The beginning of Jenn Pinto

As you look into my world from the outside, my life to you is a dream come true, a life some wish they had. A life where everything is GOOD. Just living the life of fame as I work my way up. From album release parties to movie premiere's to you I'm so lucky.... As MTV Diary would say....You think you know.... but you have NO IDEA. Step into the journey of a true hustler. The Most Known Unknown Actress...Jenn Pinto

My career began at the age of 13. I was set on making my dreams of becoming a famous actress come true. Little did I know how long and hard the road to success was going to be...

7thGrade
"Auditions for Broadway Musical A Christmas Carol. Looking for Actors, Dancers and Singers". As I read the casting post on the bulletin board at my school I thought to myself "hhmm I know how to dance..and I'm sure I can act, singing? Nah" Now at this point I was so ignorant to castings and auditions. But I knew there was something in me that drove me to this casting. With only two of the three talents in hand that they were looking for, I walked into the audition with full confidence. As I walked in there were hundreds of kids lined up with their parents. I noticed each of them had pictures in their hand. The pictures looked very professional. My confidence level began to die down as I noticed I was not as prepared as the rest of the kids. I waited patiently on the line with my dad, as I got closer to the audition room my nerves began to kick in. My stomach began feeling funny. I had that undeniable feeling like I was going to vomit. "Oh my god what am I going to do, I'm next! God please make it go away, make it go away!!" I said to myself in my head. My heart began racing, I felt as if I could see it beating through my shirt. "Next" the women called. "Good luck" my dad said. I walked into a big empty white room with a piano, a camera in the corner and a desk with four people sitting behind it. "May we have your headshot and resume". A headshot and resume?! What the fuck is that! I said to myself. "Uhm actually this is my very 1st audition, so I don't have one but I can get one...and uhm bring it to you next time". The four people just looked at me completely unamused despite how cute I was trying to be. "Ok Jennifer please stand by the X on the floor, slate your name, age and name of the song will you be singing for us today". Singing!!!!!!! I thought I was going to dance and act, I can't sing!!! I didn't know what to do, I was not prepared to sing. I thought I could breeze through the acting and dancing and then they wouldn't even bother with the singing. Boy was I wrong! Think Jennifer! Think! What do I tell them, I already looked bad without the headshot and resume they asked for. Fuck it I could only be honest only because I couldn't come up with a good excuse fast enough. " Well I wasn't prepared to sing, I came to audition for the acting and dancing". I said in the most sympathetic way possible. "I'm sorry the acting and dancing auditions were earlier this morning. But if you want you can audition for singing, sing whatever you feel comfortable singing" What did I just get myself into I thought to myself. I've never sung in my life. But I had to do it. There was no way I was going to walk out of this audition doing nothing. So I went for it. I sang the shit out of a song from The Little Mermaid movie with my eyes closed. I opened my eyes to see the intrigued expressions in their face. I didn't know what they were thinking so I just smiled. "Thank you Jennifer, would you be able to come back tomorrow" they said. "Yes! Yes!" I yelled. I walked out and hugged my dad. He didn't know what happened but he was just as happy as I was.

Did I book the audition???? Stay tuned to find out.....

Follow you dreams!!!

I went to bed so late last night to wake up very early this morning for the call backs to my short film "My 21st Birthday" that I am casting for. I was so impressed by the actors who were called back. They all did amazing!!!! Thank you so much everyone! This is my first project as a writer, producer and director. I've decided to step aside as an Actress and show the world a different side to me. I have an amazing team behind me in this project. They are all so committed and really believe in this project and I'm so grateful to have them. Today as I watched the actors read with each other I saw the film coming to life and it was the best feeling ever. This short film is based on a true story about my real 21st birthday in which my 2 cousins and brother got stabbed. By the grace of God they survived and are still here till this day. I've been through a lot in my life and decided to write short films on it to inspire the world. Every struggle has molded me into the strong women I am. In the end my goal is to have the power to inspire people to follow their dreams regardless of the set backs. As long as you stay focused and believe in yourself anything is possible. I'm so excited about my first short film, it is the stepping stone to many more :) So for anyone reading this blog post I'm here to tell you NEVER give up on your dreams and NEVER settle. Always set the bar higher each time so you continue to work harder. You only live once so make the best of it!