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Rep Moves For 5/23/14: UTA, WME, Gersh

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Allison Tolman

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Gersh: Singer, dancer, actor, producer, host and author Lance Bass is now repped by Noah Jones and Max Nagler. Bass recently hosted the Billboard Music Awards red carpet pre-show, alongside Jordin Sparks and Ted Stryker. Originally catapulting to fame as the bass singer for ‘N Sync, Bass has led a diverse career in film, television and theatre, including starring in and producing the 2001 feature film On The Line, appearing on Broadway as Corny Collins in Hairspray and placing third in the seventh season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. He also recently executive produced the documentary Kidnapped for Christ, which won an audience award at Slamdance in January. In 2007, Bass released an autobiography Out of Sync, which debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list. Up next, Bass will produce a special about his upcoming wedding to Michael Turchin. He’s also developing a scripted half-hour project for the E! Network. UTA: Actress Tamsin Egerton is now  repped by Scott Schachter, Chris Hart and Jacob Fenton. Egerton’s new feature Queen and Country just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Directors’ Fortnight section. Beginning her acting career at only six years old, Egerton may be best known for her role as Guinevere in the Starz series Camelot. She has also played Chelsea Parker in the 2007 feature St. Trinian and appeared in the British black comedy Keeping Mum.  Among Egerton’s other credits are the features Chalet Girl, Singularity, The Look of Love and 2013’s Grand Piano, opposite Elijah Wood and John Cusack. She also appeared in the television series Silent Witness, Money and Psychobitches. Egerton will next appear in the features Love, Rosie and The Lovers, both of which are currently in post. UTA: YouTube star Joey Graceffa is now repped in all areas by Steve Cohen, Julian Jacobs, Doug Edley, Natasha Bolouki, Natalie Novak and Greg Iserson. The vlogger, gamer and musician has built up a YouTube audience of over 4 million subscribers, receiving over 300 million views across his various channels. He also has racked up over 1.2 million Twitter fans. Graceffa originally started off with his friend Brittany Joel posting videos on the parody channel “WinterSpringPro” before they parted ways in 2012 to focus on their own channels. Last year Graceffa competed on CBS’ The Amazing Race alongside fellow internet personality Meghan Camarena, and the two of them took 5th place. He has since returned for The Amazing Race All-Star Edition and recently launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to launch the web series Storytellers. UTA: Vine celebrity and actor Marcus Johns is now repped by Jordan Berkus, Josh Katz, Kendall Ostrow and Greg Iserson. Johns’ comedy micro-sketches on the mobile app Vine have earned him more than 4.5 million followers and he’s become the fifth most followed person on that platform.  In addition to his Vine following, Johns has also served as brand ambassador for the likes of Pepsi, G.E., and Klondike. On the television and film side, John’s credits have included 2004’s The Punisher, Canvas and Rock of Ages. In March, Johns served as Fandango’s social media correspondent on the Oscar red carpet. UTA: Actress Allison Tolman is now repped by Jo Yao, Tracey Jacobs, Sarah Clossey and Logan Eisenberg. Tolman is currently starring in her breakout role, playing Deputy Molly Solverson on FX’s new series Fargo, based on the Coen brothers’ landmark feature. Prior to landing her signature role, Tolman worked primarily in the theatre, where she helped found the Second Thought Theatre in Dallas and has performed sketch and satire with several groups in Chicago, including Second Day Party Hair, Unattended Packages and The City Life Supplement. Tolman’s other television credits have included episodes of Prison Break and Sordid Lives – The Series, as well as multiple commercials. Next up, Tolman will appear in HBO’s Hello Ladies special. UTA: Writer, editor and director Carlos Marques-Marcet is now repped by Jenny Maryasis, Keya Khayatian and Hailey Wierengo. Maques-Marcet recently made his feature film directing debut with 10.0000 Km (Long Distance), which screened at this year’s SXSW. The film, which stars Natalia Tena and David Verdaguer, previously screened at Spain’s Malaga Film Festival, where it swept the event, winning awards for Best Movie, Best Director, Best New Screenwriter, Best Actress and a critic’s award.  Marques-Marcet originally graduated with an MFA from the UCLA School of Film and Television and he has since edited several film and television projects including the 2012 Sundance entry It Felt Like Love. He has also directed multiple short films, as well as the documentary De Pizarros y Atahualpa. WME Entertainment: Writer, director and producer Gavin O’Connor is now a client. O’Connor most recently took over the helming duties for the feature Jane Got A Gun after its original director Lynne Ramsey departed. That film, which stars Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor, is currently in post-production. He also directed the pilot for FX’s The Americans and currently works as an executive producer on that series. O’Connor began his career with the Ted Demme-directed short film The Bet, which he wrote and produced. O’Connor has since gone on to direct the features Comfortably Numb, Tumbleweeds, Miracle, Pride and Glory and 2011’s Warrior, which starred Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton. His 1999 feature Tumbleweeds won the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival and its star Janet McTeer won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. WME Entertainment: Director, dancer and choreographer Josh Prince is now a client. Prince most recently choreographed Broadway’s Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, which was nominated this year for a Tony Award for Best Musical. Previously, Prince choreographed Shrek, The Musical and also worked with Sam Mendes on the Bridge project. His extensive resume has included such shows as My Fair Lady, Prom 59: The Broadway Sound, The Jerry Springer Opera and Camelot. Prince's acting credits include The Producers, Saturday Night Fever and Little Me. Prince is also the founder and artistic director of the Broadway Dance Lab, a nonprofit workshop designed to promote dance in Musical Theater from the start of a show’s development.

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