Michelle C. Bonilla

What more can an actress who has dedicatedly given her time to participate in the Dinah Shore L Word Fashion Show (produced by Honey Labrador), run a 5K marathon at the 11th Annual Komen Race for the Cure, walked along side LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the LA Aids Walk and contributed to the "The Hollywood Bag Ladies Lupus Luncheon" event benefiting the Lupus Research Institute, do to give a charitable hand to others? Granted Michelle C. Bonilla is already saving the world on our small screens in her recurring role as a paramedic on the NBC hit TV show ER, but off-camera she is going a step further by using her talents to help her fellow actors.  

A talented actress who has not only overcome the stereotypical "Hollywood" barriers of her ethnicity (Mexican/Aztec heritage) Bonilla has also gone where no other Latinas have gone before by breaking the mold of sexual orientation prejudices with her controversial Advocate Magazine interview in which she openly came out. She is indeed a sassy, sexy, smart and go-getter actress who has, rightfully so, earned the respect of her peers and is confidently making a name for herself within the Hollywood arena. That is why she is now in her 10th season as the sexy (and only) Latina paramedic, EMT Kristin Harms.

Groundbreaking success aside Bonilla is not resting on her laurels. The ALMA Winning actress is now giving back to the acting community by co-founding Synergy Actors Studio. Faithful to its doctrine, Synergy Actors Studio symbolizes the phenomenon in which two forces work together to create an effect greater than the one predicted to generate individually: the fusion of the business and artistic side of the acting profession.
 
Synergy's philosophy rests on the combination of 'method' and 'business' to empower acting students to be prepared both artistically and professionally. In other words, Synergy is an acting studio that utilizes "on-camera" work to help students acquire a better sense of themselves and make them the best qualified candidate to market themselves in the intensely competitive world of acting.

Located in Studio City, California Synergy Actors Studio offers acting classes twice a week (Tuesdays 7pm-10pm and Sunday 1pm-4pm) with an emphasis on the following four categories:

1) Basic Technique (using repetition, improvisation and acting exercises)
2) On-Camera Technique (scene work, exercises and prepared scenes)
3) Marketing Tools (giving students basic goals, developing a marketing plan for themselves, tangible tasks for advancement in their career)
4) Guest Artists (celebrity guest speakers who can relay their experience of the business and craft).

In addition to regular class schedules, once a month, Bonilla and Mize plan to extend their charitable endeavor to "give back" to the community beyond the confines of the physical studio to reach out to schools, special non-profit organizations and minority groups, generously offering a free one-hour class.  

Now whoever says Hollywood is only filled with spoiled self obsessed brats clearly has never met Michelle Bonilla.