Carolyn King is an actor and artist, with a B.A in Photography and a focus on Art History & Criticism from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her acting studies include Meisner Technique under Laurel Vouvray in Austin, Texas and she later continued her training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City, where she studied Method Acting, ballet, movement, and acting for film and television.

Carolyn is recognized for her acting work in a supporting role opposite Frank Mosley in Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color, an Official Selection at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and winner of the Special Jury Award for Sound Design. More recently, she has worked with Dallas filmmaker Anthony Brownrigg in a supporting role in the sequel to the 1970’s horror cult classic, Don’t Look In The Basement.

Carolyn has international acting experience on short films and has also served as a Jury Member on the Short Film Circuit for the 10th Annual Monterrey International Film Festival in Mexico.

Behind the camera, Carolyn has experience as a producer and art director, most recently having worked on Book of Ruth , a feature film by Sundance Alum, Pablo Véliz, which was an official selection to the Middle Coast Film Festival and Marfa Film Festival in 2014.