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Concrete Entertainment Sovereign Talent Group 310.860.5611 310.474.4000 Lesley Tsina SAG-AFTRA Television Black-ish Co-Star ABC/Dir. James Griffiths Community Co-Star NBC/Dir. Tristram Shapeero Funny or Die Presents: Designated Driver Co-Star HBO/Dir. Jason Woliner New Media Asperger’s High Lead Dir. Jason Axinn Murder List Lead Dir. Ryan Perez Scary Girl Supporting Funny or Die - Ryan Perez The Horse That Said Hey Supporting Funny or Die - Ryan Perez Craigslist Penis Photographer Featured Funny or Die - Eric Appel Election 2008 Ground Zero Supporting Funny or Die - Tom Gianas Raptor, Raptor (webseries) Supporting Dir. Matt Chapman Coworkers Supporting Dir. Mark Champion Prime Suspect: The Hat Supporting Dir. Lowell Meyer Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Parody Supporting Dir. Aaron Greenberg Kate Plus 8 College Years Supporting Dir. Robert Mercado Elevator (webseries) Supporting Dir. Woody Tondorf Funeral Sex Supporting Dir. Jason Axinn Comedy CBS Diversity Showcase Sketch Performer CBS/Rick Najera Harold Night Improv Team Member Upright Citizens Brigade Maude Night Sketch Team Member Upright Citizens Brigade Tournament of the Nerds Sketch Performer Upright Citizens Brigade STAT ATTACK! Sketch Performer Comedy Central Stage Lord of the Files Solo Performer Comedy Central Stage Extreme Tambourine Sketch Performer Comedy Central Stage Slave Leia Improv Team Member IO West – Mainstage Vancouver Fringe Festival Solo Performer Vancouver, BC Minnesota Fringe Festival Solo Performer Minneapolis, MN San Francisco Improv Festival Improv Performer Eureka Theatre, SF Ask a Hedge Fund Manager Sketch Performer NPR – Marketplace Night Train with Wyatt Cenac Stand-up Comic Littlefield, NYC Training Improv Comedy Upright Citizens Brigade: Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, Andy Daly, Seth Morris, Sean Conroy ioWest: Derek Miller, Dave Hilll K&K: Stephen Tobolowsky On-Camera Margie Haber Studios: Saxon Trainor, Annie Grindlay BGB Studios: Risa Bramon-Garcia Scene Study Craig Anton Commercial Khristopher Kyer, Jill Alexander Voiceover Kalmenson & Kalmenson graduate Political Musical Theatre San Francisco Mime Troupe Workshop B.A. Theatre Studies Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA Demo reel at www.lesleytsina.com .

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