Samantha Herrera

About Samantha Herrera

Born & raised in New York City, Samantha began studying drama as an actor at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.Her parents emigrated from the Philippines both as accountants and settled in Queens, New York. While attending the City University of Hunter College, she worked as a Production Stage Manager for the successful run of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge (directed by Antonio Suarez) along with performing in countless productions. She also helped spearhead the MFA playwriting festival with playwrights-in-residence, Annie Baker and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.Her theater training continued at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre ('16) and London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (Summer Shakespeare Course, '18). A week after graduating conservatory, she booked her first tv appearance on Marvel's Iron Fist.Samantha has directed for both theater and film. Tales of a Shadowboxer marks her directorial debut in collaboration with producer/writer Sharif McFadden which won Best TV Pilot at Independent Shorts Award (Los Angeles).She hosted the first recorded backstage Q&A with Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival 2019 and has been on the panel of judges for LADFF. A mental health advocate, she was a speaker at the MINDS Foundation's first public-gathering in Los Angeles to honor World Mental Health Day.Aside from acting, she is yoga certified and has taught classes all over New York City and Los Angeles.She is also a writer and avid traveler....

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