Chanel Ryan - biography
So you’re interested in my life story, huh? Well, I must tell you
that I am one very lucky person…and my life has been a dream
so far.
Believe it or not, It all started at the beach when I was in my
teens! I was lying there soaking up the sun when a swimwear
company approached me to model for them. Well, as you can
imagine, I was SO excited. Of course I said yes!! What could
be better than getting paid to hang out at my favorite place?
An extra bonus was getting free swimsuits. I was in heaven!
The next significant episode that helped shape my career
happened at the park! I know you think I’m making it up, but I
swear it’s true. While my friend Diane and I were hanging out,
we were asked to audition for an upcoming catalog shoot. The
audition process was relatively painless. The casting director
snapped a few Polaroids of each of us, had us fill out paperwork,
and we were on our merry way! The next day I received a phone
call notifying me that I had booked the job and was to report
that Saturday with Diane!! What luck!! You can imagine how
thrilled I was! The third remarkable event encouraged me to
pursue a career in modeling and acting. I was having dinner
with my friend Stephanie and her family. Stephanie’s older sister,
Kim, was just breaking into the film industry as a wardrobe stylist working on a Roger Corman film. (Yes, she
is now very successful.) Well, guess who was coming to dinner?!? Yup, the director himself! He thought we
were really cute and invited us to Venice Beach to be in the film - WOW!! I was given a small role in a film entitled
“Beach Balls”. Promise not to laugh when I tell you about my part. I played a waitress dressed in a bikini, with
a rubber ducky inner tube around my waist, flippers on my feet, and goggles on my head! It’s okay to laugh…it
was rather comical. But hey, ya gotta start somewhere!
Since I am a big believer in fate, serendipity, and karma, I took these three occurrences to be omens. Things
seemed to be going my way, (maybe that’s because I’m a Sagi