Acting Tips with Tamika Simpkins: Get Your Questions Answered!

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Acting Tips with Tamika Simpkins: Get Your Questions Answered!

Tamika Simpkins - Actor / SAG-AFTRA Foundation Staff

Friday, January 14, 2022

Begins at 1:00 PM PST | 4:00 PM EST

1:00 PM PST | 4:00 PM EST

Thursday, January 13, 2022



In these weekly, one-hour live Zoom sessions, working actor and SAG AFTRA Foundation staff member Tamika Simpkins dives deeper into questions about actors’ professional pursuits. This live program will mainly address the topics of that week’s Small Group Sessions, and members are encouraged to bring their specific questions to discuss.

Please note that members are highly encouraged to attend Small Group Sessions before coming to this program.  The Small Group Sessions preceding this program are: 

Tuesday, January 4th: Representation

Wednesday, January 5th: The Audition

Thursday, January 6th: Headshots

Tuesday January 11th: Self Tapes/Remote Auditions

Wednesday January 12th: Money Management

Thursday January 13th: Resumes

Tamika Simpkins' bio:

Philadelphia-born Tamika Simpkins is a television, theatre and voiceover actress inching through a journey filled with purpose and wonderment. She relocated on a whim to Los Angeles to pursue her creative aspirations after losing a bet to a friend. Tamika has performed in regional theaters in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play DOUBT and in DEATH AND THE KING'S HORSEMAN. Her on-screen credits include GRACE & FRANKIE, DISPATCHES FROM ELSEWHERE, NCIS, SOUTHLAND and THE WIRE to name a few. Her love of storytelling has included voiceover performances in audiobooks for independent authors on Audible, video games, commercials, PSAs and most recently, Marvel’s BLACK PANTHER: WAR FOR WAKANDA video game. 

In addition to honing her craft working in front of the camera, Tamika has also worked behind the camera and has written, produced, and edited several independent film and media projects. For a few years, she was also a Commercial Casting Associate in her hometown. She also holds a double major Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and African-American Studies and has worked over two decades in the tech industry with artists and entrepreneurs and major corporations such as Warner Bros Studios and Clear Channel Radio.