Altesa Baker is a Los Angeles-based trained actor and coach, focusing on personal and professional growth.
She is available for hire as a private coach and instructor.
I believe your individuality is your superpower and take pleasure in affirming that as your coach. - Altesa
My Background
My journey as an actor began in college, so I thought. (It turns out I was booked in a diaper commercial at 9 months old and my mom "forgot" to tell me.) Absent that fun fact throughout my child and adult life, the study of acting was a deeply personal choice. I had found something I loved and became voracious in my appetite to learn. This lead me to Grad school where I earned my MFA and also where my personal choice met the professional push into the entertainment industry. It was in school, in the midst of theory and practice, change and challenge, that I grew as a human and artist. It's a path I continue to be grateful for as it has shaped and continues to shape who I am on all levels. My love for the study of acting and it's effectiveness to transform one's life is why I choose to use it's disciplines and craft to help others grow and meet their personal and professional goals.
MFA, Acting
Actor's Studio Drama School, 2002
Teaching Artist
1999-Present
Writer/Producer
2002-Present
Private Coach
2012-Present
Many people lose their sense of identity in the pursuit of an acting career. I teach my clients how to deliver truthful storytelling by embracing their uniqueness and harnessing their strengths and weaknesses. In my years in front and behind the camera as a stage, film and commercial actor, I've learned my greatest asset is me. Your experiences, Your perspective, Your personality... is Your superpower.
Image: “Bud, Not Buddy”, La Mirada Theater.
Ms. Altesa has fun infectious energy that got my son excited about the art of acting.
-Pia S.
