Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot: STEFANI PAIGE
Who's who in Tennessee theater? Sometimes, without a program in your hand, it's difficult to know who's playing whom-hence, our newest feature: Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot...featuring some of the Volunteer State's best-known-or soon-to-be-known-thespians. And have you ever wondered who the amazing photographers are who make them look damn good?
Today's actor/subject/model is the gorgeous and talented Stefani Paige, photographed by Nora Canfield (you can find her via her website at www.msdigphotography.com.
Stefani has been a film actress in Nashville for the last three years, and has appeared in music videos with Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan, and has appeared in film and television roles, alongside such people such as Sam Shepard, Carey Elwes and Joy Lauren Adams.
Among Stefani's favorite stage-roles include Meg in Leading Leadies, Penelope Toop in See How They Run, Sharon Kensington in Career and Julia in Pride's Crossing. She was a 2012 finalist for the Irene Ryan Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
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