MARIE LOUISE GUINIER
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
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SlateShot
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Social Worker Ms. Alexander (STRIVE w/Danny Glover (Performance Video) Quicktime
Ms. Alexander questions mom about her severely beaten and hospitalized underage daughter
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HBO High Maintenance - Fingerbutt (Performance Video) Quicktime
A group of elder 'Sex in the City', "Women who Lunch" encourage their friend to accept an invitation to model...
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Run In (Performance Video) Quicktime
Concerned but nosy neighbor gets more than she bargained for ....
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ABC's What Would You DO? (Performance Video) Quicktime
IMPROV recorded live of Muslim parents meeting their son's non-Muslim fiancee for the the first time....
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If the Trees Could Talk - winner of 30 awards (Performance Video) Quicktime
Compassionate & loving grandmother experiences loss of grandchild
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Busted on Brigham Lane (Performance Video) Quicktime
Brief neighborly improv with Rob Morgan from MUDBOUND/JUST MERCY
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Gladys & Teo in EVENSONG by CQ (Performance Video) Quicktime
2 'working homeless people', Gladys & Teo who find shelter at a church, finally find an unlikely friendship
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TENEBRAE (Performance Video) Quicktime
Homeless mother under the control of the Obeah man ~ a powerful, extraterrestrial, witch doctor
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HBO's High Maintenance (Performance Video) Quicktime
Caribbean Nanny grateful given the crazy country
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@EvidenceChallenge2020 (Performance Video) Quicktime
#COVID19 Dance Challenge organized by RonaldKBrown/EVIDENCE Dance Company
Résumé Print Résumé
FILM/TV - IMDb LINK: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3756087/?ref | ||
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PROJECT |
ROLE |
DIRECTOR |
THE BEST MAN: The Final Chapters (in production) |
Ivy - Caribbean |
Malcolm D. Lee |
CONFESSION |
Mrs. Grayson |
Dayna Hanson |
HBO's High Maintenance - 'Fingerbutt' S3 |
Mary |
Katjia Blichfeild & Ben Sincla |
STRIVE w/ Danny Glover |
Ms. Alexander (Social Worker) |
Rippberger/Prodigium Pictures |
HBO's High Maintenance (S2) |
Caribbean Nanny |
Katjia Blichfeild & Ben Sincla |
ABC's What Would You Do? |
Muslim Mom |
John Quinones |
TENEBRAE |
Shawni |
Josh Depew |
If The Trees Could Talk *** |
MARTINA |
Michael Weinstein |
The Pudding Club-2 Kids w/a Camera |
MIMI (psychic) |
Demetrius Wren |
MOM |
SAFI |
Vladimir de Fontenay |
Busted On Brigham Lane |
Ms. GREGG w/ Rob Morgan |
Talibah Newman Productions |
Our Father |
NANA (lead) |
Talibah Newman Productions |
We Are New York - Hospital |
Toni King (principal) West Indian |
Luis Argueta / ESL Prod |
THEATRE | ||
TITLE |
ROLE |
DIRECTOR / Venue |
CRESCENT CITY REBIRTH |
Veronica Claiborne |
Sabura Rashid / TNC (NYC) |
MESSIAH |
Belinda |
Nia Witherspoon / LA MAMA |
Much Ado About Nothing |
'Leonata' |
Laura Piccoli /The Rude Grooms |
SCISSORING |
Lorena Hickok |
Estefania Fadul / INTAR |
The Unexpected Guest |
Mrs. Warwick |
Susanna Frazier / TMP |
On Stivers Row***** |
Mrs. Pace |
Timothy Johnson-Met. Playhouse |
EVENSONG |
Gladys**** |
David Mendizabal / APAC |
Most Dangerous Man in America |
Elllie |
Woodie King/ Castillo Theatre |
Self |
Aunt Chloe |
Alex Roe/MetropolitanPlayhouse |
A Procession of Clouds ** |
M'E, Kate |
Chain Theatre Festival |
Pete The Girl |
Vera (Lead) |
Donya Washington / Living Arts |
Patience of Nantucket |
Patience Cooper (Lead)* |
Boston Center for the Arts |
Driving on the Left Side |
Ceila Sampson (Jamaican) |
The Barrow Group Theater |
The Diva & the Rapper |
Hyacinth Jacobs (Jamaican) |
American Theater of Actors |
Obatala, King of the White Cloth |
Omi Ogbe |
Riverside Church Theater; |
House of Champions |
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Njina the Queen King |
Old Woman Kilunda, Old Woman |
IONE writer/dir ; BAM Harvey; |
Lincoln Ctr Out of Doors; |
Prince George Public Theater; |
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Olukose ! |
Mrs. Wiles |
Symphony Space |
The Cherry Orchard |
Charlotta Ivanova |
Dorothy Carter-TMP |
The Guardsman |
Ilona |
Mabel Brin-Morningside Players |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
Jamie |
Jud Levin -Morningside Players |
The Ship from Delos |
Xantippe (wife of Socrates) |
Jud Levin -Morningside Players |
Staged Readings and Covid Zoom performances | ||
DUSK |
Deena |
CB Murray~Spark Festival/TADA! |
AFTERMATH |
