Andrea Powell’s News Blog

Another great project by longtime friends at Coastal Video in Virginia Beach, VA.  Andrea stars as a mom (again) helping her teenager study fo a driving exam.

Blink and you’ll miss her, but Andrea did get in on the Durham, NC film production of Horton Foote’s “Main Street” as the restaurant hostess.  Stars Orlando Bloom, Amber Tamblyn, Colin Firth, Patricia Clarkson, Andrew McCarthy, and Ellen Burstyn.

Andrea took at trip back in time to play Bonnie, the diner-owning mother of the rock-throwing kid in “Get Low,” opposite Robert Duvall and up-and-comer Scott Duvall (in the photo).  The movie, which was shot just outside Atlanta, GA, also stars Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, and Lucas Black.

Andrea’s back in New Orleans, finishing up “My Own Love Song” with Renee Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, and Nick Nolte.

Andrea has been cast as Bonnie, mother of a young football player and friend of Ande McDowell’s character, in The 5th Quarter. Also stars Aidan Quinn, who Andrea worked with in Songcatcher.

Andrea is currently in Louisiana filming My Own Love Song, starring Renee Zellweger and Forest Whitaker, written and directed by Olivier Dahan (La Vie en Rose). Andrea plays the adoptive mother of Zellweger’s character’s son.

Andrea hosts a series of web-based training videos for RESPECT-Mil, a program used by the U.S. Army to identify and successfully treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. For more information on this important program, please visit http://www.pdhealth.mil/respect-mil.asp.

Soon Andrea will conduct a behind-the-scenes DVD interview for In/Significant Others, a film she completed earlier this year. The movie, directed by John Schwert (Among Brothers) is due to make the festival rounds early next year. Definitely one of her edgier roles…

Andrea plays a boss (again) for IBM’s series of comedic training films. Written and directed by the same folks who brought you Trust Larry Jenkins.

A popular face in commercials right now, Andrea has spots running for First Citizens Bank in South Carolina, Goody’s in the Southeast, and Affordable Dentures nationwide (as a dentist…not a patient).