MARISSA GHAVAMI - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA

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Represented by:

Aligned Stars Agency (GA) (818) 726-5805 / (770) 510-3883 Commercial, Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Theatrical

Kanner Entertainment (NY) (212) 496-8175 Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Theatrical

Katalyst (KY) (859) 581-4555 Commercial, Equity, Hosting, Models, Print, Product Print, Public Appearances, SAG-AFTRA, Theatrical, Voice-Overs

Stewart Talent - Voiceover (NY) (212) 315-5505 Equity, SAG-AFTRA, Voice-Overs

DIRECT CONTACT & LINKS

Email

marissa@marissaghavami.com

Website

www.marissaghavami.com

Instagram

instagram.com/marissaghavami

Flowpage

flow.page/marissaghavami

NYC THEATRE (Selected)

THE LITTLE PONY (U.S. Debut Workshop Production)

Lead / Irene

Torn Page, dir. Kimi Ramírez

4XLATINÉ: SILUETAS (Workshop; Opposite Tony Winner

Lead / Khalilah

Latiné Musical Theatre Lab

KO (Karen Olivo))

at PRTT (Off-Broadway)

dir. Pierre Jean Gonzalez

CRY IT OUT

Lead / Jessie

Divine Riot at NuBox, dir.

Phoebe Dunn & Cassidy Layton

THEY TOLD ME TO USE IT (Staged Reading)

Lead / Caroline

Broadway Bound Theatre Fest.,

dir. Ren Dara Santiago

2017 SUNDAY BRUNCH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY

Lead / Actor

The Tank, dir. Jillian Carucci

REGIONAL THEATRE (Selected)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Opposite Ross Lekites)

Lead / Belle

Music Theatre Louisville

FILM (Selected)

THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS (Alongside Academy Award Nominee

Lead / Celia Ford

Amazon, dir. Tom Whitus

Bruce Davison)

NOT FADE AWAY (w/ Emmy Winner James Gandolfini)

Supporting / Meredith

Paramount (Theatrical Release)

dir. David Chase

TELEVISION

WITHOUT A TRACE

Co-Star / Sylvia

CBS, dir. Rosemary Rodriguez

IT'S SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO

Singer (Named "Star of Tomorrow")

NBC

CONCERT

THE LINEUP (w Academy Award Winner & Tony Nom Ariana DeBose)

Soloist

Birdland, MD Brad Simmons

SONGS BY US (Alongside Tony Nominee L Morgan Lee)

Soprano (MTF Women/Trans Rep Roundtable)

Joe's Pub at The Public

THE CAROUSEL OF HOPE BALL (Virtual)

Sop. (Backup for Barry Manilow)

PeopleTV, MD David Foster,

MS Michael J. Moritz Jr.

54 CELEBRATES ELTON JOHN AT 75

Soloist

Feinstein’s/54 Below

LA's NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR

Soloist (1st Runner Up)

Sterling's Upstairs

THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER GRAND OPENING

Soloist

The Muhammad Ali Center

COMMERCIAL, PRINT & VOICE OVER Conflicts avail. upon request

Commercial: Pepsi’s AMP Energy Drink, Kroger;

Print: Belvedere, Vartali Hair Salon,

Claudia Amaya, Girl Scout

Cookies, Kentucky Fried Chicken;

Voice Over: Audible, McDonald’s, Ford,

JCPenney

TRAINING

THE WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO:

(Graduate, 2-Year Core Program)

ACTING (Meisner) w/ William Esper

MOVEMENT (Laban) w/ Ted Morin

VOICE & SPEECH (Linklater,

Shakespeare) w/ Nancy Mayans

ACTING MASTER CLASS

w/ William Esper

THE WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO SUMMER INTENSIVE:

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE w/ Anne Waxman

DIALECTS w/ Patricia Fletcher

MASK w/ Akil Davis

ON CAMERA w/ David & Linda Laundra

SCRIPT ANALYSIS w/ MZ Ribalow

MIME w/ Bill Bowers

ACTING

The Karl Bury Studio, Karl Bury

Ongoing Scene Study Class

ON CAMERA

Bob Krakower

Advanced Workshops

SINGING

Katy Pfaffl (Current), Mike Ruckles, Liz

Caplan, Seth Riggs

Ongoing Private Lessons

VOICE (Linklater)

w/ Dru Pilmer

Ongoing Private Lessons

IMPROV

The Second City LA

Workshop

SPECIAL SKILLS & OTHER

IRANIAN-AMERICAN; comfortable speaking basic Farsi.

VOCAL RANGE: F sharp below middle C to E flat above high C

(full belt to C,

strong mix belt to F sharp);

Musical Theatre, Classical, Opera/Coloratura,

Alternative/Indie, Pop, Rock, Jazz,

Folk, Country.

EXCELLENT W/ DIALECTS: Knows IPA; Southern, Midwestern,

NY, Classical American, Mid-Atlantic,

RP, Cockney, Iranian, Afghan,

Syrian, Romanian.

DANCE: Basic Ballet, Jazz, Theatre, Hip-Hop & Tap.

INSTRUMENTS: Basic Acoustic Guitar.

NATIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKER.

LICENSED DRIVER.

CURRENT PASSPORT.

FULLY VACCINATED.

MEMBER: PANO, Ring of Keys, The Players.

LOCAL HIRES: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA,

Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA,

Louisville, KY & Southern FL.

PRODUCER / WRITER / FELLOW / FOUNDER

Co-Producer of feature film Mass (Sundance ‘21, Acquired by

Bleecker Street, Theatrical Release,

Robert Altman Award Winner,

BAFTA Nominee; dir. Fran Kranz, starring Jason Issacs, Emmy

Winners Ann Dowd & Martha Plimpton &

Tony Winner Reed Birney)

Co-Writer & Producer of short film Silk (Official Selection

at Academy Award Qualifying Festival),

dir. John Magaro (Past Lives)

Queer Writer Fellow (Director’s Pick) at the Martha’s

Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing

ASTEP (Artists Striving To End Poverty; now Arts Ignite)

Fellow & Participant in Artist as

Citizen Conference @ Juilliard

Founding Exec. + Artistic Dir. of Healing TREE (Trauma

Resources, Education & Entertainment)

www.healingtreenonprofit.org

Founding Company Member of Divine Riot (theatre, film,

artists that defy convention)

www.divineriot.org

Full biography available at www.marissaghavami.com

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 110 lbs

Eyes: Blue

Hair Color: Brown

Hair Length: Short

 

CURRENT PASSPORT, Combat - Stage, Dance Ballet, Dance Hip Hop, Dance Jazz, Dance Modern, Dance Swing, Dance Tap, Guitar, Host, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Modeling, Singer, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Range: Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Vocal Style: Legit, Voiceover, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, American - Texan Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, Persian Accent