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Jesmille Darbouze-Smith

Jesmille is an NYC-based actor with professional experience in television, film, and stage. Her Broadway credits include the Tony-nominated play A Doll’s House, directed by Jamie Lloyd, where she played Kristine alongside Jessica Chastain and Arian Moayed; the Tony-nominated play Betrayal, alongside Tom Hiddleston; and the Tony-nominated musical Kiss Me, Kate. Jesmille began her training at New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL, then earned her BFA at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Selected theatre credits include Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Exit the King, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Aida, Nine, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Shout! The Mod Musical. Television/Film: The Man with the Bag, 73rd Annual Tony Awards, Sugar Plum Twist, Puffy, The Mysteries of Laura, A.K.A. Jessica Jones. Member of SAG/AFTRA and AEA.

Departments

Theatre

Education

  • BFA, Drama Carnegie Mellon University

Courses Taught

  • Process and Technique
  • Beginning Scene Study
  • Intermediate Scene Study
  • Advanced Scene Study
  • Special Topics: On-Camera Acting, Business of Acting