Out of work actors sign up for Cameo video app for cash

An app that lets celebrities — from athletes to actors — record and sell personalized greeting videos has seen a surge in sign-ups as the Hollywood strikes drag on. 

More than a month into The Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike, which began on July 14, thousands of actors are turning to video app Cameo for cash. 

They use their acting skills, without violating the strike rules, to record short greeting videos they sell to fans for as little as a few bucks and as much as thousands of dollars. Cameo also lets actors sell videos to businesses, essentially as spokespeople, through its Cameo for Business arm.