Karina Walters Casting

02/01/2022

03/02/2021

ATTENTION ACTORS!!
Tonight, Tuesday 3/2, at 7:30 pm PST

Join Jenni Melear and Mike Nelson as they talk about booking commercials, on Clubhouse.

I've been in, and heard about, lots of rooms on Clubhouse with advice for actors that are NOT trustworthy. "Actors" and "agents" and "casting directors" selling something but with little to no experience. Jenni and Mike are constantly working in commercials (and elsewhere) are are trustworthy, outstanding humans. And they are chatting with a legit agent (Jennifer York from DPN) and commercial casting director (Edward Flores from Elevator Casting).

If you're on Clubhouse, check it out, link below:

https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/PvEBzN4e

10/07/2020

Many of you following me know me as a casting director. Did you know I am also a licensed financial professional? Join me Wednesday 10/7 from 12-1 pm for a FREE webinar that will cover a wide variety of topics, including budgeting and cash flow, making your money grow, minimizing taxes, managing risk, getting out of debt and protecting your family.

How will you ever achieve your goals if you are not clear on what they are and what it will take to reach them? Start here. Start by leaning the fundamentals of how money works, then take steps to improve your finances, even if those steps are baby steps. Don’t say it’s not a “good time”... it’s never a good time. But at least figuring out a plan, even if you can’t implement it yet, will get you closer than sitting on your hands waiting for things to magically change. What have you got to lose by learning?

DM to RSVP and for Zoom link.

06/23/2020

TUESDAY 6/23 at NOON PDT

Excited to team up with We Make Movies for another Financial Fitness for Creatives event! It’s a free Zoom class on improving your finances and getting rid of the “starving artist” mentality.

As a licensed, financial professional, I’ll cover a wide variety of topics, including:
• budgeting and cash flow
• making your money grow
• minimizing taxes
• managing risk
• getting out of debt
• protecting your family

Honored to be invited to participate in We Make Movies’ industry webinar series. They are a member-funded, owned and run film and television collective, founded in 2009. They provide free workshops, discounted resources and services, educational industry events and foster an inclusive community of over 5,000 independent filmmakers, writers and actors.

Visit the link below to register for Tuesday’s free class or DM me. And check out their instagram or go to www.wemakemovies.org to learn more about this great community!




https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CwxrgJTIT2ik3E1qFryAag

04/05/2020

Loved doing these in person, but excited to move it online so that many more people can join, and location doesn’t matter either!

DM to RSVP and we’ll send the Zoom link!

11/13/2019

Actors Pro Expo is coming to LA on November 16th and I’ll be there!

We are hosting another “Financial Wellness for Actors” seminar as part of this year’s Actors Pro Expo. Saturday from 11:30-12:30.

Sign up for this free seminar here:
https://www.actorsproexpo.com/seminars/financial-wellness-for-actors

Other things to know about the Expo…

Attendance at the overall event is FREE to actors, with unmissable opportunities to connect with those in the Industry you should know. There will be booths from vendors offering a multitude of services for actors, as well as many other seminars you may be interested in (some are free, some have a small charge).

ALSO… you can also participate in this year’s Casting Society Cares Meals 4 Monologues. Sign up, then come with a donation of food items for the Los Angeles Food Bank, and you’ll get to perform a monologue for Casting Society of America Casting Directors and Associates! I won’t be on any of the M4M panels this year, but lots of my amazing colleagues will be there!

Must sign up ahead of time here:
https://www.actorsproexpo.com/meals-4-monologues-la

10/24/2019

Short notice, but I’m speaking about financial literacy again TONIGHT!! Hosted by Jaclyn Chantal at her manager’s office, Discover Management. But open to anyone... send me a message if you want to come!

10/01/2019

Another opportunity for free financial education!

This time we are hosting the class in conjunction with ActorsGuru, an incredible online tool to help actors track all the information they need as they manage their careers.

