OUR TEAM.
Meet our Founders - both currently working actors and filmmakers.
Kym Jackson (Founder)
Kym Jackson (This Is Us, S.W.A.T., N.C.I.S.) is an actress credited with 60+ feature films & TV episodes. She has five feature films releasing in 2025, and recently wrapped as #6 opposite Daisy Ridley on post-apocalyptic feature We Bury the Dead, and Other You, her first film as producer.
A member of American MENSA, Kym is the author of the Amazon Best Selling textbook, The Hollywood Survival Guide For Actors, a comprehensive 300+ page guide to navigating the entertainment industry.
As a coach and regular speaker for organizations including SAG-AFTRA, MEAA, WIFT, Spotlight, Kym has taught thousands of actors to navigate the business of acting. Her methods incorporate mindset techniques to help artists develop and maintain the mental fortitude required to successfully pursue a career acting professionally in the film & TV industry.
Kym is also a SAG-AFTRA convention delegate, who in 2022 co-authored (with then SAG-AFTRA Vice President, Ben Whitehair) and gained unanimous support from the delegation for her resolution to limit self tape lengths - a key point in the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike negotiations.
Andrew Steel (Founder)
Andrew Steel (Home & Away, Wish Man) is an award winning NIDA trained actor. He has worked extensively in theatre, film and television both in Australia and the U.S. His credits include Home and Away, Wonderland, Days of Our Lives, The Justice Lease, Deadbeat Dads, and four seasons of Wind In The Willows with the Australian Shakespeare Company.
His latest credit is the lead role of Wish Man, the bio-pic of Frank Shankwitz, the creator of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Steel leads an all-star cast including Bruce Davison, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, Dale Dickey, Frank Whaley, Robert Pine and Steven Michael Quezada. Wish Man was screened at both the Cannes Film Festival and at the Toronto International Film Festival and was in consideration for best picture at the 2020 Academy Awards. It spent several months trending in the top 10 globally on Netflix.
Andrew is also the President of the international socially conscious film festival Flicks4Change, which ran for 5 years, directly connecting hundreds of non-profits with creatives and audiences passionate about their causes.
Plus, the dozens of incredible coaches, casting directors, filmmakers, and industry experts who join us for recorded or live classes each month…
Our Experts And Guests Share Over 5,000 Professional Film & TV Credits
Your Membership Includes…
The Video Vault
A Netflix style database with 3000+ classes, interviews and coaching videos filled with strategies and advice on how to become a working actor.
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The SAS Journey
Our flagship series of masterclasses (below) is included in your membership.
It is the cornerstone of your Secret Actor Society learning experience.
And a comprehensive, accurate guide through the entire journey of becoming an actor - from start to finish!
These classes retail at $97 each for non-members.
And years saved not having to figure it all out for yourself.
All for the one low cost of becoming a member.
So, what are you waiting for?
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