CAROLYNE LEYS

ACTOR, WRITER, VOICE ACTOR

What’s New!

  • Classics for Kids: American Folktales

    Upcoming on June 13th: American Folktales is a lively show that brings classic stories to the stage, featuring tall tales, clever heroes, and unforgettable characters including Paul Bunyan, Calamity Jane, and others. This scripts-in-hand performance will spark the imagination and inspire laughter from all!

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  • Babbel National TV Campaign

    Proud to share I voiced a series of Babbel’s US+Canada TV and digital commercial spots!

  • Revolutionary Voices: The Agitators

    Please to join this staged reading of the two-hander The Agitators, about the friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. This is the second installment in The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’’s Revolutionary Voices reading series, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

  • Earth Day Staged Readings

    Back at JCTC to take part in 2 new script readings for earth day. I play the Julia “Butterfly” Hill, the Lady in the Tree herself, and read stage directions for the short film script of “Keeling".

  • New Play Reading

    This Halloweekend I’ll be performing in The Secret of The Mummy’s Tomb at Jersey Central Theatre Co!

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  • Carolyne Leys as Gwendolen Fairfax and Joyce Meimei Zheng as Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    I play Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey!

  • H&R Block Online

    H&R Block Online

    Voiced this 30-second spot for H&R Block!

    Full spot on my media page!
  • Gluten Free Four Cheese Texas Toast and Gluten Free Texas Toast

    New York Bakery Ad

    Voiced this 30 second spot for New York Bakery’s Gluten Free Texas Toast!

    New York Bakery GF Texas Toast Ad

  • 2024 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards

    Nominated for my role as Alice Heminges/Susannah Shakespeare in the 2024 BroadwayWorld NJ Awards!

  • Dean's Killer Joke Audio drama logo

    Dean's Killer Joke

    It was lovely to play Julia on episode 2 of this Coverfly Red List Finalist audio drama, available now everywhere you get your podcasts.

  • The Book of Will - Avery Brunkus

    The Book of Will

    Thrilled to play Alice Heminges/Susannah Shakespeare in The Book of Will, written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Bonnie J. Monte at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Performances from July 10th-July 28th 2024.

  • Evil Lives Here Season 15 Premiere

    I played Lori on ID Network’s Evil Lives Here in this 2-hour special premiere episode! Also on Max and Discovery+, now!

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  • Aftermath at The Foundry!

    Enjoyed popping into Boston for a bit to portray Veronika in a staged reading of new work, Aftermath.

  • Cast of Ballantine film

    The Newark Museum of Art Ballantine House Film

    A look into Newark’s last standing mansion, now a historically preserved property that serves as a home to a large collection of fine art. The Ballantine House exhibit at the Newark Museum opens to the public, November 17th.

  • cast and creative team of the little prince

    The Little Prince

    Get to perform with such a sweet team for the inaugural production of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's Classics for Kids series!

About

Carolyne is an actress, voiceover artist, singer, and writer based in New York City. While she is often artistically fed by the classics, she is also always excited to develop new characters on stage, camera, and through voice. Carolyne has been a proud company member and collaborator at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey since 2022 and has toured in two Shakespeare LIVE! Companies where she had the opportunity to perform Shakespeare in rep along the East Coast and to teach Shakespeare workshops to K-12 students. Classically vocally trained, she has a natural facility with dialects and is also the narrator of several audiobooks, including Hachette’s feminist essay anthology Pretty Bitches.

As a citizen of both the US and UK, Carolyne has a strong connection to her home away from home in Scotland, where she made her international theatre debut in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Growing up, she has fond memories of writing stories with her grandpa on his typewriter in Inverness. Now, Carolyne enjoys tapping into that British sense of humor in her work. She remains passionate about writing and has an obsession with all things television.

Carolyne earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and Performance from Emerson College, where she performed in several plays and student films. For her role as Mash in Stupid F##king Bird, directed by Rebecca Bradshaw, she composed the songs she sang and accompanied herself on the piano. During her junior year, Carolyne starred in “Delict”, an independent dark comedy web series she wrote and produced. She was nominated for an EVVY for her role in the web series Shadow Minds.

Carolyne has also worked as the Youth Ensemble Manager for A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre and interned in television and film development at Montgomery Studios in Los Angeles.