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Ivana Skelin returned to acting after a 19 year hiatus and has had a blast appearing in 260 Days with Tom Roth, NCiS: Hawai’i as a Russian spy posing as a tourist, the comedy June and John for director Luc Besson, the thriller The Arrangement, FBI: Most Wanted, and Law & Order just to name a few. She is so grateful and excited to be part of the world of Rated which she gives 10 out of 10 stars.
Sadie Stratton is an award winning with credits spanning TV and film. She’s known for playing Mary Washburn in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Patty Cannon on Misha Greens’s critically acclaimed show Underground on WGN. Other notable credits include: Westworld, The Sex Lives of College Girls, The Good Side of Bad, and NCIS to name a few. She can currently be seen guest starring on Amazon Primes Ballard and The Five Star Weekend on Peacock.
Blaine Hall plays Tom in Rated and has built a career in feature films, including: a recent lead role in Run, directed by Nathan Blaze, The Huntsman, Wyatt Earp in the Doc Holliday trilogy, as well as in the trilogy, The Guardsman, The Wolf. The role that started it all for Blaine was in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. When not on set, Blaine is probably fixing something as he happens to be the handyman every friend wishes they had. He lives with his wife, Carly, and their four year old daughter, Porter.
Tisha Bradford is an actress based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to her role in the independent film RATED, she has appeared in numerous television and film productions including: the just released Nimrods(2026), Tulsa King, Hope’s Hollywood Christmas, My Professor’s Deadly Secret, and in The Girl Who Believes in Miracles.
Outside of acting, Tisha is the owner of Lyrical Sounds DJ Services and has been a professional DJ for 17 years. She and her husband, Lloyd, have been happily married for 15 years. Tisha works in higher education, helping adult learners achieve their goals of returning to college and completing their degrees. Together, they are the proud parents of five children and grandparents to four grandchildren. Tisha looks forward to continuing to grow her acting career and bringing meaningful stories to audiences on screen.
Barbara Sandlin is an actress whose work includes many films, commercials, and theater including: Sinister Secret Ingredient, Sacrament, Who Could Kill, Murder and Matrimony,and the upcoming The Rest of Your Life. When not acting, she enjoys being a grandmother and playing Mother Ginger in Central Oklahoma Ballet’s yearly production of the Nutcracker.
DARRYL COX’s career spans the spectrum of more than 90 films including: ARLINGTON ROAD, ROBOCOP, BOTTLE ROCKET, MINARI, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, TWISTERS, and A PERFECT WORLD. Some notable TV series and movies include: RESERVATION DOGS, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, PRISON BREAK, L.A. LAW, DALLAS, CHASE, NYPD BLUE, MUHAMMAD ALI: KING OF THE WORLD, WITNESS TO THE EXECUTION, NORTH AND SOUTH and James Michener’s TEXAS, and the daytime soap: GENERAL HOSPITAL. Directors he has worked with include Francis Ford Coppola, Wes Anderson, Clint Eastwood, Terrence Malick, Paul Verhoeven, Sterlin Harjo, Bille August, Mark Pellington, Lee Isaac Chung, Paul Dano, Tim Blake Nelson, Adam Arkin, John Lee Hancock, and Oliver Stone. Roles on stages from coast to coast have included Roald Amundsen in TERRA NOVA, Teddy in Harold Pinter’s THE HOMECOMING, Cardinal Richelieu in THE THREE MUSKETEERS, Lt. Col. Nathan Jessup in A FEW GOOD MEN, Aaronow in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, and Polonius in HAMLET.
A former officer in the U.S. Navy, he served onboard the destroyer U.S.S. Forrest Sherman, including a deployment to the Persian Gulf in 1980.
Joshua Fortson marks his feature debut as Joshua Mitchell in RATED. Joshua joined into the family business, acting in his dad’s award winning short film, RATED(2016), upon which the feature is based. Joshua recurred in the series Urban Nightmares for Black Pills. And has appeared in more than 17 commercials including with, Martin Short and SHAQ. He’s also appeared in Steve Carell’s commercial short, The Greatest Gift, directed by Craig Gillespie.
John Fortson is a LA-based director, writer, and actor making his feature directorial debut with RATED (2026). RATED will have it’s world premiere at the 2026 Austin Film Festival in October. John’s feature is based on his award winning short film, RATED (2016), which he wrote, directed and starred in. The short garnered 23 awards while playing more than 60 festivals worldwide including: Palm Springs Shortfest, Short Shorts Japan, Cleveland International, Rhode Island International, Savannah Film Festival, and Aesthetica UK. John’s also acted in many movies and TV shows including: as the series lead in Urban Nightmares for BlackPills, ER, and The Perfect Guy. John wrote and performed two critically acclaimed one-person shows about relationship, Loveswell, and The Naked Surfer, which ran and were extended in Los Angeles for more than three years. John’s work has focused on social consciousness comedies, dialing in on our intimate relationships and how we affect each other in our world. John is currently in development on two new feature films: GHOST IN YOU, a thrilling ghost story in the vein of a Cassavetes’ inspired version of Poltergeist. And EMBRACE, a story about the relationships we have with our aging parents, their value in our world and our desire to “fix” them – all in an effort to never let them go.
