Stephanie Waters
Actor-Singer. The Creative Edge.
Stephanie’s creative career has spanned varying roles…
She started as an actor-singer with her first professional job at age 12. This path led her to distinctions including becoming a Helen Hayes nominee for Best Actress in a Musical at age 15, National YoungArts Foundation Awardee, American Academy of Achievement Student Honoree and White House Presidential Scholar in the Arts. From there she went on to play Cosette in the Broadway and National Touring companies of Les Miserables. After time spent in LA , she transferred her stage skills to film/tv and worked on shows like FX's The Spook who Sat by the Door (Doris Burke, pilot episode), Wonder Woman 1984 and HBO's Game Change. Stephanie is both a member of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors' Guild.
As an arts educator, her work ranged from one-on-one acting/voice coaching to innovative interdisciplinary workshops presented from New York City to Washington DC/Baltimore, Birmingham and New Orleans.
As an arts activist, she used her role as Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees' Programs Committee for the National YoungArts Foundation to advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration across artistic platforms for the gifted young artists chosen for this prestigious program. She also added her voice to the Board of the Columbia Festival of the Arts, and as the inaugural President of the YoungArts Alumni Association and as the Arts Liaison to the White House Presidential Scholars Foundation.
As an arts executive, she worked with international sculptor John Henry on a public art initiative aimed at creating the largest and first ever interactive sculpture as part of a dynamic art and economic development initiative converging individuals and organizations at the intersection of art, business, politics and technology.
As a corporate consultant, she served as the strategic liaison linking creative and business strategy at creative services agency, BellaRose Associates. There she delivered performance driven and audience centric creative solutions for clients such as Audi, Hilton Hotels, Choice Hotels, AstraZeneca and Constellation Energy.
She currently resides in Maryland and relishes her role as Wife and Mom to her three children.