Forbes Staff

Agent Shelby Schenkman is the first-ever female audio agent at UTA, working on deals for buzzy podcasts like “Normal Gossip,” “Pretty Basic,” and “The Murdaugh Murders Podcast.” Recently, she temporarily relocated to

In 2021, Emily Ruhl made her producing, directorial, and writing debut with the short film, “Blue Moon.” Since then, she’s launched her own production company, Public School Pictures, where she’s been developing

Now a producer and executive overseeing film and TV development at production house Street Entertainment, Michael Ritter first started making movies as a freshman in high school, when he was just 14.

After making her Broadway debut at 11 years old, playing Young Nala in “The Lion King,” actor Lexi Underwood became known for roles in Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere,” Showtime’s “The First Lady,”

Gabe Kunda discovered his knack for voice acting by accident: In high school, the self-described class clown wanted to embellish his read-aloud assignment. The class erupted in laughter, and he’s since taken

Stand-up comedian Matt Rife had been performing in small clubs for nearly a decade, but one viral clip on TikTok changed the trajectory of his career. He now has nearly 17 million

A self-described “ham” who grew up dancing, Haley Lu Richardson booked her first acting gig on the Disney channel in 2013. She went on to star in a series of independent hits

Please Don’t Destroy is a sketch comedy group — composed of Ben Marshall, Martin Herlihy, and John Higgins — that first formed in 2017. Together, they write and star in frequently viral

As a creative executive at Netflix on the Spectacle Original Series Content Team, Jason Pan sees it as his responsibility to support as many Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) storytellers as possible.

Jenna Ortega has been acting since she was a child: She got her start as a young Jane in the CW’s hit telenovela “Jane the Virgin.” Though she has since said those