Some girls grow up wanting to be a ballerina or supermodel, some want to be a doctor or a lawyer, but Amanda Loncar grew up wanting to be an actor. Born in Arcata, California, Amanda got her first taste of stardom when she worked alongside her Mother in a Foodmart commercial, she was only six (6) months old. It wasn’t long until Amanda grew into a budding young actress with aspirations of stardom.

Like many of the other talented actors in Hollywood Amanda is both a talented actress and a natural beauty. She showcases both of these assets in her latest project Jackpot where she portrays "Jenny Grayson" an intelligent, strong minded young woman who would do just about anything for her family, even lie.

Amanda began training for her career as an actor when she turned nine (9) years of age. Her first stop, the Del Arte Players in Blue Lake, California where she trained until moving on to a private instructor, Ed Claudio, at the age of fourteen (14), a coach she still works with today. While fine tuning her skills Amanda participated in Community Theater where she was given the opportunity to grow as an actor. This is also where Amanda realized she had a fondness for live theater. She often dreams of what it would have been like to work with the Group Theater in New York City or with gifted directors such as Stanley Kubrick. Long before her time, it is with aspirations like these, unobtainable or not, that Amanda uses to constantly challenge her talent as an actor.

Talented and intelligent, Angie Lowe portrays "Jill Grayson" a strong, warm, and caring Mother who must help keep her family together through the roughest of times.

Angie, born in Modesto, California, is the eldest of three children. Growing up in this Northern California area, Angie spent most of her time dreaming about becoming an actress. Remembering as far back as the age of two (2), Angie doesn’t think there ever was a moment that she didn’t want to be an actress. By the time she was in high school, Angie started to train and fine-tune her skills as an actress, but it wasn’t until four (4) years ago that she started to take herself seriously.

Angie has made appearances on both the big and small screen including a role in the critically acclaimed feature film Patch Adams and on the television series "Nash Bridges." But it is the theater that keeps calling her name with roles in numerous live performances including "You Can’t Take it With You," "Caucasian Chalk Circle," and "Little Shop of Horrors."

As an actor, Mark LiCalsi has been featured in numerous live theater productions such as "The Elephant Man," Midsummer Night’s Dream," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest," an accomplishment that has garnered him a local following in the Sacramento Theater community. It is this confidence in ability that has transferred to Mark’s film work including his most recent role as "Dan Grayson" in the feature film Jackpot. Mark portrays a Father down on his luck when he loses his business and finds himself tormented by the pressures of new found wealth and the daily guilt of concealing the truth behind his daughter’s $18 million lie.

Mark the youngest of two, was born in Fresno, California where he attended Pacific High School participating in extra curricular activities including theater and football. In fact, it was after attending a performance of the "Wizard of Oz," where his older brother portrayed the "Scarecrow," that Mark first became interested in acting. So at the rip old age of fifteen (15), Mark went on to pursue a career in theater. After high school, Mark went on to graduate with a Theater Arts degree from California State University. Since then he has held several key crew positions with many live theater productions including Artistic Director for Beyond the Proscenium Productions and Marketing Manager for the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the realm of "Young Hollywood" there are several talents that stand out, including the latest of those up-and-coming actors, Benjamin Dunn. Ben who recently finished shooting the independent film Jackpot where he portrays "Ronnie Grayson," the youngest Grayson family member who is tormented as he watches wealth and deceit tear his family apart. This is one of many roles that highlights the incredible range of this aspiring young actor.

Ben, who was born in Washington State on an island called Whidbey, migrated with his family to Modesto, California where he lives today. After settling in the Northern California suburb, Ben began, early in life, to display promising acting traits, which were inspired after watching Macoly Caulkin’s performance in "Getting Even with Dad." It was after this performance, that the young Ben told his parents that he wished to be an actor. Several years later, with the inspiration of many around him, Ben started down the path to stardom. Capturing his first role as "Danny" in the Nickelodeon pilot "Danny in Bubbleworld," Ben went on to book more challenging roles, including the coveted role as "Elliot" in the digitally re-mastered version of Steven Spielberg’s "ET"

Since making the decision to act, Ben has starred in numerous television roles including "Nash Bridges," modeled for various companies like Natural Wonders and Mazda, along with appearances in many regional commercials for Universal Health Network, Hearthsong, and Net Perceptions, to name a few.