ac MANAGER PAMELA WAGNER EMAIL [email protected] TEL 310.709.2097 ADDR 311 N. ROBERTSON BLVD. #655 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90211 AGENCY ALIGNED STARS AGENCY (BARBARA DIVISEK) EMAIL [email protected] TEL 818.726.5805 ADDR 3017 BOLLING WAY ATLANTA, GA 30305 MARISSA GHAVAMI AEA / SAG-AFTRA www.marissaghavami.com FILM THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS Lead / Celia Ford Silver Hills Pictures, dir. Tom Whitus (w/ Academy Award Nominee Bruce Davison & Dee Wallace) NOT FADE AWAY (Theatrical Release w/ James Gandolfini) Supporting / Meredith Paramount Vantage, dir. David Chase BREAKING & ENTERING Supporting / Amy VSM Entertainment, dir. Vin Morreale Jr. TELEVISION FASHIONABLES (Pilot) Series Regular / Gina Fever Pitch Productions, dir. Daniel Scot Kadin BROADWAY ON DECK (Web series on All Things Broadway) Guest Star / Soloist The Rigano Songbook WITHOUT A TRACE Co-Star / Sylvia CBS, dir. Rosemary Rodriguez THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK Featured / Cute Girl Disney Channel, dir. Ellen Gittelsohn (Named “Star of Tomorrow”) IT’S SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO Singer NBC THEATRE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Opposite Ross Lekites) Lead / Belle Music Theatre Louisville, dir. Mirla Criste THE ALCHEMY OF IMPERFECTION Lead / Actor and Singer Café de la Culture at LPAC, dir. Cara Cruickshank THEY TOLD ME TO USE IT (StaGed ReadinG) Lead / Caroline Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, dir. Ren Dara Santiago 2017 SUNDAY BRUNCH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY Lead / Actor The Tank, dir. Jillian Carucci THE WHITE OAK OF JOHNSTON (World Premiere) Lead / Kate Morrissey Productions, dir. John Fanelli JET OF BLOOD (Developmental Workshop) Lead / Performer #2 Dir. Mari Moriarty TWELFTH NIGHT Lead / Maria Walden Theatre, dir. Charlie Sexton PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Lead / Lydia Bennet Walden Theatre, dir. J. Barrett Cooper THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Lead / Gladys Herdman StageOne, dir. Charlie Sexton CONCERT THE CAROUSEL OF HOPE BALL (Virtual) Sop. / Backup for Barry Manilow PeopleTV, MD David Foster, MS Michael J. Moritz Jr. RAVE THEATRE FESTIVAL’S SOCIAL DISTANCING FEST Soloist “Screen to Screen” (Winner) Prod. Ken Davenport, Composer Rigano Songbook THE LINEUP (Ft. Tony Noms Ariana DeBose & Kevin Chamberlin) Soloist Birdland, Host Susie Mosher, MD Brad Simmons SONGS BY US (MTF’s Women/Trans Representation Roundtable) Soprano (Composer Dana Levinson) Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater BACKSTAGE AT 54 BELOW Soloist 54 Below, Host Susie Mosher, MD Brad Simmons THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER GRAND OPENING Soloist The Muhammad Ali Center (Louisville, KY) (1st Runner Up) Sterling’s Upstairs LA’S NEXT GREAT STAGE STAR Soloist COMMERCIAL, PRINT & VOICE OVER (Conflicts available upon request) Commercial: PepsiCo’s AMP Energy Drink, Kroger; Print: Belvedere, Vartali Hair Salon, Claudia Amaya NYC, Girl Scout Cookies, Kentucky Fried Chicken; Voice Over: Audible, McDonald’s, Ford, JCPenney TRAINING WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO Graduate, 2-Year Core ProGram: ACTING (Meisner Technique) W/ William Esper, MOVEMENT (Laban Technique) W/ Ted Morin, VOICE & SPEECH (Linklater Technique, Shakespeare) W/ Nancy Mayans ACTING Karl Bury (Ongoing) Private Coaching & Group Classes ON CAMERA Bob Krakower (Advanced) Private Coaching & Group Classes SINGING Mike Ruckles (Ongoing), Liz Caplan, Seth Riggs Private Coaching WORKSHOPS & MISC. ACTING MASTER CLASS W/ William Esper; DYNAMIC BREATHWORK (Ongoing) w/ Jesse Torgerson; VOICE (Linklater Technique; Ongoing, Private) W/ Dru Pilmer; IMPROV w/ The Second City (LA); William Esper Studio Summer Intensive: ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE w/ Anne Waxman, DIALECTS w/ Patricia Fletcher, MASK W/ Akil Davis, MIME w/ Bill Bowers, ON CAMERA W/ David & Linda Laundra, SCRIPT ANALYSIS w/ M.Z. Ribalow SPECIAL SKILLS & OTHER Vocal Range: F sharp below middle C to E flat above high C (full belt to C, strong mix belt to F sharp); Musical Theatre, Pop, Rock, Alternative, Jazz, Country, Classical. Dialects: Southern, Midwestern, Received Pronunciation, Cockney, Middle Eastern; Knows IPA. Beg. Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop & Tap. Beg. Acoustic Guitar. Licensed Driver. Current Passport. Local Hire: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA, Louisville, KY, Phoenix, AZ, Boston, MA, Montreal. Half Iranian; comfortable speaking basic Farsi. • Founder of Healing TREE (Trauma Resources, Education & Empowerment) www.healingtreenonprofit.org | National Public & Keynote Speaker • Co-Writer, Producer of upcoming short film Silk directed by John Magaro | Co-Producer of feature film Mass (Sundance 2021; Theatres 10.8.21) • 2020 (delayed till 2021) Queer Writer Fellow at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, Director’s Pick • 2015-2016 ASTEP (Artists Striving To End Poverty) Fellow and Participant in the 2015 Artist as Citizen Conference at Juilliard .