Mam Sue |
Gayle Stahlhuth - East Lynne |
Nia's Diary |
Valerie |
Julie Anne Lucas - NFT |
Aunt Betsy's Thanksgiving |
Aunt Betsy |
Alex Roe - Met. Playhouse |
HEARTS |
Nell |
Alex Roe - Met. Playhouse |
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS Theatre/Film * * * * | ||
AWARD |
CATEGORY |
PROJECT |
Audelco nominations***** |
Best Revial, Director, Costumer |
ON STRIVERS ROW |
New York Innovative Theater (NYIT) Award nomination**** |
Best Featured Actress- Gladys |
EVENSONG |
IRNE Nomination* |
Best Actress Drama/Comedy |
Patience of Nantucket |
Addison Award* |
Best Actress - Drama |
Patience of Nantucket |
Chain Theatre Festival ** |
Audience Favorite |
A Procession of Clouds |
29 Festival Awards *** |
Best acting, Best Directing, Best Short |
If the Trees Could Talk |
VOICE - OVERS | ||
PROJECT |
ROLE |
DIRECTOR |
Frederick Douglass Shape of the Times |
Harriet Tubman |
Octavia Hudson |
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray (research) |
Elizabeth Ketley |
Bill T. Jones |
Mission Magazine (Various Episodes) |
Narrator |
GBGM Productions |
DANCE | ||
COMPANY |
ROLE |
DIRECTOR |
Deaf Dance Jam Workshop |
Dancer, Actress |
AZIZA, Director |
OYU ORO |
Dancer |
Danys "La Mora" Perez |
Maimouna Keita African Dance Col |
Dancer, Singer, Actress |
Marie Basse Wiles, Director |
Ladji Camara African Dancers & Drummers |
Dancer, Singer |
Papa Ladji Camara, Director |
Djimbe West African Dancers & Drummers |
Dancer, Singer |
Leon Mobley, Director |
Artistes des Echanges Africaine |
Dancer, Instructor, Choreographer |
cofounder-Nitanju Bolade Casel |
SPECIAL SKILLS | ||
LANGUAGES : |
Fluent French, spoken Wolof |
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DANCE |
West African, Contemporary (Ron Brown) |
Afro Cuban, Haitian, Congolese |
Accents: authentic Carribean |
British, Southern & Southern African |
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Athletics |
Yoga, Tai Chi Sword, Horseback - English |
Swim, row/canoe, Gyrokinesis |
Drive a stick shift |
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FEATURED BACKGROUND | ||
PROJECT |
ROLE |
DIRECTOR |
Spiderman 2 : green screen re-action shot |
NY pedestrian |
Sam Raimi |
30 ROCK : "Brooklyn Without Limits" |
Foreign Press |
Michael Engler / NBC |
TRAINING | ||
Wellesley College |
BA |
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New Federal Theater |
Scene Study/Monologues |
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RonaldK.Brown/Evidence |
Annual Workshop Series |
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REVIEWS/LINKS - | ||
New York Times |
cringe-worthily offers to sell herself |
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Boston Globe |
played brilliantly |
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The Metro |
captures the emotional journey-subtly |
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Times Ledger |
Gives a vivid performance |
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Theater Pizzazz |
portrayal of the pragmatic and bemused.. |
Lorena is priceless |
TheEasy.com |
Some of the most tender scenes are.... |
between Young and Belinda |
Edge Media Network |
Guinier can do wonders w/ a |
disapproving look as Mrs Pace |
BoastNYC |
comic relief...then reveals a fierce.. |
dignity & warm vulnerability |
LatinTRENDS |
showed great depth making Gladys |
funny but maddening |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'7" |
Weight: 140 lbs |
Afro Cuban dance, Contemporary/Modern, Synchronized swimming, West African Dance, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Billiards/Pool Player, Bowling, Canoeing, Cricket, Cycling, Cycling - Mountain Biking, Equestrian - English, Equestrian - General, Equestrian - Western, Fishing, Frisbee, Handball, Ice Skating, Jump Rope, Jump Rope - Double Dutch, Martial Arts - Tai Chi, Ping Pong, Roller Skating, Running - General, Sculling, Soccer, Squash, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - freestyle, Swimming - Synchronized, Tennis, Volleyball, Yoga, Dance Jazz, Dance Modern, Dancer, Licensed Driver, Modeling, Singer, Vocal Range: Tenor, Voiceover, African Accent, American - Boston Accent, American - New York Accent, British - BBC English Accent, French Accent, Jamaican Accent, South African Accent, West Indian Accent, Fluent English as a second language, Fluent French
Started with ballet and then on to Pan African dance including performing. With acting, started as a teen ~ became serious much later. With a forté for the craft; reviews include NewYorkTimes 'cringe-worthily offers to sell herself' 'a regal family matriarch with a wonderfully commanding presence" Morningside Gardens News, "comic relief w/a fierce dignity & warm vulnerability"(BoastNYC). Other reviews include: ; Boston Globe 'played brilliantly'; Edge Media Network 'can do wonders with a disapproving look