Gillien Goll

Born: None

Gillien Goll is a talented actress who can portray serious roles as well as comedic roles. She has been compared to Lily Tomlin and Imogene Coca. Gillien has appeared on television, film and off-Broadway. Gillien Goll has been teaching acting for over twenty years – since 2001, at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), where she teaches Acting for Film & TV. She has also taught at Fordham University (Senior Audition), Piero Dusa Acting Conservatory (Monologues), Total Theatre Lab (Acting Technique, Scene and Monologue study), The Centaur Stage (Acting Technique, Scene and Monologue Study) Bob Collier’s (Commercials), and Berkley Productions (Voice-Overs). She was brought to Halifax, Nova Scotia, by ACTRA (the Canadian Film/Television Actors union) in Halifax, Nova Scotia to teach a workshop there, and served as on set acting coach/actors’ director for the web series “America 2049.” She continues to teach and coach privately. Students have appeared on Broadway, national tour, film, television, and commercials. She was a casting assistant on several TV pilots and cast an independent film for PBS. She also teaches public speaking and presentation techniques. As an actor, her TV credits include: The Onion, “Saturday Night Live,” “Sex & the City,” “The Sopranos,” “Chappelle's Show,” “Late Night with Conan O' Brien,” “100 Centre Street,” “All My Children,” TV pilot “Crisis Point,” “The Stephanie Miller Show,” and various commercials. Film credits: Hungry Years, Seize the Day, Looking Up, The Sun & the Moon, Family in the Way, She Devil. Theatre credits: The Circle Repertory, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center, La MaMa, Theatre for the New City, as well as many off-off Broadway theatres. She appeared in Peculiar Works Project’s Obie Winning Off Stage: The West Village Fragments, and in Robert Heide’s one woman play, Hector. She is the Artistic Director of The Centaur Stage, a non-profit NYC theatre company (director, writer, actor, producer). She wrote a show that was optioned for Off-Broadway and was writer/story editor for Linda Yellen Productions (film/TV). Hosted nationally syndicated radio show, “Steppin’ Out.” She has an M.A .in Directing from Hunter College, where she studied with Harold Clurman & Lloyd Richards and a BA from Barnard College.


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Seize the Day

as Receptionist
Released: 1986-09-09

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job,...

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Hungry Years

as Margaret
Released: 2009-12-12

After a sudden breakup, nutritionist Ellen embarks on a quixotic journey to find meaning outside...

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Looking Up

as Ann Reeny
Released: 1977-05-15

Family secrets are revealed as three generations of a middle-class New York Jewish family come...

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The Sopranos

as Guest
First aired: 1999-01-10

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he...

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Sex and the City

as Sad Woman
First aired: 1998-06-06

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best...

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E/R

as Woman
First aired: 1984-09-16

E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long...

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Chappelle's Show

as Therapist Judy
First aired: 2003-01-22

Dave Chappelle's singular point of view is unleashed through a combination of laidback stand-up...

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100 Centre Street

as Helen
First aired: 2001-01-15

100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin,...

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