Jaclyn Sokol grew up on Long Island, a mixed breed, raised by her (Puerto Rican) Mom and Dad (of Eastern European Jewish descent) who were both bred in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint tumbling in gymnastics and trapeze stunts, she uncovered a talent and passion for singing. Jaclyn was doing a lot of general "performing" when she started to take her craft quite seriously, at age 10, and BEGGED her parents to let her attend Stagedoor Manor performing arts training camp. They acquiesced, which is a theme of how she got here today. They also allowed her to go to performing arts high school (now the LI High School of Performing Arts) where she learned how much acting fit in perfectly with her other passion for human psychology and the nature of behavior.
"I just fucking LOVE people." says Jaclyn quite frequently, when they aren't pissing her off. So it makes perfect sense she'd want to jump into exploring and becoming others.
Jaclyn later attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she spent 3 years studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre/Film/TV institute and later the Stonestreet Film and Television program. She spent years after college doing theatre in NYC with various companies and more recently decided she loves the theatre, but wants to do more on camera work too. So... she has been shifting gears.
Jaclyn feels that continuing her studies is of the utmost importance when she's not working in order to challenge herself to be the best actress she can possibly be. Over the years she continued her training taking classes with many casting directors and great teachers including Anthony Abeson, Kimberly Vaughn, Josh Pais, Sheri Sanders, Heidi Marshall, Charles Goforth, Nikki Flax, and the fierce improvisers at The PIT.
I've been told I have "a quirkiness" reminiscent of Meg Ryan and bear likeness to Mandy Moore, Jessica Biel, and Piper Perabo, but really I'm just me!
I've also been told I "haaaaave to be on Criminal Minds."
I LOVE.....
Different Cultural Experiences: Over the recent years I have had the honor and privilege to travel internationally to....India, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Israel, Italy, France, Turkey, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, England, Costa Rica, The Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and more!
Holistic Health & Healing: I took a break from acting after college to devote myself to studying energy medicine which includes Traditional Chinese Medicine, psychology, western physiology, ayurveda, physics, metaphysics, philosophy, kinesiology, and more. I practice using a system called BodyTalk. Check out my healing website: www.BodyTalkNYC.com
DOGS!
"I just fucking LOVE people." says Jaclyn quite frequently, when they aren't pissing her off. So it makes perfect sense she'd want to jump into exploring and becoming others.
Jaclyn later attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she spent 3 years studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre/Film/TV institute and later the Stonestreet Film and Television program. She spent years after college doing theatre in NYC with various companies and more recently decided she loves the theatre, but wants to do more on camera work too. So... she has been shifting gears.
Jaclyn feels that continuing her studies is of the utmost importance when she's not working in order to challenge herself to be the best actress she can possibly be. Over the years she continued her training taking classes with many casting directors and great teachers including Anthony Abeson, Kimberly Vaughn, Josh Pais, Sheri Sanders, Heidi Marshall, Charles Goforth, Nikki Flax, and the fierce improvisers at The PIT.
I've been told I have "a quirkiness" reminiscent of Meg Ryan and bear likeness to Mandy Moore, Jessica Biel, and Piper Perabo, but really I'm just me!
I've also been told I "haaaaave to be on Criminal Minds."
I LOVE.....
Different Cultural Experiences: Over the recent years I have had the honor and privilege to travel internationally to....India, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Israel, Italy, France, Turkey, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, England, Costa Rica, The Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and more!
Holistic Health & Healing: I took a break from acting after college to devote myself to studying energy medicine which includes Traditional Chinese Medicine, psychology, western physiology, ayurveda, physics, metaphysics, philosophy, kinesiology, and more. I practice using a system called BodyTalk. Check out my healing website: www.BodyTalkNYC.com
DOGS!
