Breaking through in Hollywood can be tough, but two Mansfield ISD students are making it look easy.

Seventh-graders Aeiress Jones and Raymond Ware recently landed roles on the Emmy-winning comedy Abbott Elementary .

They attend different middle schools, work with different managers and auditioned separately, so neither knew the other was up for a role.

“I mean that is pretty amazing,” said Jamie Malone, owner of MC Talent Management. “Sometimes lightning strikes. You just never know.”

Malone is based in Los Angeles, but Aeiress isn’t her only Texas client. Malone said the rise of self-tape auditions during the pandemic opened doors for talent living outside major film hubs.

“Texas just has really good kids,” she said. “They have really good kid and adult talent, so we're going t

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