Biography
Entertaining was in my blood at an early age when I would make my grandma laugh with my stories and characters a la Carol Burnett, but I took a more practical route by attending college. I enrolled in the University of Vermont's Business school and took graduate MBA courses at the Unversity of Connecticut. After graduating, I held multiple sales jobs with Pitney Bowes and Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals in NYC...but I still had that acting bug!
While honing my craft at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute & Meisner training at William Esper Studios in NYC, I booked my first job in for a Pfizer Industrial. After 5 years of training in Movement, Voice & Speech, Soap Opera & Commercial Acting classes, I began booking commercials, independent film work, Industrials and Infomercials.
Following Casting Director recommendations, I moved to LA where I booked co-star, guest star & leading role work on TV, including "Pacific Blue", "America's Most Wanted" "Malibu, CA", "Working", and a Leading role experimental film "Decay of Fiction" which received excellent reviews by the NY Times & the Berlin Film Festival, MTV's "Spring Break Lawyer", "Smoke and Mirrors" and "Cloud 2000."
After receiving a certification in UCLA's Broadcast Journalism program, I began hosting TV shows and created a pilot presentation of "Inside LA", where I brought the hottest fashion stores, restaurants and clubs to viewers wanting the "Inside Scoop" on where to go in LA. I also began writing "A Shopaholics Guide to LA", giving tips for specialty items such as where to shop for vintage clothing, shoes, jeans, and hidden out-of-the-way boutiques that usually only a select few would know about.
My interest has always been in gathering shopping info and letting others in on the "scoop" ... hence, the perfect match between me and Shop NBC! Nowhere else could my talents be better matched than with my sales experience, my love of entertaining, and my love of shopping combined! This is my dream job!
Go to http://www.ShopNBC.com for my schedule and set your TIVO if it's too early for you to rise at 7am est!
Wendi is a recent Diamond Grading Graduate at GIA (Gemological Institute of America) and Accredited Jewelry Professional with GIA.