Child Actor Resume – If your child is an actor, something you have to think about is what to put on the actor resume for that child. It may seem strange to think about creating a resume for a child, especially for a young child. But when a child is trying to get a job …
Category Archive: Child Acting
Jun 21
If Your Child Auditions for Professional Acting Jobs, Should You Participate in Community Theatre?
If your child auditions for professional acting jobs, being involved in community theatre can sometimes result in unexpected dilemmas. Certainly, your child is auditioning hoping to get acting jobs. But you never know when a booking will occur. You don’t want your child to just sit around doing nothing while waiting to hear that an …
Mar 11
How Much Money Must Be Deposited Into a Coogan Account from a Child’s Earnings?
It is required by law in California and New York that a percentage of a child’s entertainment industry earnings be deposited into a Coogan Account, a.k.a. a Coogan Blocked Trust Account. In California, only 10 days after getting an entertainment work permit, you must have also opened this special Coogan account specifically for that …
Feb 18
Can a Bank Deduct Fees from a Coogan Blocked Trust Account?
Understanding exactly what a Coogan blocked trust account is and how it works is no easy feat for a parent of a child actor or model. Many employees at banks are just about as clueless about Coogan accounts as you probably are, and some are even more so. In fact, finding the information you …
Feb 18
What Is a Coogan Blocked Trust Account? (Showbiz Term of the Day)
What Is a Coogan Blocked Trust Account? For those with children interested in the entertainment industry, it is very important to understand what a Coogan Blocked Trust Account is. As soon as you get a California entertainment work permit (see “Do You Need an Entertainment Work Permit for Your Child Actor?“) for your child, you …
