She recently made a guest appearance on ABC's hit show Castle, following her roles in Roadside Attraction's film "Love & Mercy" alongside John Cusack and Elizabeth Banks, and as the love interest to the title character in the TNT action drama "Agent X".
In 2013, Carolyn founded her production company, Big Rock Entertainment, to serve as a platform for her storytelling. She created, wrote, and sold her first pilot, "The Vintage", to E1 & Beacon Pictures. This partnership led to the development of another pilot, "Nightlife", as well as a mini-series based on the play "Carry The World" for FX.
Carolyn will next be seen starring alongside Eric Dane and Natalie Zea in Beacon Pictures' independent thriller "Grey Lady". The film features an original song written and performed by Carolyn, "Carry On", as the end title credit song. She made her screen debut in the 20th Century FOX comedy "Stuck On You", directed by The Farrelly Brothers.
Carolyn has also worked on well-received television shows such as "Glory Daze", "Cold Case", and "Cracking Up", as well as films like the historical drama "Bobby", directed by Emilio Estevez.
Born in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Carolyn was chosen as one out of 400 girls in a Ford Modeling search to represent Beauty in the Midwest during her freshmen year of high school. She was selected to go to New York and featured on CBS, after which Ford placed her in Chicago, where at 15, she lived on her own, working as a model. Carolyn has shot with top photographers Ellen Von Unwerth, Odette Sugarman, Jill Greenberg, and Jeremy Goldberg, and appeared in magazines including Italian Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Glamour.
Carolyn went on to study theater at USC, Cambridge University in England, NYU Tisch Stella Adler Conservatory, and The Imagined Life Theater in Los Angeles, immersing herself in the works of Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, and Chekov. She is an Improv Olympic West Alumni, an Advanced Level UCB member, and also trained at Second City and The Groundlings.
Carolyn is dedicated to making a difference and is greatly interested in women's education and empowerment around the world. She is a member of Step Up For Women, a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting and advancing underprivileged teens and their mothers, as well as a strong supporter of Women In Film.
