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FILMS | ||
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TITLE |
ROLE |
COMPANY/DIRECTOR |
OUTSIDER* |
Lead |
Outsider Production/Kyle Briot |
Kindred Spirits** |
Lead |
Tulane University/Amelia Rich |
Smoking |
Lead |
USC/Yongqing Zhong |
Flushed Out |
Lead |
Columbia U/Rishika Gupta |
Dressing Up |
Lead |
Rosie Zhou Prod./Rosie Zhou |
Aria*** |
Supporting |
Dance of Cinema/Bruce Tetsuya |
MOLD**** |
Supporting |
MoldGreen Prod/Nathan Rakoulta |
La Petite Mort |
Principal |
Chapman U/Amanda Huang |
Patient Privilege |
Featured |
USC/Christy Chen |
Rapt |
Featured |
Blue Road Pics./Maggie Budzyna |
THEATRE | ||
PRODUCTION |
ROLE |
COMPANY/DIRECTOR |
Romeo and Juliet |
Lead (Romeo) |
RADA/Gary Lagden |
Fefu and Her Friends |
Lead (Emma) |
Barnard College/Alice Reagan |
Trojan Women |
Supporting (Chorus) |
Barnard College/Téa Alagic |
Begets: Fall of a High School Ronin |
Lead (Andrea) |
ACT SF/M. Graham Smith |
A Christmas Carol |
Ensemble |
ACT SF/Domenique Lozano |
Richard III |
Lead (Queen Elizabeth) |
CU KCST/Charlie Coleman |
S.O.G. Story |
Lead (Son of God/God/The Holy Spirit) |
New York Theater Festival |
Ubu Roi |
Supporting (King Wenceslas) |
Tulane U/Antony Sandoval |
Legally Blonde |
Lead (Elle Woods) |
Head-Royce School Drama |
COVID Hamlet |
Lead (Hamlet) |
Head-Royce School Drama |
Fiddler on the Roof |
Lead (Golde) |
Head-Royce School Drama |
Legally Blonde |
Lead (Elle Woods/Dance Captain) |
Berkeley Playhouse Conserv. |
Wizard of Oz |
Lead (Scarecrow) |
Theatre Aspen Summer Conserv. |
COMMERCIALS | ||
List Upon Request |
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AWARDS | ||
AWARD/PREMIERE |
FILM |
FESTIVAL |
Best Actress (Nomination) |
OUTSIDER |
Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards |
Best Writing |
Kindred Spirits |
UCLA International Shorttakes |
Award of Merit Special Mention x2 |
Kindred Spirits |
The IndieFEST Film Awards |
Premiered at Denver Film Festival 2022 |
Aria |
Denver Film Festival |
Best Cinematography |
MOLD |
Lowlight Film Festival |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'7" |
Weight: 125 lbs |
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Mandarin -Intermediate, Italian -Beginning, Accent -Valley Girl, Boxing, Combat - Stage, Figure Skating, Ice Skating, Snow Skiing - Cross Country, Snow Skiing - Downhill, Snow Skiing - General, Softball, Swimming - ability - general, Volleyball, Dance Jazz, Dance Tap, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Modeling, Piano, Singer, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Voiceover, American - New England Accent, American - Southern Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent
Bess Blackburn is a theatre and film actor, singer, and dancer based in NYC/LA, trained in Suzuki, Laban, Viewpoints, Alexander Technique, and Fitzmaurice Voicework®, skilled in classical text, jazz singing, and improv comedy/clowning. Work spans horror to rom-coms to musicals to experimental dance. Selected Film Credits: OUTSIDER (Best Actress Nom., Monkey Bread Tree 2023), Aria (Denver Film Fest 2022), Kindred Spirits (Best Writing, UCLA Short Film Fest 2024).