RESUME
ABOUT ME
Height: 5"4 | Eye Color: Light Brown | Hair Color: Dark Brown
Priscilla Avila is a Brazilian actress, writer, model and director. She has appeared in several Brazilian plays, films, and Tv Shows, most notably as Stefani in 2017's “171 Negocio de Familia” at Universal Channel Brazil. She speaks Portuguese, French, Spanish and English.
She was born in a small city in Brazil. Priscilla exposure to the world of acting came when she moved to Itabuna, Bahia. She began her career by appearing in several plays and commercials since her teenage years. Her debut in a Theatre was when she was only 12 years old and her first commercial was when she was 14 years old.
She went to several acting training in Argentina, France and later in the US.
In 2012, she traveled to Paris to find more opportunities. She appeared on TV in a famous music video from the movie of Les Kairas, and she was part of a short film with the French actress Esther Garrel.
While continuing her movie actress career in Brazil, Avila earned a post-degree in Cinema from a Brazilian University in Sao Paulo. She won also a scholarship for the Summer Art Course at Santa Fe University, NM in 2014 and it was her first time in the US.
Avila's increasingly intellectual and passionate approach to filmmaking culminated in her writing Brazilian scripts for film and one for a Tv show that’s still in production.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Theater
Companhia Satelite | Desamor | 2016 | Director Assistant
Sagarana - Meceni | The Seagull | 2015 | Supporting Actor
TEG | Quase um Culto , Total Pecado Capital | 2003 | Supporting Actor
Film
Globo Filmes | Magal e os Formigas | 2016 | Understudy
Huna Producoes | Distanasia | 2014 | Lead Actor
Ricardo Ambrosio Producoes | A Passagem de MAel | 2013 | Supporting Actor
TV
Gullane Productions | Irmaos Freitas | 2019 | Supporting Actor | Amazon Prime
Moonshot Pictures | 171 Negocio de Familia | 2017 | Supporting Actor | Universal Channel
Studio Cetilc | Cidade Grande no Escuro | 2018 | Supporting Actor | Brazil
Training & Workshops
Barco Institute | Acting and Meisner, Strasberg and Suzuki Techniques | Brazil
Centro Cultural Borges | Theatre Improv | Matias Scarvaci | Argentina
Film Acting Paris | Acting for Cinema | Charles Weistein | France
Skills
Languages: English. Portuguese. French. Spanish
Skills : Photography, Painting, Yoga.