Annie is a social, open, and inquisitive young actor with a passion for community building. Her joy onstage and off is fostered by a great respect for the people around her. Actors are social creatures, and Annie is no exception to that. If you were to guess as to what she was doing at this very moment, you’d get one of these options: having a writing flow under the sun in Central Park, bribing a friend to be a reader for a self-tape, jogging to her Beyoncé mix along Riverside Park, or out dancing with her friends.
Annie Tolis is an actress, singer, and model based in New York City. Her passion for the arts stems from a childhood in summer stock musical theater alongside stars like Ariana DeBose, Terrance Mann, Leslie Uggams, and incredibly talented young artists who have since taken to stages across the United States and beyond. With a great passion for developing new relationships, she has made countless friends and professional connections during her time at the University of Connecticut, where she earned her BFA in Acting. During that time, she starred in Lisa Loomer’s Roe, deeply connecting to the work and message of women’s reproductive rights. Devoting her time to student productions, crew assignments, general education courses, and personal creative endeavors as a vocalist, she made use of every possible resource to find her creative and personal path in life.
Within the first couple of months after graduating, she signed with a New York City local management agency and booked a co-star on HBO’s The Gilded Age, working alongside stars like Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, and many more. Her on-set experience during that time was and continues to be one of the most valued professional experiences of her life. As it often goes with a co-star, her screen time was short and sweet, but her time with the production sparked future work on set in background and modeling endeavors.