Anna is a multifaceted artist and champion of all things inclusive in the arts. She trained in Chicago at The School at Steppenwolf and spent almost a decade on Chicago stages. While in Chicago, Anna served as Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the successful Chicago storefront theatre company SiNNERMAN ENSEMBLE for six years. She’s now based in both Los Angeles and Atlanta. Her extensive career includes not only stage work but television, film, voiceover and commercials. You can see her in such shows as American Horror Story, Good Girls Revolt, and Goliath among others. Most recently she appeared in the Lionsgate biopic Michael as Pauline.
A produced and award winning playwright she loves crafting darkly comedic, character driven stories. Her screenplay, Sweet Confinement, adapted from the award winning play of the same name, was a 2nd rounder in competition for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Her short film, Bliss Blue, that she wrote, produced and starred in enjoyed a successful run on the festival circuit and can be viewed on Seed&Spark.
Lately she's been enjoying the launch of her podcast "The Big Twist" on YouTube.
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