MARILISE TRONTO - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA

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Represented by:

BBR (Brady, Brannon & Rich) New York (NY) (323) 852-9559 Commercial

FILM

Each & Every

Lead

Dirs Walt/Rebecca Mzengi Corey

The Merchant & The Indian Parrot

Lead

Dir. Shoja Azari

My Dinner With Mother

Lead

Dir. Robert DeChico

Fight for Her

Lead

Dir. Daniella Pantoliano

The Five Rooms

Lead

Dir: Stefano Cinicola

Maggie's Dream

Lead

Dir: Kay Thompson

The Triumph of Solange

Lead

Dir: Astrid Kortmulder

Need You

Lead

Dir: Andy Mac

This Joyless Place

Supporting

Dir. Jay Villas Boas

Something of a Monster

Supporting

Dir. Brandon Duncan

Timeless

Supporting

Dir. Chris Hart

Potential

Supporting

Dir. Blaze Mancillas

Reconsider

Supporting

Dir. Andy Mac

TELEVISION

All My Children, The Guiding Light, Another World

Under-5

ABC / CBS / NBC

COMMERCIALS

Commercials

List on request

National & regional television

THEATRE

Death of A Salesman

Linda

NY Writers Dojo (Zoom)

The Seagull

Madame Arkadina

Oasis Repertory Co.

Twelfth Night

Olivia

Riverside Shakespeare Co.

The Diary of Anne Frank

Mrs. Van Daan

Summerfun Theater

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Lotus Blossom

Summerfun Theater

The House of Bernarda Alba

Maria Josefa

Cherry Lane Theatre

Allison

Allison

Chicago Playwright's Center

The Male Animal

Patricia

Clarence Brown Theatre

The Man of La Mancha

Innkeeper's Wife

Starlight Musicals tour

The Hollow

Veronica Craye

Meat and Potatoes Theatre

TRAINING

Art of the Messy Actor

Heidi Marshall Studio

Heidi Marshall

On-camera auditions

MN Acting Studio

Van Hansis, Stacey Van Gorder

On-camera auditions

Book More TV (online)

Christine Horn (LA)

Scene study

The Juilliard School Extension

Claire Karpen

Acting

Wynn Handman Studio

Wynn Handman, Billy Lyons

Shakespeare

ESPA Primary Stages

Owen Horsley (RSC)

Voice

Linklater Voice

Andrea Haring, Benjamin Moore

Improvisation

The Second City (Chicago)

Del Close

Auditions

Glenn Alterman Studio

Glenn Alterman

Commercials

One on One; Scott Powers Studios

David Bellantoni, C. Holzberg

EDUCATION

Northwestern University

M.A. Theatre

Evanston, IL

SUNY Geneso

B.A. Theatre Arts

Geneseo, NY

Marilise recently wrapped an indie thriller ("Something of a Monster") and 2 NYU films: "This Joyless Place" (role: a stern head hospice nurse) and "Each & Every" (role: a woman forbidden to see her grandchildren). Think Laila Robins or Patricia Clarkson. Recent training: MN Acting Studio w/Van Hansis; Art of the Messy Actor w/Heidi Marshall. During a long hiatus from acting, she worked to preserve Indigenous languages and return Buffalo to Native communities. Marilise is a writer (memoir, nonfiction, plays).

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 124 lbs

6 Moderna Covid shots, cooking/baking (cakes), good w/ animals, valid driver's license, valid U.S. passport, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - freestyle, Improvisation, American - Southern Accent, Polish Accent