Born to minister, Joseph Montagna and interior decorator, Sherry Phillips, Kendra Rose Montagna was born to live a conventional residential life. She was born in Jamestown, New York, where she attended Falconer Elementary. At the age of 5, she pushed her parents into letting her enter the Allen Park Talent Show. Her imaginative love for music and the arts shined through, and of course all things Disney princess. She sang Disney's, The Little Mermaid's "Part of Your World," and took home first place. And so it began.
At the age of 11, Joseph was recruited to a piloting job and relocated his family to Indiana. Between a cornfield and a church, she attended Franklin Township Middle School and Franklin Central High School. She focused on her schooling and adhered to typical Bible belt life in the Midwest. Extracurricular activities and church on Sunday, she blended in very normally to the standards of Midwestern living.
Kendra found her voice and outlet through her love for the arts. She was in theater playing the lead of Annie in "Annie" at the age of 16. She participated in an award winning show choir, the FC Singers conducted by the talented Bill Griffel and choreographed by the U.S. renowned, Damon Brown. With them and her colleagues, she traveled to different contests around the states, sharing her love with other artists and finding her voice, even gracing the honors of the stage of Disney's Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Orlando Florida.
Graduating with honors, Kendra attended Butler University for a few semesters before getting the itch to grow in a bigger city. Led by misconception and intuition, Kendra left the small town community of Indiana and fled to Los Angeles, CA. There she starting acting as an extra. She landed a minor role as a Varsity Cheerleader in, "The Return of Zoom", (Kate Mara, Tim Allen, Courtney Cox, Chevy Chase), and realized this was what she wanted to invest her efforts in. She enrolled in Playhouse West in North Hollywood and learned the techniques of Sanford Meisner. "Living truthfully in imaginary circumstances."-Sanford Meisner, the possibilities.
She went on to study and graduate from the prestigious Baron/Brown two year Meisner training program in Santa Monica, California. She auditioned more and was fortunate enough to become a part of the Screen Actors Guild in 2007. Kendra Rose Montagna worked on 20th Century Fox's, "Bones," in 2005, and the television pilot Edison with John Leguizamo. She went on to contribute in the web series boom with many online productions. She was in the science fiction film, "Life Tracker" in 2012 along with the romantic comedy "Ripe" due out next year. She has a couple more upcoming productions set.
Although she misses the days of Olive Garden, she is fulfilled and thriving through this blessing of creativity.
Trivia: Kendra Rose Montagna's favorite place to eat is Denny's
Her friends call her Ken.
She looks up to her Grandmother, Bernice Range, who makes her own jam.
