Penny Gibbs is an actress in the Detroit area. She just completed a
wonderful supporting role in the feature film Cedar Rapids last in
which her character was directly involved with Ed Helms, Mike O'Malley,
Anne Heche, John C Reilly among others for the core of the movie. She
can also be seen in a Ziebart commercial, a Harley Home Improvement commercial, a Trident layers commercial and a Baker College commercial where she had the lead in all.
She is usually cast as the loving mother/wife/friend types but also
really enjoys playing over the top roles with a bit of an edge.
Her acting teacher describes her as an "emotional actress with a
sensitivity and depth of emotion" and she usually finds that directors
want to make her cry!
Her role in a short called Oily Pen Stuff for the Sundance Film
Festival was hailed by the director who told us "Sharon, the footage
turned out awesome. I LOVE the lady you got, and her "Come back here
you little punk" is so far the best part of the entire short." The
director in her feature film said about her suicide performance in
Politics of Street Crime "Penny was heartbreaking as the tragic mother
of Monique. With blood splattered everywhere and tears in her eyes,
Penny performed a classic suicide scene worthy of Meryl Streep." Her
latest performance as Emma Fisherman had the director and crew in tears
as she wept trying to aid a dying friend to the afterlife.
Penny would describe herself somewhere between Susan Sarandon (whose
work she admires greatly), Sally Field and Ellen Barkin, but she is
younger than these talented ladies. In addition, she is also
comfortable playing slightly neurotic, funny roles such as Shelly Long
and Meg Ryan.
Her years of training at the Actors Workshop has taught her much. She
was pushed well beyond her comfort zone everyday and it helped her to
grow as a person and as an actress as well as teach her the art of
improve.
She is also proud that she landed an interview with Lord of the Rings
actor, Billy Boyd while on location in Sault Ste. Marie Canada while
they were filming Ecstasy. She had a part as an extra and he graciously
permitted her an interview for a web site she runs.
