Native New Yorker and Atlanta transplant Nicole Sellars is a seasoned Actress, TV Host, Journalist, Producer and Media Trainer with over 15 years experience in the TV/Film industry.
Sellars is currently a working actress and member of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (SAG). She is also a Certified Professional Media Coach helping on-camera hosts, broadcasters and category experts in the unscripted reality TV space. Some of the most profitable categories include fashion & beauty, home & design, health & fitness, and food and travel.
Sellars is dedicated to helping high achieving and ambitious creatives build their personal (and profitable) brands, book higher paying gigs and sign with top tier talent representation through her personal coaching and TV Hosting Academy programs..
In addition to her on screen and coaching projects, Backstage.com, which garners millions of readers, also named her a Backstage Expert in the TV Hosting and Broadcast industry. Sellars remains a Backstage.com Contributing Editor and has written close to a dozen expert advice articles for the publication.
Sellars worked as an Anchor/Reporter for big names in the broadcast news industry including NBC Cleveland (WKYC-TV), News 12 Long Island (NY), FiOS1 News (NY), AOL News (NY), WLNY TV 10/55 News (NY), Voom HD News (NY) and NYC-TV. She was also a creative mind behind the scenes at MTV Networks as a PA & Producer in the on-air promos department working directly with celebrity talent and a full scale production team.
As a journalist, Sellars covered a myriad of national breaking news stories live from the anchor desk, including the capture and death of Osama bin Laden, out in the field during President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign as well as the Gilgo Beach serial killer. She also reported live from the red carpet for prestigious celebrity award ceremonies including the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction.
Sellars launched NBC Cleveland’s first Digital Trend segment where she took on the role as Digital Trend Reporter and was one of the main Hosts for AOL’s first live news programming venture AOL LIVE!
Sellars love for TV didn’t stop there. She landed supporting roles on hit TV shows Swamp Thing, Deputy, Devious Maids, The Following, The Americans and was a VO for HBO’s VEEP. Sellars even worked alongside Hollywood icons Clint Eastwood in Richard Jewell and Tyler Perry in Nobody’s Fool.
In 2012, Sellars merged her love for entrepreneurship &coaching, and launched TV Hosting Academy, LLC - A boutique talent development company specializing in career enhancement, on camera training and connecting talent with high-level opportunities.
Special Skills and Topics of Expertise Include:
TV Hosting
Video Editing & Producing
Interviewing & Teleprompter
Media Training
Online Entrepreneurship- Digital Courses, Coaching and Products
Entertainment Career Coaching
Talent Development
The Business of News & Hosting
Unscripted Reality TV Talent Scouting- Experts & On-Camera Hosts
Strategic Partnerships with TV Networks, Talent Agents, Casting & Specialty Schools
contact
nicole@tvhostingacademy.com
Location
Atlanta, GA
*Virtual Sessions Available
REPRESENTATION
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Atlanta TV, Film, Hosting & Commercial: (Southeast Only)