Gail Porada(I)
- Actress
- Casting Department
Gail is a professional actor and member of the Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA. Her career spans over 40 years. She began performing professionally at the age of 5, playing Gretl in the musical, The Sound of Music. She has performed in numerous stage plays and touring productions, as well as in film and television, appearing in the series Rescue 911 with William Shatner, and Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack. Commercial credits include Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Ritz Crackers, Publix, Domino's Pizza and Fed Ex, to name a few. Gail attended the University of Michigan, earning her Bachelor's degree in Theatre and went on to teach high school Theatre, where she was also the Director of Speech and Forensics. She now runs the largest private elementary/middle school theatre program in the state of Michigan and Assistant Directs at the high school.
In 2024, she was asked by actor/director Alexander Wraith, whom she met while her daughter, actress Sydney Porada, was co-starring in the film 'Tweed' with, to help with casting his upcoming boxing film, 'Clay'.