Bio

Jacqueline Knapp has been a professional actress for over 35 years on Broadway, Off-Broadway, 23 Regional Theaters, film, and television. She’s had the good fortune of working with Al Pacino, Tom Hulce, and John Spencer, among others.

A voice-over artist for many years, Jacqueline was the voice for CBS TV’s public service series, “Reach Out.” She was also the voice for PBS TV’s“Who Is She?” – a short series about women painted and sculpted by famous artists.

She wrote and produced television specials for several years with her then husband, SNL’s Don Roy King. She also had the honor of directing Bing Crosby doing a voice over for a fire prevention campaign she created.

She’s been teaching and coaching for 30 years and is presently teaching acting for the Actors Studio Drama School MFA Graduate Program at Pace University.

Jacqueline has been a member of the Actors Studio for over 30 years where she worked under the amazing tutelage of Lee Strasberg. She was also mentored by Elia Kazan, Arthur Penn, and Ellen Burstyn. She’s been a Board Member for 10 years, and was Associate Artistic Director, along with Elizabeth Kemp, for over 5 years. She has also been a regular session moderator at the Studio.

Jacqueline has been offering her very popular and successful workshop for artists, The Creative Core, for 20 years independently, as well as to the incoming classes at ASDS at Pace University.