NEW YORK(SMI-WIRE,11.30.17)The Stonestreet Studio, an independent film studio, exclusive screen acting  & production conservatory partner of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Drama program, hosted it second annual Granite Award, honoring & awarding Rachel Brosnahan (American Actress) with the 2017 Stonestudio Granite Award, during a Thursday's afternoon  award ceremony at Taj Restaurant in Manhattan, NYC.

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The Granite is awarded to an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, or hyphenate who has emerged from Stonestreet Studios’ unique in-house conservatory and who has gone on to create provocative, meaningful, and relevant film and television projects. 

 

Rachel Brosnahan is an American Actress and best known for her roles in the films

" The Unborn "(2009 ) and Beautiful Creatures(2013 ) and for portraying Rachel Posner in  the  Netflix series House of Cards, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award.

 

Her Amazon show, in which she stars as the title character, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, begins streaming on November 29th and has been picked up for a second season ahead of its premiere.

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Stonestreet Studios, founded in 1991 in New York City by creative team Alyssa Rallo Bennett and Gary O. Bennett, is an independent film studio and the exclusive screen acting & production conservatory partner of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Drama program.  Stonestreet’s mission is to create innovative content that often features their best emerging actors through a variety of projects across genres and formats.  Work ethic, focus, creativity and the creation of a safe set that inspires risks, honesty and emotionally moving work are among the studio and conservatory’s goals.