YHA MOURHIA WRIGHT
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Quirky Hopeless Romantic - Indie Dramedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
In the pilot of 'Pillow Talk' MIA (Wright) opens up to her new relationship coach, LYRIC, about a man she wants to pursue...but Lyric might be hiding a very important secret!
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Flirty, Confident Drunk - Indie Dramedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
In this scene from episode 6 of 'LoveMyRoomie' (Amazon Prime Video), GISELLE'S (Wright) secret alcohol addiction manifests during her downward spiral at the bar after the onset of a relationship breakup.
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Quirky Friend Lashing Out - Indie Dramedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
In this scene from 'Pillow Talk', MIA (Wright) finds out her relationship coach, LYRIC, has romantic feelings for Mia's love interest.
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Lonely, Vulnerable Friend - Indie Dramedy (Performance Video) Quicktime
In the short film series finale of 'LoveMyRoomie,' GISELLE (Wright) opens up about her heartache and trauma from miscarriage that was the catalyst for her mental health challenges.
Résumé Print Résumé
FILM/TELEVISION | ||
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Scored* |
Small Supporting |
Robert Henry | King Henry Film |
Expulsion |
Lead |
YháWright! Prod. |
*Winner, Black Alphabet Film Festival |
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NEW MEDIA | ||
LoveMyRoomie* |
Series Regular |
YháWright! Prod. | AMAZON |
Pillow Talk |
Series Regular |
Roni & Caleb Davis | BET+ |
Why People Are Afraid |
Co-Star |
Viktoria King | Cyne 59 Prod. |
San Jose Public Defender Film |
Co-Star |
Brian King |
**2018 Multiple Festival Award Winner |
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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL | ||
Transcendent Endeavors |
Principal |
Stanley Krzywonos |
THEATER | ||
Opportunity |
Ashley |
Michael Blatt |
Measure for Measure |
Isabella |
The Night Shift Theatre |
Trapped Abstract |
Pamela |
Cabrini Repertory Theater |
Intimate Apparel |
Mayme |
Pear Avenue Theatre |
A Raisin in the Sun |
Beneatha |
Pear Avenue Theatre |
The Winter's Tale |
Hermione |
LAMDA (London UK) |
Lady of Fadima |
Val |
Actors Studio Drama School(NY) |
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom |
Etienne/Danny |
Actors Studio Drama School(NY) |
The Seventeenth of June |
Dee |
The Actors Studio Repertory |
MUSICAL THEATER | ||
The Color Purple the Musical |
Nettie |
Pigott Theater |
Tin Pan Alley Rag |
Treemonisha |
Tabard Theatre |
Hair: The Tribal Love-Rock Musical |
White Boys Trio Member |
Fess Parker Theatre |
Finian's Rainbow |
Sharecropper |
South Bay Musical Theatre |
TRAINING | ||
The Actors Studio Drama School |
MFA Acting |
Pace University, NYC |
The Actors Studio Drama School |
Playwriting/Screenwriting |
Pace University, NYC |
LAMDA |
Shakespeare Summer Course |
London, UK |
Santa Clara University |
BA Theatre |
Santa Clara, CA |
Marishka S. Phillips |
Acting Coach |
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On Camera Acting Improv Commercial Class |
Stacy Gallo |
New York, NY |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'3" |
Weight: 180 lbs |
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Public Speaking, Kickboxing, Weight Lifting, Vocal Range: Alto
Yhá Mourhia Wright, an artist from San José, CA, earned her MFA in Acting from The Actors’ Studio Drama School in 2016 and founded YháWright Productions. Her original series #LoveMyRoomie, where she stars as Giselle, streams on Amazon Prime Video. Wright has performed in NYC off-off-Broadway productions, including as Isabella in Measure for Measure and in Opportunity by Stanley Martin. She also appeared as Mia in Pillow Talk, a series on BET+ by Roni and Caleb Davis.