Stacey Todd

Stacey began performing live onstage at two and a half years old at Yamaha Musical School in Tacoma, Washington. Stacey accomplished this fete and graduated to Piano II. At three years old she got cast as an Angel#1 in a Christmas play at a local house of worship, rendering her clarity of a love of live performance art. Stacey and her family took her to Disneyland where she realized her love for performance art; she asked to go to a summer camp that taught stage theatre and improv. She asked her councilors what she could do to prepare for a life as a Hollywood actor. There she was told to get performance training, anyway she could. So in the fall of 1983 she began ballet training at Jan Collin's School of Classical Ballet. She was cast in the yearly Nutcracker at The Pantages Theatre, in downtown Tacoma, Washington, by far overreaching her role as Angel the year before. In the spring of 1983 she got cast in Puss N'Boots. In 1984 Stacey, having a keen interest in story telling, entered a state wide writing contest, which had something Stacey yearned for her entire life, "The winner will get to be on TV". So she studied and won the contest winning first prize above kids five years older than her. Stacey held the title of being the youngest published author in Washington State. Winning that contest gave her a chance to be awarded live on TV and was asked to give an impromptu acceptance speech. Stacey won the next year as well. So two years in a row, she got the same awards, and knew the drill. Stacey was again awarded on live TV and granted a free public TV commercial airing locally. With two commercials and two live impromptu speeches on TV Stacey knew her destiny would manifest in the performing arts.

Following this big TV and writing push, her dad; Walt Todd, moved her to Dallas/Ft. Worth to begin amateur modeling, on camera acting, competition gymnastics, competition dance and competition swim team in the summer, the beginning of her love for ANY extra curriculum she was allowed to take. Stacey also signed with her first entertainment management team in 1989. Right away Stacey began On Camera Acting Technique classes with one of her dance instructors, Shelia. Shelia had her own TV show, similar to most night news TV shows. Shelia taught the kids in her class by getting them picture/resumes, slating, showing up to interviews with all sides memorized and all the fundamentals a green on camera actor needs. Stacey got her first modeling gig for JC Penny catalog and runway show in 1989. Stacey's second job landed her first brand campaign with Marithé François Girbaud the hottest jean company at the time. Her first brand campaign was equal to having influencer status RN. She was also a regular model in a weekly kid themed news paper inside the Ft. Worth Star Telegram. The All-New Mickey Mouse Club was doing a nation wide talent search of kids with acting, singing and dance backgrounds for 1989's The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. Sadly her mother and father did not have the means to allow her to attend the call back in Los Angeles. In 1990 all the girls on her dance team got to audition for The All-New Mickey Mouse Club and again Stacey was the only kid that got the LA call back and was unable to attend. However, this motivated her manager to get her a dance, a solo singing and separate acting auditions for Star Search and other up and coming competition improv TV shows. Again because the call backs were in LA, Stacey was unable to attend. With Stacey's luck of landing principle roles on Gorilla style improv TV and kid themed Saturday Night Live'esque TV shows, her management stepped up their game and made three PILOTS 1991-1992. These PILOT's involved her competition dance team, competition gymnastics team and her SUMMER competition swim team. Stacey went to state four summers in a row with the same relay team in: the 200 Medley, the 200 Free and the 400 free. The swim team PILOT showed the American dream of "If you work hard, hard work is rewarded." Because all four young women attained the title of All American Automatic at just fourteen years old, an honor usually bestowed onto high school student athlete's.

Eventually, after graduating high school with her high school diploma, she made her way through Marymount California University with an Associates of Art diploma, a degree in Theatre/philosophy. Then onto Loyola Marymount University for a Bachelor of Art's degree in Theatre and minor in philosophy.

After Stacey's BA graduation her father moved to LA and they began their own company in 2010 called Sunrise Studios. They threw themselves into producing art in the mediums of stained glass panels, publishing books, doing all sorts of fun collage's with crystals glued etc... onto them. In the spring of 2014 her dad bought her a film camera for her birthday and said, "Document the fuck outta your life!" Together they have put out eight short films and one Feature film. Their second feature film will go out this year with two or more shorts coming soon. (YouTube channel is undergoing renovations.) You can purchase My Pack; Burney the Hollywood Puppy at: at google search. The Studio at: at google search. Secrets of the Pacific (a book of poetry) at google search.

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After 2023 she Stacey lived happily ever after with her rescue dogs and family.