Janet Weakley

Janet Weakley is an actress, born in St Louis, Missouri on February 15, 1959. She grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she attended Pine Crest School. There she discovered her love for acting through participation in The National Forensic League, competing in the category of Dramatic Interpretation. Janet went on to earn her B.A. in Theatre Arts and English at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Upon graduation, she moved to NYC to study acting at HB Studio and The Lee Strasberg Institute. She then returned to Florida, but it wasn't until 2009 that she began acting professionally. She had the good fortune to be cast as Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie under the direction of Tony-nominated director, Michael Leeds and went on to become a sought-after character actress, performing on stages throughout South Florida. After the Pandemic, she relocated to New Jersey to be close to NYC once again in order to pursue a career in film and television, as well as in the theatre. She recently wrote and performed a solo show The Promises at Emerging Artists Theater NYC as part of the Spark Festival 2024. The Promises is now being developed into a one-woman show entitled The Cat Lady's Daughter.