My intention is to help actors stop struggling and start booking more jobs in less time.

-Switching careers or returning to your first love after a hiatus?

-Emerging from a drama program and need a solid game plan?

-Stuck in fear, confusion and overwhelm?

-Ready to take your career to the next level?

If you answered yes to any of the above and you are 100% committed to doing the work, then Career Coaching is for you.

Driven by positivity, compassion and an insatiable love for the craft, I will guide you through the matrix of The Biz so you have a personal roadmap on how to build the solid foundation you need to realize a sustainable career. I cover all things Nuts & Bolts from Headshot Prep, Resume Optimizer, Actors Access, How to Become An IMDb Pro, Electronic Press Kits, Agent & Manager Acquisition, Audition Coaching and more.

After getting my BFA in Acting from Rutgers (under the direction of Bill Esper), 15 years passed before I started my professional acting career. During that time, I was a "Shadow Artist", disguised as the Senior Executive Assistant to the President of Calvin Klein. I also became a Certified Holistic Health Coach. In 2010, I left CK to pursue acting full-time. I didn’t want to look back on my life with regret. All odds were against me but I knew in my heart that the trying and failing would trump playing small. In order to support myself and be of service to my community, I combined my coaching, organizational and marketing skills to create The ACTOR & The BIZ.

In the past decade, I have booked over 500 jobs on television, on stage, and in film. I am living the dream and want to share my secrets with you so you can finally live yours!

Let’s shave years off your journey and get you on the fast-track now so you can get better auditions and bigger bookings! I'm so excited to start working together!

Amanda Brooke Lerner (Founder & CEO) is a multiple-award-winning actress with over 50 indie films and TV credits including Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (opposite B.D. Wong), Mac & Cheese (opposite Julia Garner), Starz Power (opposite Omari Hardwick), and the upcoming feature Brooklyn with Francesca Scorsese and Margaret Cho.

Theatrically, she originated the role of Marie in Kirt Shineman’s Good Grief at The Cell (in association with Dramatists Guild Foundation), and appeared as Dr. Judy Wood in Basket Weaver at Playwrights Horizons, Lillie in Still, Birth at Theatre for A New City, regionally as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, and countless readings in the Playwrights & Directors Unit at The Actors Studio. Amanda is the director of the off-Broadway hit show, Anne Being Frank, which is making its way from the US to the Sidney Opera House.

Amanda holds a BFA in Acting from Rutgers University and has trained extensively with legendary teachers including Bill Esper, Larry Moss, Maggie Flanigan, Tim Phillips, and Deborah Hedwall. Amanda is a proud member of AEA and SAG•AFTRA, serving on the National Low Budget Film Committee since 2019 and as a Convention Delegate.

Amanda is the CEO and founder of The Actor & The Biz and has built a tremendous reputation as an acting and career coach specializing in educating and preparing actors for the rigors and realities of show biz. She is utilized by many professionals across TV, film and stage, and is CEO Jen Rudolph’s lead business coach for The 2% Collective. 

As a Hard of Hearing (HoH) person, Amanda is on a mission to establish authentic representation in the entertainment world for those caught between the Hard of Hearing and hearing worlds. She is working to help neutralize the stigma and #MakeHearingAidsCool

A 4th generation New Yorker, Amanda is obsessed with 1940’s pinup dresses, mid-century modern design, sea salt dark chocolate and her Plant Gang.