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
TELEVISION
Gypsy | RECURRING GUEST STAR | NETFLI X
Daredevil | CO-STAR | NETFLIX
Law & Order: SVU | CO-STAR | NBC
New York Undercover (reboot pilot) | CO-STAR | ABC
Dietland (unaired) | CO-STAR | AMC
FILM
Love in Submission | LEAD | Dir. Lande Yoosuf
Signs of Aging | LEAD | Dir. Tara Gadomski
Walking in Circles | LEAD | Dir. Elegance Bratton
Night Comes On | SUPPORTING|Dir. Jordana Spiro
Conjure | SUPPORTING | Dir. Adrian Luke Sinclair
Adieu, Lacan | SUPPORTING | Dir. Richard Ledes
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
The Fire This Time Festival 11 | SIMAAN/MATCHA/AUTUMN | Kraine Theater /Dir. Ebony Noelle Golden
The Haunted Files | HAZEL WILSON | Sheen Center/American Slavery Project /Dir. Melissa Maxwell
In The Gray | ANTU and Others | 2017 United Solo Theatre Festival/Dir. Celestine Rae
Risen From the Dough | LEONIDE |Samuel French Off-off Broadway Short Play Festival Winner/Dir. Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Mourning Sun | EMAYE/MIRIAM | Theatre167*/Dir. Ari Laura Kreith
(*International run at 2016 Kampala International Theatre Festival, UGANDA)
Hashtag/Technoplays | MOTHER | Project Y Theatre Company/Dir. Michole Biancosino
In The Continuum (understudy) | ABIGAIL/NIA | Primary Stages Original National Tour /Dir. Robert O’Hara, Tour: Goodman Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatet Company
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/ Dir. Dipankar Mukherjee
The House That Crack Built | LATOYA | Pillsbury House Theatre/Dir. Heidi Hunter Batz
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
Dialects: Ethiopian, Rwandan, Kenyan, South African, West African, Indian, Spanish, French, Cockney, British RP