Join Lizzy Dalla Betta (Actress), Ayelette Robinson (founder of ActorsGuru) and I for a complimentary class on financial wellness. Our goal is to help artists (and others) learn the fundamental principles of growing wealth. No more “starving artist” mentality! We’ll demystify saving and growing your money, as well as planning for your future... and we’ll have a little fun too 😜

Space is limited, DM to RSVP!

09/04/2019

Just one opportunity in September to get your free financial learning on. Thursday 9/12 at 2 pm. Don’t miss out!

Summer is over, time to start thinking about those financial goals again. What are your goals? Do you know how to reach them? Let us help!!

Join us for a complimentary class on financial empowerment. Our goal is to help artists (and others) learn the fundamental principles of growing wealth. No more “starving artist” mentality! We’ll demystify saving and growing your money, as well as planning for your future... and we’ll have a little fun too 😜

Space is limited.
DM me to RSVP.

Can’t wait to see you there!

08/16/2019

This is the only one we’re doing in August, so don’t miss out! DM me to RSVP before it fills up. Seriously, this will be the 10th time we’ve held this free class because of such great turnout.

Join us for a complimentary class on financial empowerment. Our goal is to help artists (and others) learn the fundamental principles of growing wealth. No more “starving artist” mentality! We’ll demystify saving and growing your money, as well as planning for your future... and we’ll have a little fun too 😜

Can’t wait to see you there!

04/29/2019

We had such great turnout, and feedback, from the 2 classes we did in April, we’re adding 3 more in May! Dates on the flyer, please DM to let me know which you can attend.

(As before, I want to be VERY clear that this is NOT a class about casting, and I do NOT want actors coming just to meet a casting director. This is a free class, but it is about planning for your future, financially.)

Join Lizzy Dalla Betta (Actress) and I for a complimentary class on financial empowerment. Our goal is to help artists (and others) learn the fundamental principles of growing wealth. No more “starving artist” mentality! We’ll demystify saving and growing your money, as well as planning for your future... and we’ll have a little fun too ;)

Space is limited.
DM me to RSVP for the date you want.

Can’t wait to see you there!

01/04/2019

If you've never watched an episode of S.W.A.T..... tonight is the night to give it a shot. Thursday, 10/9c. Very special episode, and I'm proud to have worked on it. Bravo to CBS, Sony, producers, writers, cast & crew for this important story, well told.

With every real-life school shooting, news coverage shares but a glimpse at how SWAT teams get involved in handling, and hopefully suppressing, the situation. Now one-and-a-half seasons into its ru…

12/21/2018

If you’re a then you know. 🤪 It’s the 2-hour SERIES finale of Timeless TONIGHT!

Will be live tweeting the east coast airing (on NBC at 8/7c, which is 5 in LA) with some of the producers and cast 😮

11/02/2018

YES! I am SOOOOO excited about tonight's episode of S.W.A.T.. Many reasons, but a big one is we get to meet Claire Coffee and Daniel Lissing, two actors who I've known and adored for years, as KIRA and TY. Tune in to see what they have in store for Lina Esco's CHRIS!

Casual dating can involve much bigger questions than who’s going to pick up the check, as S.W.A.T.’s Chris will find out firsthand in the Nov. 1 episode.

11/01/2018

CSA Casting Society Cares has partnered with Actors Pro Expo and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank for another round of Meals 4 Monologues. I'll be doing shift Saturday from 3-5. The entire expo is FREE for actors!

Click here for more info:
https://www.actorsproexpo.com/meals-4-monologues

10/23/2018

Very much looking forward to being one of the CSA members at this MENASA Town Hall tomorrow night. The event itself is full, but it will be streaming live via the CSA Inclusion and Diversity FB page.

The Casting Society of America will sponsor town halls in Los Angeles and New York for actors of Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian decent “to effect concrete change in how actors in the…

10/05/2018

Couldn't do it for the S.W.A.T. Season 2 premiere, but I have SO MANY fun behind-the-scenes casting goodies for this week's episode of the show, "Gasoline Drum"... so I'm gonna live tweet the West Coast airing! 🙌🙌 Join me at 10p?