What goes on a child actor resume, even with no credits yet.

Every working actor's first resume had no credits on it. What matters is that the resume is honest, clean, and easy for casting to scan quickly.

A child actor resume is a one-page document that travels with the headshot, printed on the back of it and trimmed to match. It is not meant to impress on its own. It exists to give casting a fast, factual read on who your child is, what they can do, and how to reach the people representing them.

What to include, in order

Casting typically scans a resume top to bottom in a predictable order: name and basic stats first, then credits if there are any, then training, then special skills. Stats usually cover age range, height, and hair and eye color. If your child has no professional credits yet, skip that section entirely rather than padding it with school plays or unpaid projects dressed up as bookings, unless the guide or a rep you are working with tells you otherwise for a specific submission.

Training and special skills carry real weight

With no credits, training and special skills do the most work on a first resume. List acting classes, workshops, or coaching by name and duration if you can. Special skills should be genuine and specific: a sport played competitively, an instrument, a real accent, a second language, dance styles, or anything else your child can actually demonstrate on request. Do not list a skill your child cannot perform on the spot if asked.

A simple structure you can copy

Here is a clean starting structure. Fill in what applies and drop any section that does not.

What to always leave off

Never put a home address or your child's school name on a resume that will circulate to casting offices, production companies, and anyone else in the submission chain. Use a representative's contact information, or a general city and state if there is no rep yet. Leave off a full birth date; age range is enough. Keep the document to identifying details that are actually needed for the audition, nothing more.

Keep it paired with the headshot

Print the resume on the back of the headshot, trimmed to the same size, so the two never separate in a stack of submissions. Update it as training and, eventually, credits grow. A resume is a living document, not something you set once and forget.