Coach: Michelle Arvizu

As an actress and Award Winning producer, Michelle has over twenty years of experience in Film/TV and Stage. She has most recently appeared on CW series 2 SENTENCE HORROR STORIES, and among her credits, as well as the CBC show PURE opposite AJ Buckley and Rosie Perez, Guillermo Del Toro’s THE STRAIN and ORPHAN BLACK recurring opposite Tatiana Maslany, as well as the critically acclaimed feature film KIDNAP CAPITAL which won The Chairman’s Award at the SDFF and numerous awards at festivals around the world.

Other select Film & TV credits include KEVIN HILL, recurring opposite Taye Diggs (Private Practice) & Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), THIS IS WONDERLAND, opposite Michael Riley (Being Erica), TILT, opposite Chris Bauer (True Blood), KILLSHOT – opposite Brandon McGibbon & Mickey Rourke, THE BRIDGE, opposite Aaron Douglas, Paul Popowich & Aaron Ashmore, and TIFF darling RAINBOW KID.

Michelle is also the co-founder of the production company Coffee Partners Media and has several TV shows and feature films in development, including the shortfilm ONE SMALL VISIT, which just had its screening at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Michelle is also one of the founding artistic directors of LES WOO which raises money to create more female-identified and BIPOC content in the Canadian Market; as well as spearheading the BIPOC Committee right here at the studio.