SERENA ANIS
Actor • Comedian • Writer
Los Angeles, CA
Height: 5'7"
Degree: BFA Acting, University of Southern California
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Willing to travel
Film
The Single Lady (Writer/Producer)
First Date
How To Succeed in Girls Without Really Trying...
What We Did For Deathfest...
Col. Reg's Playhouse
Gumby's Meltdown
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead (Voiceover)
Dir. D.J. Blickenstaff
Dir. Alex Vasquez
Dir. Austin Miller
Dir. Alan Michnoff & Austin Miller
Dir. Stuart Kilgore
Dir. Austin Miller
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Television/New Media
Immaculate Conception of the 7th Kind
The Mother
Anorgasmia
Deathly Dinner
Britney's Kick-Ass Run
Various Graduate Student Films
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Featured
Dir. Megan Rich
Dir. Sean McElhenney
Dir. Keaton Flicker
Dir. Gillen Birch
Skanks on Bikes
Resonance
Ca$hing Out
The Drunk Whisperer with Christopher Millan
Series Regular
Supporting (Voiceover)
Lead (Voiceover)
Guest Star
Chloe Sanders
Alex Ho -- Podcast Series
Rachel Packer -- Yale University Cartoon
Kevin Comartin, Andrew J. Scott
Theatre
BUGS! A Sketch Show About Bugs*
This House Is A Tomb!: A Dramedy
The Cat's Out of the Bag
Flyover State**
Eat the Rain
Pericles
24 Hour Special
All in the Timing
A Missing Cat Story
You Can't Take It With You
*Winner of Best Comedy, Hollywood Fringe Festival
**Winner of Best First Play, Hollywood Fringe Festival
Various Roles
Meggie
Marta
Candy Hershey
Allie
Simonides; Diana
Writer/Director
Maypole; May the Mayfly
Kate
Essie Carmichael
Dir. Riley Smith - Fringe Festival
Dir. Allie Jennings - Oh My Ribs! Ent.
Dir. David Tilson - TinyRhino: LA
Dir. Sarah Tither-Kaplan - Fringe Festival
Dir. Caspar Brun – Pink House Prod.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London
Greenhill Theatre - Dallas
Greenhill Theatre - Dallas
Zale Theatre - Dallas
Fields Playhouse - Dallas
USC School of Dramatic Arts
Crimes of the Heart
James Joyce's "The Dead"
Mansfield Park
Mother Courage and Her Children
Chick Boyle
Mrs. Malins
Fanny Price
Kattrin Haupt
Dir. Bob Bailey
Dir. Stephanie Shroyer
Dir. Jack Rowe
Dir. L. Zane
Training/Education
John Rosenfeld Studios
The Clubhouse Evening Bootcamp
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Advanced Acting Class
ActNow Casting Director Workshops
The Creative Artists Lab
University of South California
School of Dramatic Arts Professors
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London)
Audition Coach
Dallas Theatre Center
Kwik Kats Comedy
Greenhill School
Jeff Witzke
Joel Spence
Joe Hartzler.Brian Finkelstein
Nick Mandernach, Joel Spence
Beth Appel
Bob Bailey
Ricki Maslar, Scott David, Sara Sherman
Che Landon, Sonal Shah
BFA Acting Degree
Lora Zona, Jack Row, Stephanie Shroyer, Paul Backer, Babette Markus, Laura Flanagan, Julie Welch, Ron Popenhagen, Mary-Joan Negro, Kathleen Dunn-Muzingo, David Bridel, Andrei Belgrader, Joe Hacker, Sharon Carnicke, Phil Allen, Vicki Lewis
Shakespeare Program
Mary Anna Austen Dennard
Master Acting Classes
Improv Troupe, Dir. Henry Paolissi
Acting, Theatre, Film, Improv
Improv 101, Improv 201
Improv 301, Improv 401, Improv Advanced Study
Sketch 101
Awards
Upright Citizens Brigade Diversity Scholarship,
USC School of Dramatic Arts Aileen Stanley Memorial Award,
1st Place Dallas Shakespeare Competition
Special Skills
DIALECTS/ACCENTS: British (R.P., Contemporary), Irish, New York, East Indian, Middle Eastern, Valley Girl, Mexican, Spanish, Southern (Southwestern, Southeastern, Classic & Appalachian)
PHYSICAL (general): Mask, Clown, Mime, Swim, Bhangara Dance, Bharatnatyam Indian Classical Dance, Stage Combat, Bike, Yoga
OTHER: Improv, Comedy, Photography, Voice Over, Writing, Spanish (text only), Working w/ Kids