ANTU YACOB

AEA / SAG – AFTRA

Voice: Mezzo-Soprano     |     High Alto Belt

Height: 5’5″      |      Eyes: Brown

 REPRESENTATION

| Legit: BWA Talent Agency, Judy Boals, Jenna Winnett, Katie Lynch: info@boalswinnett.com tel: 212-500-1424                                                                                                                       Management: BAC Talent, Brandon Cohen: bc@bactalent.com tel:908-907-1904 |

TELEVISION/FILM

     Daredevil   | CO-STAR |     NETFLIX

       Dietland (unaired)  | CO-STAR |    AMC

Gypsy    | GUEST STAR |    NETFLI X

Law & Order:  SVU    | CO-STAR |     NBC

Signs of Aging   | LEAD |  Tara Gadomski

Eminent Domain  |  LEAD |  DeepFreeze Media

                Walking in Circles    | LEAD |    NYU Films/Elegance Bratton

                    Night Comes On   | SUPPORTING|  Jordana Spiro/Angelica Nwandu

    Conjure  |  SUPPORTING |   TerraLuke Media/Adrian Sinclair

WEB SERIES

Make A Name   | LEAD |   Xodus Productions/Morocco Omari

Brokers  | SUPPORTING |   Aaron Ballard/Dano Madden

Precious Cargo  | SUPPORTING |  Lauren Singerman/Sasha Kaye-Walsh/Dano Madden

 NEW YORK THEATER

                       In The Gray | ANTU and Others | 2017 United Solo Theatre Festival

Risen From the Dough | LEONIDE |Samuel French Off-off Broadway Short Play Festival Winner

 Mourning Sun | EMAYE/MIRIAM | Theatre167*

(*International run at 2016 Kampala International Theatre Festival, UGANDA) 

 Hashtag/Technoplays | MOTHER | Project Y Theatre Company

 In The Continuum (understudy) | ABIGAIL/NIA | Primary Stages Original National Tour*

(*Dir: Robert O’Hara, Tour: Goodman Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Philadelphia Theater Company)

Café Home | MA KETTLE | Riverside Church Theater

REGIONAL THEATER

               The Assignment | HELEN PAYNE | Luna Stage

(Dir: David Winitsky)

Stepping Out of the River at Dawn | ALYZE | Mixed Blood Theatre

(Dir: Aditi Kapil)

Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in New World | GAMILA | Mixed Blood Theatre

(Dir: Mark Valdez)

Holiday Jubilee Musical 2013/2014 | LIFE COACH and EEFTU | Crossroads Theatre Company

(Dir: Rick Sordelet)

A Jew on Ethiopia Street | SHEVA | Mixed Blood Theatre

No longer at Ease | BISI | Pangea World Theater

The House That Crack Built | LATOYA | Pillsbury House Theatre

 RUTGERS THEATER COMPANY

The Afghan Women | GULALAI | Larry Kornfeld

For Colored Girls… | LADY IN RED | Jody Pearson/Amy Saltz

Rosemary with Ginger | ROSEMARY | Michole Biancosino/Amy Saltz

Hollywood Hits | VALERIE SOLANAS | Rebecca Taichman

Desdemona (a play about a handkerchief) | BIANCA | Douglass Hall

TRAINING

M.F.A. | Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University | Acting

Acting: William Esper, Israel Hicks, Earl Gister, Deborah Hedwall

Voice: Catherine Fitzmaurice, Heather Rasche, Nancy Mayans

Movement: Greg Seel, Lenard Petit, Jan Leys

On-camera: Pat McCorkle, Billy Serow

Special Skills: Proficient in Speaking Amharic, Poet

Dialects: Ethiopian, Rwandan, Kenyan, South African, West African, Indian, Spanish, French, Cockney, British RP