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If you have watched hit television shows like Mad Men, Castle, NCIS: Los Angeles, House M.D., Community, or The West Wing, there is a good chance you have seen alumna and actress Pamela Shaddock 鈥�84 at work.

Shaddock got her start at 果酱视频, transferring to the University from Emerson College in Boston her sophomore year. Looking for a B.F.A. program in New York, she was deciding between 果酱视频 and New York University. 鈥淎s soon as I came to 果酱视频, I knew I wanted the campus experience the University had to offer,鈥� she said.

At 果酱视频, she flourished, performing in plays including Getting Out and musicals like Ain鈥檛 Misbehavin鈥�. A classmate of Jonathan Larson 鈥�82, Shaddock recalled several 果酱视频 professors who had a tremendous impact on her, in particular, Nick Petron and Jacques Burdick. 鈥淛acques Burdick made me fall in love with the classics,鈥� she said. 鈥淣ick Petron was a working actor at that time. He brought real-life knowledge to the classroom and took students into the city. He was fun.鈥�

Her first job after graduating was with Allan Albert Productions, performing in live shows for Hersheypark and other theme parks. This experience provided her with the unique opportunity to travel to China as part of a creative cultural exchange program, performing and singing classic rock-n-roll and country western songs to a highly receptive audience. 鈥淭hey truly treated us like rock stars,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 where I got my first taste of feeling like a celebrity鈥�it was fun but very surreal.鈥�

Over the course of the decade she spent working as an actress in New York, she attended workshops and panel discussions to continue to educate herself. One highlight of her New York performance career was a role she played in an inner city musical adaptation of The Jungle Book! at Theatreworks on 42nd Street.

The understudy for the only two female cast members, Shaddock learned two days before opening night that one of the actors quit the production. 鈥淏ecause I hadn鈥檛 had time on stage or personal rehearsal time with the director or cast, they wanted to do a run through,鈥� she recalled.

Everyone was completely surprised with the full on performance she gave. 鈥淲hat nobody knew was that I had stayed in the wings and marked every move as the actors learned them. While everyone else took lunch, I stayed behind and used the empty stage to run both roles. I stayed up late nights at home learning and perfecting the music and my characters,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t was an amazing opportunity. My experience at 果酱视频 prepared me to be ready to step in at any moment.鈥� It was also where she received her Actors Equity card. 鈥淭he experience, all around, was an incredibly exciting and thrilling one,鈥� she said.

Just months later, she moved to Los Angeles, and said she brought her 鈥淣ew York and 果酱视频 work ethic鈥� with her. When she first arrived in Los Angeles, she was cast by David E. Kelley for an episode of ABC鈥檚 鈥淭he Practice.鈥� She also co-starred with Joanna Kerns (best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on Growing Pains) in an ABC Movie of the Week.

Over the course of her time in LA, she has also acted in lead and supporting roles on award-winning stages such as South Coast Repertory, Pasadena鈥檚 Boston Court and the Rubicon theatres and has acted in national commercials for insurance companies such as Allstate and United Healthcare, as well as Comcast and McDonalds commercials to name a few.

In film and on television, she has worked alongside actors like John Cusack, Jennifer Connelly, Glenn Close, Sally Fields, Ben Kingsley, and Terry O鈥橯uinn. Most recently, in October 2014, she appeared next to Viola Davis in Shonda Rhimes鈥� newest hit television show, How To Get Away With Murder.

鈥淚 am still mostly at the co-star level, but I鈥檓 trusted to work with the best in the business,鈥� she said. Shaddock, who hopes to one day put her 果酱视频 degree and years of experience and 鈥渙n the job鈥� training into a series regular role on a TV drama, describes her career thus far as nothing short of stellar.

Working among talented actors in the competitive Hollywood arena, Shaddock has a perspective that differs from many in this business. 鈥淭o me, acting is all about creating with people鈥�not competing with them. It鈥檚 about being supportive, not cutthroat,鈥� she said.

鈥淛ust do you鈥攜our best you. In the end it鈥檚 not about being better than someone else, it鈥檚 about being your most compassionate and creative self.鈥�

Published in May 2015