Acting Resume

1. NANCY S. LYONS
P.O. Box 230872 • Boston, MA 02123-0872
Cell (617) 999-0735 • Fax (425) 920-7412 • E-mail: nancysl@alumnae.smith.edu
OBJECTIVE
Actor
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Acted in major motion pictures, operas, and theater.
• Extensive music background.
• Great honesty and integrity; can subordinate own desires to promote greater good.
• Interacted with political officials at highest level.
RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ACTING
• Performed as scholar in the British Museum and at Oxford for movie, Pink Panther 2, starring
Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Jeremy Irons, and Andy Garcia.
• Performed as museum visitor for movie, Maiden Heist, starring Morgan Freeman and
Christopher Walken.
• Performed as politician and fan for television pilot, See Kate Run, starring Amy Smart and
Marc Bulcas
• Performed as pedestrian for movie, Edge of Darkness, starring Mel Gibson.
• Performed as fan for movie, This Side of the Truth, starring Rob Lowe and Jennifer Garner.
• Performed as pedestrian for movie, Bachelor II, starring Kate Hudson and Dane Cook.
• Performed as fan for Adidas television commercial with Kevin Garnett.
• Appeared on actors’ roster of Humanize the Web, producers of web-based videos.
• First soprano, New York Grand Opera Chorus. Acted and sang in fully staged versions of
Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci in Central Park.
• Acted and sang in chorus of fully staged Harvard undergraduate production of Bellini’s I
Capuletti e Montecchi.
MUSIC
• First soprano, Oratorio Society of New York. Performed at Columbia University Bicentennial
Gala at Metropolitan Opera House. Usual performance location: Carnegie Hall.
• First soprano, New England Conservatory Alumni Chorus (although not alumna). Performed
Mahler Symphony No. 2 with Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa and Claudio
Abbado.

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RESEARCH
• Submitted news leads to CBS’ 60 Minutes, resulting in their running related story.
• Searched and analyzed medical journal articles of personal interest on following topics:
phentermine/fenfluramine, fatty acids, heart attacks, herbs. Communicated findings to
physicians and ABC’s 20/20, resulting in ABC’s modification of news story.
• Analyzed government contract listings and other documents for trends, resulting in list of
targeted companies for National Economic Conversion Project.
INTERVIEWING
• Screened prospective consultants for National Economic Conversion Project, thus forming
roster.
• Interviewed psychiatric patients for reliability study at West Haven Veterans Administration
Hospital—my perceptions judged reliable.
• Designed questionnaires for defense contractors, trusts and estates clients at Ropes & Gray, and
ESL students at Somerville High School.
SPEAKING
• Solved computer technical support problems by telephone at Wang Laboratories.
• Taught English As A Second Language at Somerville High School.
WRITING
• Documented political events of past twelve years.
• Co-authored published article on computerized statistical test at West Haven Veterans
Administration Hospital. See Educational and Psychological Measurement, volume 42,
Number 1, pages 209-213.
• Wrote press releases for Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.
WORK HISTORY
Actor STILL SINGLE PRODUCTIONS, INC.; PANTHER FILM PRODUCTIONS,
US; LONELY MAIDEN PRODUCTIONS; TRUTH PRODUCTIONS, LLC;
SMUGGLER PRODUCTIONS; FTP PRODUCTIONS; EDGE OF DARK-
NESS, LLC; and HUMANIZE THE WEB, Beverly, MA
Consultant U.S. GOVERNMENT, Washington, DC
President and Founder NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONVERSION PROJECT, Swampscott, MA
EDUCATION
B.A. Smith College, Northampton, MA. Major: psych; minors: music, chem., math
Graduate courses in psychology, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Beginner Acting/Improv. class with Peter Berkrot, Boston Casting, Boston, MA
Voice lessons with Daniel Sullivan, Brookline, MA; Marion Harvey, Philadelphia Musical
Academy; and Gretchen d’Armand, Smith College, Northampton, MA