Known to many as their former choir director/music teacher who sang professional opera, Canadian born Jamaican bred Sheryl Carbonell is also a Regional Theatre, Commercial, Film and Television Actor, a Vocal and Piano Teacher for actors and artists and a confessed gym addict.

 

With over 20 years teaching and performing experience, Sheryl's opera credits include 'The Magic Flute' as the Third Spirit. Her favourite regional theatre credits include being the understudy who performed Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' as Cleopatra opposite Micheal Dorn of Star Trek, Rose Maxson in August Wilson’s Fences, opposite Johnny Lee Davenport, which earned her a nomination for best actress in the Orlando Sentinel, and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as Calpurnia at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, reviewed by Terry Teachout in the Wall Street Journal.

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Her theatre experiences led to booking

TV and Film credits:

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Streaming now, you can catch Sheryl as Jamaican School Teacher, Ms Kandi on HBO Max in Issa Rae's new hit series 'Rap Sh!t',

on Lifetime as level-headed, grounded-and-not-afraid-to-speak-up Dinah in 'Nightmare PTA Moms',

and on Lifetime Movie Network as the sporty-tough-and-won’t-back-down-beach-volleyball Coach Jaden in 'Deadly Excursion Kidnapped From the Beach'.

 

Her favourite indie film credit was playing Robert LaSardo’s loving wife in indie film, 'Riviera'. 

Watch it here: Riviera the Movie

 

When Sheryl is not acting,

she teaches artists and actors how to use their voice for stage and screen,

and how to turn auditions into a 'Yes'!!

 

In addition to acting,

Sheryl is a classically trained singer.

Blues, gospel, pop and a smidge of country

are part of her musical canon. 

 

Sheryl also wrote, produced and directed her first set of documentaries,

'The Power of Creativity',

to encourage other artists by sharing stories of brave, creative women who use art to overcome challenges in life. 

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