is the busiest bee you will meet this side of the Mississippi.

Growing up in Colorado, she learned to love performing arts from her start in dance. At age 2, Irelynn loved her home studio and thought the only thing she could ever be was a Ballerina. At age 13, she discovered musical theatre and stage acting through her middle school. Irelynn’s path HAD to be a screen actor. She wanted to be on film, TV, and movies! During this time, she ventured out to LA and fell in love. Taking any classes she could get her hands on (as a spry 14-year-old, thanks, mom…), she cultivated her love for telling a story.

However, coming into her first year as a high schooler, her life altered for the better. Thanks to Hope Hosier, this was her first time setting foot in New York. Her heart couldn’t have been more full. She adored the city, and after seeing Come From Away, Phantom of the Opera, and Jersey Boys on Broadway, she knew she had to, no, absolutely NEEDED to pursue Musical Theatre.

Starting voice lessons as a 16-year-old (rough) and trying to make up for lost time, Irelynn consumed any Musical Theatre media she could. Developing into a certified #BandKid, she loved playing the cello, but discovered quickly that they won’t really let you march with one. She joined the Color Guard and quickly became Captain, rediscovering her passion for dance. This all came to a screeching halt with the COVID-19 pandemic. She had to rediscover her passion for learning, life, and what she truly valued in this world. Prepping for a season of all virtual auditions in her house wasn’t easy, but who knows? Maybe she wouldn’t have gotten so good at self-taping years later?

Accepted into AMDA College of the Performing Arts (her number one choice, you go, girl) after the COVID-19 pandemic, Irelynn set off to New York once again. She earned her Associate’s degree after spending a year in NYC and a year on the Hollywood campus.

She learned how to tell stories onstage, performing as Brooke in Legally Blonde, dancing and later commanding space in Hairspray at 5-Star Theatricals, clowning as the Jester in Once Upon a Mattress, and Featured Ensemble in A Christmas Story. When the curtain closes, she does not stop. She trains. She listens. She practices again.

Sometimes her stories were told through movement, at Millennium Dance Complex or under bright lights as a dancer and captain. Sometimes they were told through her voice, on screen, on stage, or in a recording booth, where even whispers could carry wonder.

No matter the setting, Irelynn followed one rule she learned long ago. Show up prepared, work with kindness, and be authentically you.

Now she is still the busiest bee, from audition rooms to rehearsal halls, from New York to Los Angeles, but she runs with purpose. Each step is fueled by discipline, curiosity, and a love for storytelling that has never learned how to quit.

Hard work is not the opposite of joy.
It is how joy learns to stay.