― ABOUT ME ―
Courtney Alana Ward, a curly-haired half Italian - and half combo of other white things [Irish/Scottish] - lass, was born and raised in Tampa, Florida. The consistent flow of deranged "Florida Man..." headlines make her beam with pride when answering the question "Where are you from?"!
Courtney's first role was that of “Baby Tiger,” a performance she created at age 3 after watching a Discovery Channel documentary on tigers. “Baby Tiger” ran for the next couple of years while she was out to dinner with her parents or making the weekly grocery store trip with them. No one ever knew when the performance would take place, but the 3-year-old’s spot on transformation left onlookers who were lucky enough to witness the show, awestruck and intimidated. [Don't worry, her therapist is helping her peal back the layers of this.]
Upon entering elementary school Courtney retired from “Baby Tiger” and found a new outlet in her school’s audition based ensemble-singing group, ironically called, The Cat’s Meow. In middle school she joined her school’s Reader’s Theatre club called, The Tiger Meow Supreme's...kidding, the tiger/cat vibes ended in elementary school.
Oh shit, wait. The cat vibes were only on a slight respite and actually returned in high school when Courtney became a Plant High Panther. In her Panther cat era, she learned how to live without sleep as she bounced between Varsity Chorale Chorus, Thespian competitions, and Varsity soccer.
As a student in Florida State University’s (FSU) Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program, Courtney was fortunate enough to work one-on-one with Sir Ian McKellen [Lord of the f*cking Rings', Gandalf] on Sonnet 29 when he visited FSU her senior year. To this day, Sir Ian is the most genuine, pure, sparkle of a human she has ever met.
After graduation, Courtney moved to New York City. Against all odds, she has not become a cat lady.
She is currently the Founder & CEO of Sparkle Fairy Productions and has a couple of self written projects she will be starring in, in pre-production.
You can watch her sparkle and shine in her latest attempt at fame, in her comedic short: Eat Pray Anal -- HERE. It is actually IMPERATIVE that you watch, like, and subscribe so she can achieve her dreams and keep the cat lady life at bay.