Spencer Garrett is a third-generation actor whose career spans 35 years in film, television and theatre. He’s been fortunate to have worked with some of his director heroes over the years, and some film highlights include Public Enemies, Luck and Blackhat for frequent collaborator Michael Mann, Air Force One opposite Glenn Close, Charlie Wilson’s War for Mike Nichols, Thank You for Smoking and The Frontrunner for Jason Reitman, Bobby (SAG Award Nomination for best ensemble) The Way and The Public for Emilio Estevez’, Nicole Holofcener’s Lovely and Amazing, Bombshell, Game Change, and All The Way for Jay Roach, and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time n Hollywood. He recently completed principal photography on Lone Wolf opposite Bryan Cranston and Lily Gladstone. He’s appeared in more than 200 major guest or recurring television roles, as well as in numerous Off Broadway and regional theatre. In March 2026 Spencer made his Broadway debut in Pulitzer Prize Winner Stephen Adly Guirgis’ highly anticipated adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon, with Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. The production played for 140 performances over 5 1/2 sold out months at the August Wilson Theatre.
Dale Dickey is a veteran of the stage and a prominent film & television actress with over 150 credits – most recently she earned an Emmy nomination for best supporting actress in a comedy series for the first season of the hit Apple TV series WIDOW’S BAY. She is also well known for the films WINTER’S BONE, winning the Film Independent Spirit Award for supporting actress, and A LOVE SONG, for which she was nominated for both a Gotham and Film Independent Spirit Award for best lead performance. She also won outstanding performance awards at the Seattle, Provincetown and San Luis Obispo film festivals. Other films include PALM SPRINGS, HORIZON, FLAG DAY, LEAVE NO TRACE, HELL OR HIGH WATER, BLOOD FATHER, IRON MAN 3, CHANGELING, SUPER 8, THE GUILT TRIP, DOMINO, and THE PLEDGE. She has guest starred on over 50 television shows, most recently FALLOUT, BASS REEVES and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. She is well known for her recurring work on projects such as BREAKING BAD, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, THEM, CLAWS, UNBELIEVABLE, VICE PRINCIPALS, TRUE BLOOD, JUSTIFIED, and MY NAME IS EARL. Born and raised in Knoxville, TN, she trained with the Clarence Brown Company at the University of Tennessee, receiving an honorary MFA. She continued her training while living in New York, London and Chicago and currently resides in L.A
Abby Ryder Fortson is currently shooting in Netflix’s new series, Scooby Doo: Origins, as Velma due out Summer 2027. Abby’s best known for her critically acclaimed starring role as Margaret in Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret opposite Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates, directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and produced by James L Brooks for which Abby was honored with a Critics Choice Nomination and CinemaCon’s Rising Star Award. She recently starred in the 2026 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominated film, Carousel, opposite Chris Pine and Jenny Slate directed by Rachel Lambert. As well as starred opposite Noah Wyle, recurring in HBO’s multiple Emmy winning, The Pitt. Premiering at the 2026 Austin Film Festival, Abby reprises her role in the feature film adaptation of RATED, written and directed by John Fortson, based on his award winning short film, opposite Christie Lynn Smith, Dale Dicky, and Spencer Garrett. Abby was named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Top 30 Stars Under the Age of 18.” She is also widely known for her iconic role as Cassie Lang, Paul Rudd/AntMan’s daughter in Marvel’s blockbuster films, ANTMAN and the WASP and ANT-MAN, directed by Peyton Reed. Other roles include: Tales From The Loop, opposite Rebecca Hall, directed by Mark Romanek, A Dog’s Journey, directed by Gail Mancuso, recurring on Spielberg’s ABC series, The Whispers opposite Lily Rabe and Milo Ventimiglia, recurring on the Golden Globe winning Amazon series, Transparent, and as a series regular on HBO’s acclaimed series, Togetherness, opposite Melanie Lynsky and Mark Duplass.
Christie Lynn Smith is an award winning actress who has appeared in over 90 television series and films. Christie can currently be seen recurring in HBO’s hit series I Love LA, the 2026 SXSW drama Downbeat, and in Amazon’s hit comedy, The Other Zoey. Christie’s probably best known for playing Deadra Farnum in Breck Eisner’s remake of The Crazies and recurring in FOX’s hit series Bones. Other notable credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, 9-1-1, Chicago Med, Gods and Generals, NCIS, Togetherness, Weeds, Justified, House, Malcolm in the Middle, Dexter, Castle, Boston Legal, ER, and General Hospital. Christie co-wrote and starred in the short film, RATED (2016), which garnered 23 awards while playing more than 60 festivals around the world. The feature version of RATED, in which Christie stars, co-wrote, and produced will have its World Premiere this October at The Austin Film Festival (2026). Christie marks her directorial debut with her new award winning short film, EVERYONE HAS ISSUES, which she also wrote and stars in and is already racking up festival attention. Christie’s film will have its World Premiere at the iconic Music Box Theater in Chicago at the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival October 2026, followed by a play at the San Jose International Short Film Festival. Christie is currently in development writing an uplifting road trip film focused on three generations of women who come together to transcend a familial tragedy.