Beauty Queen Cast

Jocelyn Elyssa

as Alexandria Dean

Jocelyn is a current BFA Actor at Michigan State University. She enjoys performing both on stage and film – her most notable appearances as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Zooey in Broken Reflections, and Alma in Summer and Smoke. She has appeared in several short films and recently as a background performer in the upcoming film “The Five Year Engagement.” Last seen as Ruthie Joad in the Michigan State Theatre Main Stage production of The Grapes of Wrath, Jocelyn has been involved in over 20 productions. In her free time Jocelyn enjoys spending time with her favorite people and delving into the creative world; She is an avid musician, amateur photographer, writer, and frequent patron of the arts.

Paul Hopper

as Ronald “Rhonda” DuPont

Barbara Coven

as Sharon Dean

Cassie Keller

as Naomi DeMartin

Myles Mershman

as Luke / “Lucille Star”

Elliot Carter Cruz

as Nick

Elliot Cruz feels very lucky indeed to have worked on a movie like Beauty Queen. Currently a Sophomore in the BFA Acting Program in the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Elliot was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has no complaints about being a bona fide bubble boy. He enjoys playing guitar, reading more plays than is considered “normal” and writing biographies that make him sound slightly pretentious but still relatable to the common man. This is his first project with the MiCFA (hopefully not his last) and his first time in heels (VERY hopefully his last).

Sebastian Gerstner

as Ben

Carl Harry Carlson

as Doctor Street

Carl is a Michigan-based professional actor. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and Actors Equity Association (AEA). Carl's most recent movie appearances are as Sigourney Weaver's future boyfriend in "Cedar Rapids," as a dignitary visiting a private school who unknowingly gets stoned on marijuana brownies in "HIGH School," and as the federal judge in "The Citizen." Carl's favorite acting job is as a very convincing Santa Claus, a role he has played for a few weeks every year for the last 27 years. Carl holds a B.A. in Theatrical Performance from Oakland University.

Richard D. Jewell

as Pageant MC

Richard is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He has appeared in many feature films, two television shows, stage productions, and numerous commercials. He has co-written two screenplays, and produced and distributed one feature film.
Richard currently serves as Academic Development for Michigan Media Educational Institute. He recently retired from the State of Michigan where he served as the Workforce Development Manager of the Michigan Film Office for two years. For the previous 26 years he was the Chief Criminal Investigator for the State of Michigan Racing Commissioner. He holds a graduate degree in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University where he served as adjunct faculty in The School of Criminal Justice from 1987 to 1999. During this time he traveled to the Ukraine on behalf of the University working with the Constitutional Democracy exchange program. For his efforts he was awarded the Ukrainian Order of Excellence. He was only the third American to receive this award.
He is as passionate about helping people reach their dreams as he is reaching for his own.

Josh Carrizales

as Madame MC

Gill Cooper

as Victoria

Gill Cooper is 18 years old and is attending Oakland University as an Acting Major. For the past four years, Gill attended Milford High School where she was extremely active in the both the theatre and vocal music programs. Beauty Queen is the first film that Gill has been a part of.

Angela McAuley

as Michigan’s Perfect Teen

Jaeleen Davis

as Maggie

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