Isabel Siragusa
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Isabel is a Los Angeles-based actor and award-winning filmmaker. Born in London, Isabel grew up mostly in Northern California with stints in Buenos Aires and Minneapolis (twice). She majored in Theater Studies at Yale University and continued her acting training at the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia, American Conservatory Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, and The Groundlings. She also has a MBA from the University of Cambridge concentrating in Culture, Arts, and Media management.
Favorite credits include performing with Clowns Without Border in South Africa, playing God at SF Sketch Fest, dying as Desdemona in Othello (African American Shakespeare Company) and speaking on a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. On stage, she starred in the world premiere of Teddy by Sheila Forsey in Ireland, and completed the short film MotherEarth Inc. while pregnant with her first child. In her free time, she studies jiu jitsu.
As a filmmaker, her first short, MotherEarth Inc. premiered at SeriesFest and was an official selection at Atlanta ShortsFest and Catalina Film Festival before winning Best Comedy Short at the Sacramento International Film Festival. Her second short, 2x6, won Cinematography For Actors Pinnacle Award (Overall Best Short).
Favorite credits include performing with Clowns Without Border in South Africa, playing God at SF Sketch Fest, dying as Desdemona in Othello (African American Shakespeare Company) and speaking on a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. On stage, she starred in the world premiere of Teddy by Sheila Forsey in Ireland, and completed the short film MotherEarth Inc. while pregnant with her first child. In her free time, she studies jiu jitsu.
As a filmmaker, her first short, MotherEarth Inc. premiered at SeriesFest and was an official selection at Atlanta ShortsFest and Catalina Film Festival before winning Best Comedy Short at the Sacramento International Film Festival. Her second short, 2x6, won Cinematography For Actors Pinnacle Award (Overall Best Short).
