SWEET SURRENDER

Eliza Agudelo

Hunter

Eliza Agudelo was born in Medellin, Colombia and soon after left with her parents and older sister to have  a new life in Florida. She studied journalism and photography at Florida International University, but then realized her passion was acting. She soon moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams. She since then has perfected her craft in classes with Ivana Chubbuck and John Sudol Studios as well as in front of the camera in shorts and Indie films. Her writing passion was reborn when she started writing her own scripts so she can be the lead and also found directing to be very fulfilling. She is working with a great group to continue creating content that will have them rise in the industry, moving on to full features.

Nick Somers

Producer, Cinematographer

Maryland native Nick Somers has quickly become a familiar face in the Los Angeles film world. He started acting in community theatre productions at the age of 8 and has been involved in over 30 productions, accumulating numerous film and  TV credits since relocating to Los Angeles in 2001, including “LA Forensics” and “Hidden Hills.”  As a versatile actor, Nick brings a ton of life experience to each performance, pulled from his eclectic work history as a humane officer, volunteer with the police department,  EMT with the fire department,  LAPD crisis responder, Red Cross disaster responder, professional musician, DJ, recording studio engineer, professional photographer, and cancer survivor!  When he's not in front of the camera, he's busy producing, and working behind the camera in various crew positions.

Brandon Heitkamp

Jason

Brandon Heitkamp is an actor/producer based in Los Angeles. He has recently finished producing his first feature "Wingman Inc." and is producing multiple films now. Currently moving on to produce and star in another feature film called "The Last Outpost". He is from Fargo, North Dakota originally, and moved to California in 2008.

Julia Rees

Charlotte

Julia is an actress, writer and producer from Germany and moved to LA in 2009. Her career has taken her all over Europe and the US. ​In July 2011 Julia successfully completed a 2 year full time program at the very prestigious Stella Adler Academy in Hollywood. Besides acting and hosting, Julia is also a professional bartender and works at big award shows and events. She has a business degree and she helps foreigners to have an easier start in LA.

Adam Michael Rose

Joseph

Adam is originally from Baltimore, and came to LA via NYC. He can be seen on screen in countless shorts, web series, and the indie. feature The Kitchen (starring Laura Prepon and Bryan Greenberg). In NY, Adam appeared Off-Broadway (Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row), Off-Off Broadway, and in a handful of national tours. He was also seen regularly on both All My Children and One Life To Live. Adam is also a dialect coach and accent reduction teacher (www.amraccents.com)

Tammy Kaitz

Janice

Tammy Kaitz recently shot a lead in the feature The Bone Garden (her first venture into Horror Films!) currently in post production. She has worked for years as an actress on TV, commercials (was the face of Lyrica), and stage (favorite play’s - The Baby Dance and Infinite Black Suitcase). She also recently shot two webisodes Split and The Ploy. Go to www.tammykaitz.com to see a complete list of her work.

Tammy is also the proud mother of two.  Since her son’s remission of cancer, Tammy has helped to raise lots of money for Pediatric Cancer Research and The Teen Impact program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Rolando Madrigal

David

Paolo Pagliacolo

Connor

Paolo Pagliacolo has worked in Theatre, film and television. His most recent role was in the feature film "The Archive".

Joseph Culliton

Greg

Joseph Culliton is a third generation American actor. He has had the privilege of acting with many legendary names in his profession. As the "Credit Director" in Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" he has a scene opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. His first job in motion pictures was in "Cahill, U.S. Marshall" starring John Wayne, who personally guided Joseph through his first days on a movie set. As a young man in the theatre, Joseph played opposite Richard Chamberlain, James Earl Jones, Van Johnson, Cesar Romero, Martha Raye, Allan Jones, and Joseph Cotten with whom he toured for three seasons. While pursuing a career in New York, Culliton appeared on Broadway in "South Pacific," George Abbott's "Broadway," and Gore Vidal's "The Best Man." Off-Broadway, he acted with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen in the New York Shakespeare Festival's "Julius Caesar."

Terrence Taylor

Bob

Born in Ohio yet raised in Kentucky and Germany; Terrence Taylor has the perfect Southern Californian accent.
This SAG-AFTRA member is honored and proud to be a part of the cast/crew for Eliza Agudelo/Aolhany Productions short film, Sweet Surrender. Terrence has at studied at: The Groundlings, Brian Reise Acting Studios, The Actors Creative Workshop and VoiceTrax West. Taking a step towards the dramatic, Terrence has been cast as a special-ops soldier in the Sci-Fy project, VEER by Somnigram Studios.  He is also busy writing season 2 of his hilarious yet quirky webseries, FammGlamm which can be seen on FunnyOrDie.com and YouTube.com.  He has joined a group of talented artists at Nvisionate Studios who's mission is to make films that they love and will submit to national and international film festivals.

Kerith Elizabeth Henderson

Staci

A native of Los Angeles, Kerith was introduced to the entertainment industry at birth, due to her parents' professions. Her mother, a celebrated food and travel write and expert, has been published over a thousand times. Her father, a session musician, has played industry legends including her godparents Stevie Wonder and the late Minnie Riperton. Opening her own boutique public relations firm in 2005, Quintessential.PR, Kerith specializes in media placement, marketing, media training, goodie bag coordination, sponsorship, product placement, celebrity wrangling and event production.

Jessica Marie Taylor

Jennifer

Jessica is a multi-talented Screen Actor's Guild member who has been apart of the entertainment industry most of her life. First breaking through with Print work and before long booking national commercials, she eventually earned her first film role as the all-American girl Marcia Brady. An actual LA native, Jessica graduated from UCLA's prestigious School of Theater, Film, and Television and is privileged to have worked alongside some of Hollywood and Broadway's hottest stars, including Adam Brody, Danny Bonaduce, Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, Shirley Jones, Richard Sherman and many others.

Melissa Brownell

Sofia

Melissa Brownell, born in Southern California, is successfully building a career with diversity between modeling, acting and singing. Melissa is a self taught musician, at the age of nine she found interest in the piano. Later on that year picked up a acoustic guitar, and learned her vocal range from Choir leader, Francine. In early 2008, Melissa was scouted by Casablanca Modeling School. After finishing the class at Casablanca, Brownell had never really thought of Modeling until September 2010. Melissa was apart of this agency for a good year and a half until her talent was recognized by talent scout, Angelina of the International Performing Arts at Los Angeles Center Studio in early 2011. Since graduating her acting school, Melissa has been in various films and a 2013 Television Show Pilot.

Thomas Andrew Morgan

Composer

Singer-songwriter MORGAN’s debut EP “West Coast Hearts” was released in mid-2013 on Not Dead Yet Records. It is an eclectic collection of alt-country and Americana tunes, currently getting airplay on a host of internet and broadband radio stations. He recently penned three original pieces—two songs and an instrumental—for the forthcoming indie short film Sweet Surrender. His debut full-length CD, “The Red Wine Diaries” is set to drop in January, 2014. Originally hailing from the Northeast, Morgan’s been a Southern California fixture for nearly two decades. He’s the principal at ChesterfieldWest, an entertainment and music publishing start-up. He wrote his first song as a teenager and has since published stories, poetry, and feature articles at various publications over the years.  An avid photographer, he lives in Toluca Lake, California, and continues to write and record music for a several projects including his bands Mariposa Street and the Lo-Fi Heroes.