ANAGER AMELA AGNER MAIL PAMELA WAGNERTALENT COM EL DDR OBERTSON LVD EVERLY ILLS M : P W E : @ . T : 310.709.2097 A : 311 N. R B . #655 B H , CA 90211 Lisa Lax Agency (646) 648-0138 [email protected] MARISSA GHAVAMI AEA / SAG-AFTRA www.marissaghavami.com FILM THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS Lead / Celia Ford Silver Hills Pictures, dir. Tom Whitus (Ft. Bruce Davison and Dee Wallace) NOT FADE AWAY (Theatrical Release ft. 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 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 (Off-Broadway), dir. Ren Dara Santiago 2017 SUNDAY BRUNCH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY Lead / Actor The Tank (Off-Off-Broadway), 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 LINEUP (Ft. 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 (Off-Broadway) 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, Girl Scout Cookies, Kentucky Fried Chicken; Voice Over: McDonald’s, Ford, JCPenney TRAINING THE WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO - Graduate, 2-Year Core Program: ACTING (Meisner Technique) w/ William Esper, MOVEMENT (Laban Technique) w/ Ted Morin, VOICE & SPEECH (Linklater Technique) w/ Nancy Mayans, DIALECTS w/ Patricia Fletcher SINGING Liz Caplan Liz Caplan Vocal Studios SINGING Seth Riggs Seth Riggs Vocal Studio ON CAMERA Bob Krakower (Adv.) Private & Group Coaching ACTING Andrew Magarian Private & Group Coaching IMPROVISATION Various The Second City (LA) SPECIAL SKILLS Vocal Range: F sharp below middle C to E flat above high C (Musical Theatre, Pop, Rock, Alternative, Jazz, Country, Classical). Great w/ Dialects; Knows IPA. Beg. Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop & Tap. Beg. Acoustic Guitar. Licensed Driver. Current Passport. Local Hire: Phoenix, AZ, Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Louisville, KY, Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Montreal. Half Iranian; comfortable speaking basic Farsi. OTHER • 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 (Carol, The Big Short, The Many Saints of Newark, Umbrella Academy) • 2015-2016 ASTEP (Artists Striving To End Poverty) Fellow and Participant in the 2015 Artist as Citizen Conference at Juilliard .