RUSSO, caprice amelia

[REECE AMELIA RUSSO]

CAPRICE AMELIA RUSSO
r e e c e - d e c e m b e r f i r s t - n i n e t e e n - h e t e r o s e x u a l
WASHINGTON D.C. , BALTIMORE, MD/NYC
i n d e p e n d e n t - r e b e l l i o u s - f i l m - n i n a d o b r e v

"I WAS BORN DECEMBER 1ST, 1989 TO LUIS AND AMEDA RUSSO. THEY'D BEEN MARRIED SEVENTEEN YEARS, AND THEIR MARRIAGE WAS FALLING APART. THINKING BACK ON IT ADDING ANOTHER KID TO THE MIX PROBABLY WASN'T THE BEST IDEA. YOU SEE MY DAD WORKS FOR THE MILITARY. HE'S THIS BIG TIME WARFARE GUY WITH A SHINY OFFICE IN THE MOST RESTRICTED SECTION OF THE PENTAGON, YEP THAT'S RIGHT SO RESTRICTED NOT EVEN WE WERE ALOUD TO GO IN THERE, THE FEW TIMES I WENT TO VISIT HE HAD TO COME MEET US IN ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING. LAME, I KNOW! BUT YEAH MY MOTHER WORKED THERE TOO MAKING MAPS AND ROUTES FOR THE TROOPS. SHE UNLIKE MY FATHER HOWEVER WASN'T VERY INTO HER JOB. HE WOULD SPEND ALL HIS TIME AT WORK MORE THAN THEY EVEN NEEDED HIM FOR. MY MOTHER TIRED OF HIS CRAP DIVORCED HIM FINALLY WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. SHE MOVED TO A TOWN TWENTY MILES OUT OF NEW YORK CITY, AND TOOK ME AND MY THREE, YES COUNT EM, THREE SISTERS WITH! WE SAW MY DAD SOMETIMES BUT REALLY HE HASN'T BEEN IN MY LIFE MUCH. AS MY MOM LIKES TO PUT IT THE GOVERNMENT WAS HIS MISTRESS, AND NOW IT'S ALL HE HAS.

MY MOTHER HAD BEEN A DANCER IN HER YOUTH AND HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ON BROADWAY. SO LIVING NEAR NEW YORK CITY SHE WAS DETERMINED TO GET HER DAUGHTERS IN THE BUSINESS. SO WHEN I WAS SIX I GOT A SPOT IN THE MUSICAL "ANNIE," IT WASN'T THE LEAD HELL IT WASN'T EVEN BIG BUT IT GOT ME CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE. THE NEXT YEAR I WAS ON A SOAP OPERA AND I STAYED THERE ALMOST TEN YEARS. I LOVED BEING THERE EVERYONE WAS LIKE A BIG FAMILY AND IT WAS GREAT.

I SHOULD PROBABLY MENTION I'M ADDICTED TO COCAINE. NOT A BIG DEAL OR ANYTHING.. I MEAN I GOT INTO DRUGS AT FIFTEEN BECAUSE THE GUY I LIKED, A FELLOW ACTOR ON MY SHOW WAS DOING IT. WE STARTED DATING AND HE CONSTANTLY MADE ME FEEL LIKE CRAP AND BELITTLED ME. HE WOULD CHEAT ON ME AND BREAK UP WITH ME MULTIPLE TIMES BUT STILL I'D ALWAYS TAKE HIM BACK. HE DIED OF A DRUG OVER DOSE A YEAR AND HALF LATER, WHICH WAS ALSO AROUND THE TIME I QUIT THE SHOW. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY LIFE WAS SORT OF FALLING APART AND I WAS A COMPLETE MESS. I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ANYMORE.

NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT MY HABIT ONLY THE PEOPLE I DO IT WITH, AND ONE OF MY OLDER SISTERS. THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE THAT HELPED ME OUT WHEN I WENT INTO A TAIL-SPIN THOSE FEW YEARS BACK. SHE'S ALSO THE ONE THAT ENCOURAGED ME TO MOVE TO L.A. CONVINCED I'D GET A PRIME-TIME TV SHOW OR SOMETHING. HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT. I'VE HAD SOME HARD TIME FINDING ANY ACTING WORK SO I DECIDED TO PURSUE A DEGREE WHILE I WAIT AROUND. I MEAN MULTI-TASKING IS THE BEST RIGHT? SO NOW I'M OUT HERE TRYING TO LAND ROLES, WHILE MANAGING MY CLASSES AND A SOCIAL LIFE. OH AND KEEPING MY WHOLE, "HI MY NAME IS REECE AND I HAVE A PROBLEM," UNDER CONTROL.

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