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Best known as an actor, Rosalyn is the director of the award-winning short films "Allergic To Nuts" and "Drawing Angel." Both films have been seen on several TV stationsnationally and in film festivals in the US and around the world. Rosalyn was awarded “Emerging Filmmaker” at the Cine Noir Film Festival in the busy film production city of Wilmington, North Carolina. With over a dozen film directing credits, including "The Last Piece," "Twinkle," "BFF," "Moth To A Flame," and "Driving Fish,"

Rosalyn is slated to direct the feature film “Black Boys Don’t Sew,” written by Craig, with Viola Davis and Julius Tennon attached as Executive Producers. And “Pulpit Playaz,” about two ex-cons who start a church, written by Titus Peoples and Yasha Jackson.

A graduate of Howard University and an MFA from Yale School of Drama, Roz has a keen insight into the actor-director relationship. She is celebrated as an “actor's director.” She served as an on-set acting coach for HBO’s 2nd season of the hit series “In Treatment.” Rosalyn was hired by the prestigious Cinereach Foundation to coach Sundance directors on their sophomore projects, most notably Terrance Nance, creator of HBO’s "Random Acts of Flyness."

With nine Broadway shows to her credit and numerous Film and TV appearances, Rosalyn has acted with Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry, and Tom Cruise. She appeared nightly in the hit Broadway play “To Kill A Mockingbird” and has workshopped and originated parts in numerous plays, including August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, in a role written by August specifically for her.

A teacher for over 30 years, Roz has had the pleasure of teaching students at NYU Tisch, SUNY Purchase, Stone Street Studios, UC Santa Barbara, The Actors Center, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T. MFA program), Actor's Connection, Howard University and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. She has conducted acting workshops at film festivals around the country. Rosalyn’s career spans the entertainment industry.

Rosalyn created Acting In The Digital Age, a platform that helped actors produce online tools that put you them in the running to gain representation and book meaningful jobs. She also created the first of its kind, an online live-in-person, self-tape acting class called Zoom In Acting. Actors learned to use tech and their craft to create transformative self-tapes.

To every actor she works with, Roz brings truth, passion, commitment, and real-world working experience. She was voted Favorite On-Camera Teacher in a Backstage Readers Poll 2 years in a row.

The truth is, “I have been blessed with an accomplished acting career. I have worked on Broadway, in major motion pictures, and on numerous TV shows. I have also directed many short films and started a production company with my husband. I am proud of these achievements and thank God for the opportunities I’ve had to do what I love. “However, the love I have for acting and directing does not compare to how much I love teaching.”

The greatest pleasure for Roz as a teacher is to facilitate the person to reach their humanity. She wants her clients to leave the room knowing their personal power as a base to communicate anything that a human is capable of experiencing.

The passion, commitment, and love Roz offers to every student is transformative. “It’s not a job; it’s a joy.”