HAIR COLOR: Auburn
EYE COLOR: Brown
VIDEO LINKS (IF ANY): https://vimeo.com/629291641
VOCAL RANGE: (IF ANY): Soprano
UNION AFFILIATION (IF ANY): SAG-AFTRA AEA
BIOGRAPHY:
Cathy Finlay is a seasoned actor who has been in showbiz since the age of 7, the youngest of The Finlay Sisters, a trail-blazing Irish dancing trio in greater Boston. Her sisters eventually quit, but Cathy did not, instead winning scholarships to Emerson College in Boston and Weist Barron in NYC. She went on to train with Herbert Berghof, Tim Phillips, and Austin Pendleton.
Cathy worked steadily in theatre, print and commercials, originating the role of Kate O’Neil in the World Premiere of Ellis Island Stories. She also gained notoriety at Hilton Head Playhouse playing Chris, the feisty (Irish) dancing sister in Dancing At Lughnasa.
Taking time off to raise a family, she’s returned to the industry to focus on film and TV, now playing countless dysfunctional mothers. Several of her films have garnered multiple awards, including Backup Plan (5 wins), Mr. Sam (10 wins) and Naked Ambition (8 wins). Most recently appeared as the overbearing mother-in-law in NY Theater Festival’s production’Discovering Sylvia’.
Cathy is also an accomplished yoga teacher, with adults and children, a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, and a Reiki practitioner. She’s forever grateful to live in NYC, THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD!
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
B.F.A. Dramatic Arts |
Advanced On Camera Technique |
Advanced Scene Study-Film/TV |
Building The Physical Life |
Acting Without Agony |
Advanced Scene Study-Theater |
Advanced Commercial Acting |
Meisner Technique |
Musical Theatre |
Voice |
EMERSON COLLEGE
Bob Krakower
Wendy Makkena
Tim Phillips
On-Camera, Commercial, Drama, Comedy
HB Studio with Carol Rosenfeld, Austin Pendleton, and Herbert Bergof
301 Improv Graduate - Erick Hellwig, Kevin Laibson, and Chris Griggs
Bill Coelius
Joanna Beckson
Susan Slavin Actors and Singers Academy at Carnegie Hall
Richard Lissemore
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Skills
P.I.T. 301 Graduate
Master Yoga Instructor (Certified)
Comedy
Modern, Jazz, Irish Step,
Certified Stress Reduction Group Facilitator
Feldenkreis
Piano
Speed Knitting
Dialects (Irish, Boston, Brooklyn, Southern)
OTHER SKILLS:
NYState Drivers License, us and European passport