Actors Training Academy

Altesa Baker is a Los Angeles-based trained actor, focusing on personal and professional growth through courses and community. 

I believe your individuality is your superpower and take pleasure in affirming that as your coach. - Altesa

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

 
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In my years in front and behind the camera as a stage, film and commercial actor, I've learned my greatest asset is me.  This same is true for you, too. Your experiences, Your perspective, Your  personality... is Your superpower. I walk alongside Educators in the classroom and other industry professionals and help them “process the process” to applying Acting and Theater principles to their lives and work.

Image: “Bud, Not Buddy”, La Mirada Theater.

 
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Ms. Altesa has fun infectious energy that got my son excited about the art of acting.

-Pia S.

 

I'd love to show you how the art of acting can be used to help you grow as an individual and as a professional.