Biography

After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Acting, Rana moved back to California, married a gas-lighter and became a statistic. Thankfully, she had the good sense to divorce his ass (after which time she spent several years picking up the pieces of her former self) and eventually committed, once again, to a life of creativity.

Favorite credits include Barbara - the sarcastic, inappropriate National Security Advisor in the web series The Sit Room; Connie, the ball-busting literary agent who "always has a drink in her hand and a witty comeback on her tongue" in the feature film Breakdowns, and Amy, the "frazzled AD who takes her job way too seriously," (she also gets to sing and dance in a dream sequence) in a thesis film out of Loyola Marymount called Lights, Camera, Death?!?

Rana has done her post-graduate studies with AMAW, Lesly Kahn & Co., UCB, Second City, T. Schreiber and ACT's Studio Theater. Now married to an absolute "keeper" and the proud mama of a four-year-old mini-me, Rana lives in California, dreams of being bi-coastal, and swears a lot. But not in front of your kids. She will (almost) never swear in front of your kids.

Little known fact: Rana used to wear sequined bathing suits and win medals at synchronized swimming competitions. But that was before she discovered The Thea-tah. She is almost positive those photos (and videos?!) will surface someday on late night TV.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rana Rines