Models on The Move, Lucy King, Agent
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New Jersey
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Film
The Inn
Child ghost
Pepi Singh Khara
SADE
supporting child
RISD Project
La Llrona
supporting child
Amanda Fowler
Television
As The World Turns
Baby Hope Recurring
Procter and Gamble Productions
The Knights of Prosperity
Featured child
Touchstone TV
Commercials
Shore Transit
Featured Child
Don Gaul
Bayrunner
Lead child
Don Gaul
Academy of Dover
Lead child
Don Gaul
Performer Skills
Dance: Tap, Not at professional level, Jazz, Ballet
Performance Skills: Dance is NOT at a professional level, Dancing
News Story Rebecca and Levi Anderson
Rising stars: Dover kids shine on screen
Siblings Levi, 7, left, and Rebecca Anderson, 9, of Dover, have been professional actors since infancy. Rebecca’s career began at 7 months old when she was selected to play Baby Hope on the longtime soap opera “As the World Turns.” Delaware State News/Dave Chambers
By Kate House-Layton, Delaware State News DOVER — Rebecca and Levi Anderson are your average children from Dover.
Rebecca, 9, and Levi, 7, live with their parents David and Jeannie, attend the *charter school and take Tae Kwon Do classes after school.
But ask an “As the World Turns” fan if they remember the character Baby Hope on the CBS daytime soap opera and they might recognize Rebecca.
Locals might have caught sight of Rebecca and Levi on local commercials for WMDT Channel 47 in Salisbury, Md., and the *.
Both children have been professional actors since infancy. Rebecca’s career began at 7 months old when she was selected to play Baby Hope on the longtime soap opera.
At the time, Mrs. Anderson said, her part was supposed to last for four to five episodes, but expanded to nearly 50 shows and a photo on the cover of Soap Opera Digest.
Her roles extended to a student film called “Sade” and later to independent films, including an upcoming film called “Vooshaday,” with Jeff Timmons of pop group 98 Degrees, and a small role in the ABC comedy show “Knights of Prosperity.”
Levi started acting at age 3, when he and Rebecca were cast in a 2004 independent horror film called “The Inn,” about a television reporter who uncovers a dark secret in a small Maryland town.
“He loves it, he absolutely loves it,” Mrs. Anderson said. “He’s going to be an actor when he grows up and he’s going to find a cure for cancer.”
Both children said they liked acting.
“It’s fun,” Levi said about acting. “I make new friends.”
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson keep acting a part-time aspect of their children’s lives. Mrs. Anderson said if she sees something that looks good, she’ll submit the children’s names.
“Children should have fun and not be stressed,” Mr. Anderson said.
Both children are gradually learning that show business has its ups and downs. A director might choose them for a role, or they might not.
“Some kids fall apart when they don’t get something,” Mrs. Anderson said.
Acting doesn’t always pay as well as people think.
“They enjoy acting, it’s not all about the money,” Mrs. Anderson said.
But there are many fees for agents, pictures, membership dues and transportation costs, Mrs. Anderson said.
There’s also a lot of travel time.
Rebecca and Jeannie commuted a few times a week to New York for the soap opera. The family also commutes to New Jersey to film “Vooshaday.”
Otherwise, both children lead normal lives in Dover and are on the honor roll at school, Mrs. Anderson said.
Rebecca, a fourth-grader, said science is her favorite subject.
“Because of the different experiments you can do,” she explained.
Levi, a second-grader, said he likes recess and gym.
Rebecca also has started piano lessons and both children attend Tae Kwon Do classes.
“I don’t like overfilling their schedule,” said Mrs. Anderson, who has seen children who cry because they’re overscheduled.
Rebecca said she might like to be a singer or an artist when she gets older.
Levi isn’t sure what he wants to do.
“I could be a McDonald’s worker,” he said.
“We have a whole bunch of time to figure it out,” Rebecca said.
Staff writer Kate House-Layton
can be reached at 741-8242
Employment Details
Work History : Television, Film, Commercial
Job Categories: Acting
Are you willing to work unpaid?: No
Authorized to work in United States: Yes
Primary Citizenship: United States
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