MASHA MENDIETA
- SAG-AFTRA
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Olga - 1 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Good-girl daughter who is secretly very bad. (w/ Russian accent)
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The Divide (Cannes 2014) (Performance Video) Quicktime
Young Mexican immigrant braves the rough desert to cross the border and is victimized by border vigilantes. (w/ Spanish accent)
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Love Me If You Dare (Performance Video) Quicktime
College girl with sexual prowess takes a dare to the next level.
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Olga - 2 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Surly Russian mail-order bride smokes and drinks her way into a weird situation.
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Draconis Olim (Performance Video) Quicktime
Sci-fi/fantasy: Teen finds out she has magical powers and seeks a dragon for guidance.
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Sister Cities (Performance Video) Quicktime
Improv/loosely-scripted: Straight-talking New Yorker finds the humor in her new, very zen LA roommate.
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Siodmak - 1 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Kidnapped woman fights back against an obsessive serial killer.
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Siodmak - 2 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Confident rookie cop matches wit with an inquisitive reporter.
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Beefcake - 2 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Cute girl at a bar ditches a sarcastic conversation to chase a boy.
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Beefcake - 3 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Mean party-girl snipes about her sister's lack of fashion sense.
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Siodmak - 3 (Performance Video) Quicktime
Woman brings home a date and they accidentally hear her sister having sex
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Résumé Print Résumé
Website: www.MashaMendieta.com | ||
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Film | ||
Reawakened (post production) |
SUPPORTING |
Jose Altonaga |
The Divide |
LEAD |
AFI / Ashley Monti |
LA Movie Awards 2014 |
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A La Pozole |
LEAD |
USC / Sandra Joen Perez |
Dancing in the Shadows |
LEAD |
USC / Hannah McKibbin |
La Machine de Plaisir |
LEAD |
USC / Fabrizio Rosso |
Olga |
LEAD (Olga) |
AFI / Chloe Okuno |
Draconis Olim |
LEAD |
Elana Mugdan |
Siodmak |
LEAD |
Deviant Children prod |
Immigrantula |
SUPPORTING |
Viva Ruiz |
MoMA world premiere |
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Beefcake |
LEAD |
Deviant Children prod |
The Nice Guy |
LEAD |
Robert Dixon |
New York Intl Film Fest '10 |
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Dual Citizen |
LEAD |
Jorge Cotto |
Best Film, 'Canes Film Fest 08 |
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Nadja |
LEAD |
David McNamara |
Theatre | ||
The Seagull |
Nina |
Renaissance Players |
Whittier Boulevard |
LEAD |
Casa 0101 Theatre |
Bacchanalia |
LEAD |
The Vagrancy / Lounge Theatre |
24 Hour Theatre Festival '14 |
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Killing Strawhead |
LEAD (Jackie Kennedy) |
Chekhov Studio Ensemble |
My Night with Frida |
LEAD (Frida Kahlo) |
Manhattan Repertory (NY) |
Three American Women |
LEAD |
Abingdon Theatre (NY) |
Midtown Int'l Theatre Fest '10 |
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Something Outrageous |
LEAD |
45th Street Theatre (NY) |
A Comedy of Errors |
Courtesan |
Cambridge University (UK) |
Television | ||
M.A.S.H. (pilot) |
SUPPORTING |
Korstiaan Vandiver |
Fanesca ‘E Rummeits (pilot) |
LEAD |
Carlos Espinel |
Dr. G: America's Most Shocking Cases (ep. 2) |
FEATURED |
Discovery Channel |
New Media | ||
Sister Cities (pilot) |
LEAD |
Manic Mane Productions |
Rastafari Man (musical comedy sketch) |
SUPPORTING |
Parody Pie Productions |
Commercial/Music video | ||
Dunkin Donuts NATIONAL |
PRINCIPAL |
Park Productions |
Miss Latin America of the World (TV commercial) |
PRINCIPAL |
Extremo Vision (Dominican TV) |
Saleracks.com commercial |
PRINCIPAL |
Source Play Media |
Music video for film, BROOD |
LEAD |
Vortex Media |
“Breakeven” music video, The Script |
FEATURED |
Fatking Films |
Education/Training | ||
MOSCOW ART THEATRE |
Acting, Movement, Voice |
Moscow, Russia |
ACTING |
Michael Chekhov technique |
Joanna Merlin, MICHA |
M.R. Makela, Chekhov Studio |
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Meisner |
Terry Schreiber Studio, NYC |
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Stanislavski |
Dmitri Troyanovsky Studio, NYC |
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IMPROVISATION |
Long-form / "The Harold" |
Upright Citizen's Brigade, NYC |
ON-CAMERA |
Peter Miner |
Terry Schreiber Studio, NYC |
SHAKESPEARE |
Cambridge University |
England, UK |
COMBAT |
Orlando Cruz (stunts) |
Kofi Nsafoah (film combat) |
VOICE |
Joan Barber (Musical Theatre) |
Clinton Curtis (Pop/Rock) |
DANCE |
Salsa, Merengue (adv) |
Tango (int) Waltz (int) |
Belly dance (int) |
Ballet (beg) Hip-hop (beg) |
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University of Miami |
B.A. International Relations |
summa-cum-laude |
Special Skills | ||
LANGUAGES |
SPANISH (fluent) |
RUSSIAN (fluent) |
FRENCH (fluent) |
ARABIC (elementary) |
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Kayaking, Obstacle racing |
Field hockey, Soccer, Cheerleading |
Painting, Mermaid swim |
MISCELLANEOUS |
valid US, Ecuadorian, & Russian passport |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'4" |
Weight: 117 lbs |
Salsa/merengue, Elementary Arabic, Aerobics, Canoeing, Cheerleading, Combat - Stage, Football, Jump Rope, Kayaker, Kick Boxing, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Rollerblading, Running - General, Snow Skiing - General, Snowboarding, Soccer, Swimming - ability - general, Volleyball, Yoga, Clarinet, Dance Ballet, Dance Ballroom, Dance Belly, Dance Cha Cha, Dance Hip Hop, Dance Salsa, Dance Tango, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Range: Soprano, American - New York Accent, British - BBC English Accent, Eastern European Accent, French Accent, Russian Accent, Spanish Accent, Fluent French, Fluent Russian, Fluent Spanish
*Crowned QUEEN OF EUROPE AND ASIA 2011 at the Miss Latin America of the World competition Miscellaneous: Phi Beta Kappa; Took a hiatus in 2016 to work as senior staff in D.C. for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign