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- Virginia Newcomb is a performer and filmmaker known for her acclaimed performance in A24's The Death of Dick Long (2019) by Daniel Scheinert (of Oscar winning, The Daniels). "Best of all might be Lydia, whom Newcomb invests with a terrific energy - fiercely protective, vulnerable and angry all at once - as she reels from the particulars of a situation as imbecilic as it is impossible. You share in her disbelief, and you believe her entirely." LA Times, Justin Chang
This film and others returned her to her home state of Alabama, including producing on Lynn Shelton's Sword of Trust (2019) and numerous award winning short films. Virginia can also be seen in Peacock (2010) with Cillian Murphy, Reparation (2015) with Marc Menchaca, and opposite Jim Cummings in Vanishing Angle's, The Beta Test (2021), which premiered at Berlinale and Tribeca '21 and released by IFC. She performed in Julian Rosefeldt's epic video installation project, Euphoria with Cate Blanchett & Giancarlo Esposito for Park Ave Armory in NYC and toured internationally.
Virginia contributes regularly to arts education and advocacy, partnering with organizations like; Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Alys Stephens Center, Girls Rock, ACLU, and performing alongside punk protest collective, Pussy Riot for a Planned Parenthood benefit. She was selected to participate in the inaugural Constellation Incubator beginning summer of '21, formed to apply design thinking to re-imagine and scale a more sustainable, equitable filmmaking ecosystem and continues to search for new innovative ways to enrich support for artists.
Newcomb's influences hail from a vast theatre background and it's the boundary breaking, media mashup kind that inspire much of her own creative work. Her Broadway debut came in Jay Scheib's live-cinema production of Chekhov's Platonov, which live streamed to Time Square and BAM Rose Cinemas. Virginia took a similar, and more immersive, approach as creator of Cucalorus Film Festival's annual commissioned Blue Velvet installation, Bus To Lumberton. Whether adding dynamic movement to the screen or intimate nuance to theatre, Virginia thrives in commingling these worlds.
Virginia can also be seen in popular shows, Law & Order SVU, The Walking Dead, The Office, Halt & Catch Fire, and Netflix series From Scratch opposite Zoe Saldana. Catch Virginia as an injured coal minor in the Appalachian Eco-body horror, Occupational Hazard, on Hulu. She has collaborated on beaucoup award winning short films such as, Three Fingers (Raindance), The Recycling Man (Leeds), and Belgian sci-fi, Wasteland with Jan Bijvoet, which was awarded Best Performances at Blue Planet Film Festival in China. Regardless of role or medium, Virginia desires to share bold, evocative stories in deeply collaborative projects that portray women honestly, particularly in nontraditional southern narrative.
- IMDb mini biography by: Incensed Media
- Pronounsshe/they
- Spent 3 years living on the road while following acting jobs around the country.
- Her first lead role came in the short film, Peacock written/directed by, now-close friend, Michael Lander. The film went on to be his directorial debut with Ellen Page starring in that role and Virginia cast in a supporting role opposite Cillian Murphy.
- Trained with Marine turned actor, Sharieff Walters, in preparation for her role as Jesstine Brooks, in Three Fingers (2015). Virginia also consulted with former members of FET (Female Engagement Team), the unit her character served in.
- Board Member for the Birmingham division of national organization, Girls Rock, a rock & roll camp for little girls that fosters creative expression, empowerment, and collaboration.
- Shares a birthday with Susan Sarandon, who she's been in two films with, but never met personally.
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