Chay Santini continues to work professionally as an actress, spokesperson, model and/or host within the entertainment markets of Florida, Puerto Rico, New York and Los Angeles. Her commercial credits, ...Show More
Chay Santini continues to work professionally as an actress, spokesperson, model and/or host within the entertainment markets of Florida, Puerto Rico, New York and Los Angeles. Her commercial credits, both in English and Spanish, begin at the age of three. These include various regional and national spots, along with 2006's national Papa John's Pizza Go Deep campaign with football great, Dan Marino.Chay has shared both the small and silver screens with celebrities such as Jay Mohr, Mario Lopez, Andy Dick, Sofia Vergara, Geena Davis, Adam Sandler, Natasha Henstridge,Roslyn Sanchez, Brett Roberts, Lillian Hurst, Francisco Zamora, Michael Stuart & Johanna Rosaly to name a few, and has screen-tested for contract roles on soap operas such as As The World Turns, The Bold & The Beautiful and One Life To Live with the show's stars, Mark C. Collier, Drew Tyler Bell and David Fumero.She participated in CBS's Latino Showcase and performed her scenes with Days of Our Live's Matt Cedeno.Her formal training began in 1998 after winning AVON's Latina Model of the Year competition and was awarded a scholarship which she used to study acting at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC. This experience led her to a deeper respect and love of the performing arts, and an even stronger motivation to continue to hone her craft. Her studies expanded into attending The School for Film and Television and Weist-Barron. Following her move to the City of Angels , Chay took on-camera cold reading courses with Margie Haber and Courtney Burr at The Margie Haber Studio (author of How to Get the Part...Without Falling Apart), acting and voice with Arthur Mendoza (owner of The Actor's Circle Theater, LA), improvisation at the famous Improv Olympic in Hollywood, and sitcom technique, along with on-camera acting with Lesly Kahn, David Kriegel and Stan Kirsch at the Lesly Kahn and Co. Actor Training Studio, where she also worked part-time for a period of about two years. Hide
