Hello!

Hi, I’m Marisela, I was born and raised in CA. I’m a first generation Mexican-American actor and comedian. I started acting in the third grade playing the troll in Three Bill Goats Gruff. In fifth grade I played Santa Claus in my elementary school’s production of The Night Before Christmas. And in eighth grade I wrote, directed and performed in my very first sketch in the the school talent show; it was a send-up of beauty pageants.

I went back to school when I was 35 and received my BFA in acting from Brooklyn College just shy of my 39th birthday. Since then I have acted alongside such theater luminaries as Austin Pendleton. I’ve been in several world premiere plays. I’ve performed at The Public Theater, Joe’s Pub, Intar Theatre, The Tank, New Ohio Theatre and many other notable NYC theaters. I wrote, co-directed, acted in and edited my first short film. You can watch it here and learn more about it here .

My humor writing has been published in McSweeney’s, Weekly Humorist and The Belladonna to name a few. You can read all of my humor pieces by clicking the My Writing tab of this website.