Anna Russell is a California native (with a 9 year stint in Reno, NV), who has gratefully pursued her career in NYC for the past 14 years. Anna earned her BA in Theatre Performance at Marymount Manhattan College. After college, she joined the ranks of Off-Broadway: writing and producing her short play 30 Seconds to Trump, producing and starring in Ludlow Fair as Rachel (directed by Austin Pendleton), and acting alongside the talented actors at The Barrow Group in Lorrel Manning's new works: AWAKE, as Susan. Her short film, An Air About Her, which Anna wrote, produced and starred in, has been selected for New Filmmaker's 2018 Alt Fest as well as Toronto Short Film Festival.