Kacie Stetson - Acting Coach

Kacie Stetson is the founder of the Kacie Stetson Studio and the creator of the cutting edge Acting From the Core technique. 

Training & Background

Kacie trained at RADA in London and Boston University School of the Arts where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She holds a Master's degree in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica.

Kacie has worked extensively in both the Hollywood and Auckland markets. She has over thirty years experience in film, television and theatre, with comprehensive credits in directing, acting and writing. 

Kacie is gifted in facilitating actors to reach both their highest professional goals and deepest emotional truths. Actors that Kacie has trained have gone on to work extensively in film and television. Their credits include: Pearl, Empire, Orange is the New Black, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Castle, Glee, General Hospital, True Blood, ER, 90210, House, The Tomorrow People, Dark Blue, Criminal Minds, How To Get Away With Murder, all CSI's and NCIS's, as well as feature films such as The Hunger Games and Wetlands.

She has trained many New Zealand actors, who have appeared on such shows as StepDave, Hilary, Go Girls, Spartacus, Shortland Street as well as several feature films.

In addition to coaching, Kacie is an award-winning writer, screenwriter and director. In 2019, she was staffed on the Warner Brothers NZ series BETHANY. Currently, she is staffed on the WB NZ series SNOWMAN. Kacie’s screenplay THE HIDDEN was a finalist in the 2017 Page International Screenwriting Awards, beating out thousands of scripts from all over the world. 

Stetson’s first film, UPSIDE DOWN, which she wrote, directed, and produced, won Best Narrative Film at the 2018 Top Shorts and LA Film Awards. Her second film The Reading, was selected by many international film festivals and won Best Original Story at 2022 Top Shorts. Kacie’s prose has been published in Next and Express magazines. Her novel NGANGA won honourable mention at the Saints and Sinners contest in the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival.