Meet our Members: Rita Manyette, Actor
Rita was the spokesperson for the National American Heart Association's Heart Walk for 2003, with her son Grant Manyette. After seeing her son come through 6 heart surgeries, Rita decided to give film acting a try. Rita pointed out "I saw first hand how precious life is and I didn't want to end up on my death bed saying what if". Rita landed her first role as the lead in "The Words Not", a University of Miami Graduate Student's film project. After that she went to Orlando to star in KSfilms project "Wish". Rita took on a demanding role in "Schune", her first horror film. One week later she played a shrewd lawyer in "Perspectives". The lead role was offered to Rita in "After the Storms" shortly after she wrapped "Perspectives". "Celebration" marked Rita's 4th lead role and her 1st film in Jacksonville, Florida. This was a welcome change from filming in Orlando and Miami and gave her a chance to work close to
