Forgiven

PAUL FITZGERALD (Director/Writer/Peter Miles) and his producing partner, Kelly Miller, formed their production company, Pulled Pictures, in 2004 to produce Paul’s directorial debut feature, Forgiven, which Paul also wrote and starred in. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and has gone on to play in festivals around the country and world—including The Deauville American Film Festival (dramatic competition), AFI, The Milan International Film Festival, Motovun (Croatia), Rhode Island, Breckenridge and the Bend Film Festivals, winning multiple awards for directing, screenwriting and performance.

In addition to being a published playwright (No Problem, The Floatplane Notebooks) and screenwriter, Paul’s most recent acting work includes the role of Richard Henry Lee in the Emmy nominated John Adams mini-series for HBO. His television credits includes the role of Professor Sean Dixon on the WB series, The Bedford Diaries, as well as guest starring and recurring roles on Fringe, Eleventh Hour, Without A Trace, Nip/Tuck, Medium, Cupid, The Mentalist, CSI: Miami, Big Shots, Six Degrees, The West Wing, The Practice, Will and Grace, Roswell, Wasteland, The Opposite Sex, and all the Law & Orders His additional feature film credits include the upcoming Helena From the Wedding and the recently released Crazy Like a Fox opposite Mary McDonnell. His notable New York theatre credits include the Broadway hit revival of “Noises Off” (opposite Jane Curtain) and the downtown rock musical “Debbie Does Dallas.”

Born in New York City and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, Paul graduated from E.C. Glass High in 1989 and went on to study theatre and acting at Northwestern University. He received his masters in acting at the Old Globe/University of San Diego Drama School. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

RUSSELL HORNSBY (Ronald Bradler) has appeared in several different television productions including appearing in recurring roles in Haunted as Detective Marcus Bradshaw and Gideon’s Crossing as Chief Resident Dr. Aaron Boise. His other television credits include Grey’s Anatomy, Law & Order, and In Justice among others. He also played running back Leon Taylor in ESPN’s drama series Playmakers. On the big screen, he has appeared in such films as After the Sunset, Big Fat Liar, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Keep the Faith, Baby, Meet the Parents, and Stuck among others. In 2000, Hornsby appeared in the Off-Broadway production of Jitney for which he won a Drama Desk Award and an Obie Award. He recently appeared in the hit HBO series In Treatment and currently lives in Los Angeles, California while starring in the ABC Family drama, Lincoln Heights.

KATE JENNINGS GRANT (Jamie Doyle) will next appear alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones in Bart Freundlich’s romantic  comedy The Rebound. Most recently, she played Diane Sawyer in Ron Howard’s Oscar-nominated Frost/Nixon.  Other film credits include United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass, When A Stranger Calls, Trust the Man and Bill Condon’s Kinsey. For her work in Forgiven Kate was named Best Supporting Actress at the Bend Film Festival.  This past season Kate starred on Broadway as Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls.  Other Broadway credits include Proof with Anne Heche and Neil Patrick Harris, and An American Daughter, both directed by Daniel Sullivan.  Her numerous off-Broadway credits include Bette Brennan in Christopher Durang’s The Marriage of Bette and Boo for The Roundabout Theatre Company; The Beard of Avon, Radiant Baby, Between Us and Summer of ‘42.  Kate appeared last season on “Damages” in the recurring role of Cynthia Shayes.  Other television credits include “Sex and The City,” “Law and Order,” “Commander-In-Chief,” “3 LBS” “Supernatural” and “Cold Case.” She holds a B.A. in English and Music Composition from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the Juilliard School’s Drama Division.

SUSAN FLOYD (Kate Miles) has amassed a  long list of outstanding performances in many primetime hits such as CBS’ “CSI,” ABC’s “Boston Legal,” NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU & CI” and HBO’s “OZ.”  Floyd is fast on her way to becoming a household name.

A native of Cincinnati, Floyd began her career as a college student at the University of Utah, where she won a full scholarship to the Actor Training program.  She then studied at the National Theatre of Great Britain with Kenneth Washington. Originally Floyd focused on pursuing a career in opera, though ultimately her passion for acting won out. She received the Irene Ryan Award twice at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for outstanding performance.

Floyd continued to train and polish her acting skills on the NY stage in “Young Girl and the Monsoon,” Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” and “Gravity of Means.” Shortly thereafter, she moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in film.

Floyd’s big break came in 1999, when director Stanley Tucci cast her in his directorial debut BIG NIGHT.  Since then, Floyd has co-starred opposite Harrison Ford in RANDOM HEARTS and with John Travolta & Vince Vaughn in DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. This year Floyd will co-star with Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig & Jeremy Northam in THE VISITING, scheduled for a 2006 summer release.  Floyd is scheduled to begin shooting her next film, BROTHER’S SHADOW with Judd Hirsch this spring.