Described as a "Renaissance Girl" for her multitude of talents. 17-year-old Esabella A.K. Strickland is a Multi Award-Winning Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer and Published Author. An Award-Winning Actress, Media Host, Artist and GenZ Influencer based out of Vancouver, BC. She is a young, raw talent who is a Neurodiverse advocate and empowering figure against bullying through the arts.
In front of the Camera, Esabella starred in local indie short films Enlightenment, Things You Take, and Arthurs Gift. She also co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the short films My Red Ball and The Notebook through the Young Movie Makers Program. My Red Ball handle’s themes of bullying, written through Esabella's own life experience, it has gone on to appear in over 72 International Film Festivals, winning at 11 of them.
Esabella has also made appearances on local productions of Travelers, Goodboys, and Series of Unfortunate Events. She also landed a role on a California milk commercial and a role alongside Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen in a feature film called Sight that will appear in theatres on Oct 27th 2023. Esabella plays Maria a blind girl from Moldovia.
Behind the camera, Esabella as a screenplay writer, filmmaker and producer, Esabella's projects over 70 film festival awards. A Conversation with E is is already a film festival winner at 26 film festivals and a fan favourite, appearing in over 170 film festivals. Esabella also teamed up with Paul Green to help produce her first independent short film A Dialogue with Pandora, which has gone on to win 6 film festival awards. EsaBella was also a writer, director, editor and producer of the multi-awarding winning horror short film MiNE.
Esabella recently joined Citizen Skull as a GenZ Screenwriter. Developing the next generation of Horror Feature Films including an award-winning screenplay "Death Noise" EsaBella has also developed a feature film and TV Pilot adaptation of the Award-Winning Novel Then and There Here and Where - A Orabella the Oracle Saga
As an Award Winning media host, Esabella has the honour of co-hosting the annual VarietyBC Show of Hearts Telethon as their Youth Ambassador since 2019. Esabella was an EveRiathing red carpet host to support the 2019 Joey Awards. Esabella was the ambassador and host for Geektopia 2019 to help raise money for the Amanda Todd Legacy. Esabella was also the ambassador and virtual host for the 2020 Meowfest to help raise money for the Langley Animal Protection Society, and Regional Animal Protection Society.
Esabella was invited to the 2019 Adobe Summit as an Adobe insider and speaker. She was the youngest influencer to attend the Las Vegas event and was in the top 10 in Social Media Engagement during the week of the Summit. Many were impressed by her empathy, compassion, and insight of a Genz'r
Esabella has finished co-writing her first Young Adult Novel. Then and There, Here and Where, which was published on March 2nd, 2021. The main character of the book; Orabella is a Neurodivergent who learns to become a heroine. Esabella's goal is to have girls feel connected and empowered by Orabella. It has appeared #1 on Amazon's hot new release list.
As an artist, she is a painter, drawer, animator and a jean pocket painter for celebrities and special orders of which 10% of sales go towards local charities
Esabella has worked hard to train herself with techniques she uses to deal with both her Adhd, Dyslexia, Tics and Social Anxiety. Through this process she's discovered what she calls her two superpowers, memorizing and a higher level of sensitivity towards others, including the characters she plays, she has also trained herself with mindfulness and grounding techniques to cope with her anxiety - something she hopes to pass onto those whom she works with.