Miss Ethnic Non-Specific
  • Home
  • About Kristina
  • About the Film
  • Pictures
  • Contact
    • Home
    • About Kristina
    • About the Film
    • Pictures
    • Contact

Miss Ethnic Non-Specific

  • Home
  • About Kristina
  • About the Film
  • Pictures
  • Contact
image235

About kristina haddad, executive producer/writer

Kristina is a writer, performer and acting coach who is passionately dedicated to performance and the art of storytelling. She  has performed in dozens of plays both domestically and internationally  including the political satires  “OJ Law," (featured on CNN); Media  Whores”, “Scary Monsters” and “Traditional American Values," as well as  many other plays including  “The Maids”, “Museum” "The Glass Mendacity"  and "Come back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean."   She was part of a  small team of actors who won 2nd place at Theater CRAM a 48 hour theater  festival that was judged by top industry professionals including film  director Roland Joffe and former studio head David Kirkpatrick.  

She  has  performed her one person environmentally themed show “Save  Sheldon!!” throughout the United States. She also originated the role of  Tess Formicola  in J.D. Lewis’ politically charged critically acclaimed  play “AmerWrecka” which had its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival  and has had subsequent runs in Los Angeles and at the Unfringed Festival  in Limerick, Ireland. She starred in Ellen Sandler's (Producer/Writer  for "Everybody Loves Raymond", "Coach") two-person play "Mom" at the  Attic Theater (also directed by Ellen Sandler). Aside  from Save Sheldon she also co-wrote, produced and performed in  the performance art piece “Unveiling the Gypsy Soul” and had her first  play  “The Honey Pot” produced at the Santa Monica Playhouse.     

In  the film venue she co-starred in the critically acclaimed independent  film “Staccato Purr of the Exhaust” (Sundance Film Festival) and has  also appeared in many other films including “Without a Map” (AFI Film  Festival), “Pool” (USC First Look Festival), “The Groom” and “Moving  Alan”.  She can be seen and heard in the Adam Sandler film "You Don't  Mess with the Zohan" and was a series regular (the role of "Cat")  on "Blankslate" at the Emmy Award winning www.itsallinyourhands.com. She  performed in the award winning independent film "A BIG Love Story"  directed by Ryan Sage and has appeared on the Conan O'Brien show as a  sketch performer. Kristina was a series regular in the sci-fi web series  - the Apocalypse Diaries and has a recurring role in the series "The  Exceptionals". She appeared in the SAG independent film "Tracktown"  (featuring SNL star Rachel Dratch) and most recently appeared in the TV  series “In The Vault" and the Netflix series "Trinkets".  

As  a Voice Over artist she has worked on video games (including the hit  video game "Mafia 2"); film; narration, radio, television and the web  (The "Nanny Interviews".). Radio and TV spots include AvoDerm Pet Food,  Ronzoni, Shari's Berries, The Hoosier Lottery, the Oregon Department of  Transportation, Kroger Foods and IQ Credit Union. She also voiced the  main character, Lana, in the interactive book ‘Adventures in Rose City:  Helping Children Cope With Divorce" and provided voiceover for the short  film "Maggie's Farm."  She voiced the role of Diana in a new audio  serial called Annex and most recently was the lead in the audio podcast  "Short of Breath" directed by award winning filmmaker Dustin Morrow.  

Kristina  trained at the American Conservatory Theater and the Rob Reece Actors  Studio in San Francisco. In Los Angeles she trained at the Actor’s Lab,  the Brian Reise Acting Studio, Mark Monroe Acting Studio, Jeffery  Passaro Acting Studio and is a graduate of the intensive 2-year acting  program at the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio. She has also been a  student of improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles.   

Over  the last decade Kristina has also been a successful acting coach and  teacher with the Actor's Lab in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.  She  is proud to have been one of the acting coaches who has worked with the  Cast Iron Studios in  2016, 2017 and 2018  on their Talent  Diversity Initiative. She debuted her original show, "Miss Ethnic  Non-specific"  to sold out audiences in Portland, Oregon and is  currently adapting the show to film.  Most recently she performed in the  role of "Atoosa" in the Profile Theater's Original play "Claudia: A  Viral Love Story" and voiced the role of Pamela in Jason Rising a Friday  the 13th Fan Film.   www.kristinahaddad.net 

“Kristina Haddad is an actor of exceptional sensitivity and  versatility. Her performance in my dramatic podcast series Short of  Breath provides the narrative with its beating heart. She takes the  audience on a rollercoaster ride of emotion, from a depth of despair to a  beacon of hope. We were incredibly fortunate to have her lead our  talented cast.” -Dustin Morrow, Emmy-winning filmmaker, bestselling  author and professor


"Kristina Haddad's work amazes me.  Her performances are moving and memorable.She gives it her all and her  commitment to truth really sounds."  -David Kirkpatrick -  Former President Paramount Pictures


“This play is going places. I am hoping it can  tour around our nation to inspire young and old that who we are as we  are, is enough.” 


“This show is powerful, relevant, truthful.”

 

“I  loved it and didn't want it to end! Your writing was fluid and moving,  and your performance was fantastic! I felt like I was right there with  you in the smelly beauty parlor, the smoky car, the casting director's  audition room, the pageant stage…” 


“I  LOVED Miss Ethnic Non-Specific! I laughed, I cried, I was so engaged.  Just need to acknowledge the beauty, talent, depth, range, and  intelligence of this piece.” 


Copyright © 2021 Miss Ethnic Non-Specific - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by GoDaddy