HAIR COLOR: Black
VIDEO LINKS (IF ANY): https://www.barrowgroup.org/acting-school/school-auditions-policies/
VOCAL RANGE: (IF ANY): Alto
UNION AFFILIATION (IF ANY): Non-Union
BIOGRAPHY:
Ashendri Picon is an actor, director, and writer living in New York. She began her acting training in Toronto at The Second City studying improv. She then went on to complete the One-Year Professional Acting Program at The Barrow Group in New York City and has since continued her training there. Ashendri's first feature film, STAIRWELL, will soon be featured on Roku TV's Horror channel. Currently, she is co-directing an anthology, "The Compendium of Death", which will have its four-show run at Brooklyn Art Haus. Her short film about two old friends who reconnect in more ways than one, which she is directing and co-producing, is currently in post-production.
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
Professional Film/TV Acting Class II
Stephen Singer
The Barrow Group, NYC
Shakespeare I
Seth Barrish
The Barrow Group, NYC
One-Year Professional Acting Program
Seth Barrish, Lee Brock
The Barrow Group, NYC
Acting I
Kate Neuman
The Barrow Group, NYC
Improv for Acting
Ian Keeling
The Second City, Toronto
Improv I
Carey West
The Second City, Toronto
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Languages: Sinhala (Fluent) and French (General)
Singing: Alto (Ruwani Seimon); A cappella (Sweet Adelines International, Region 16)
Piano (Royal College of Music, London); Guitar (Keerthi Pasquel); Harmonica; Hambone
Tennis (Sri Lanka Tennis Association); Table Tennis; General Running; Yoga; Basketball
Voice: Gollum/ Sméagol; Dialects: British RP, South Asian American, Southern American