PIA SHAH

SAG / AFTRA / AEA

FILM

KING'S SPEECH PARODY PROMO for SFIAAFF Lead Tanuj Chopra
GRANT ST. SHAVING COMPANY Lead Payal Sethi
PIA Lead ITVS/Tanuj Chopra
Tasveer: 8X10 (Bollywood) Supporting Percept Pictures
PRETTY TO THINK SO Lead Omerice Works
LOST IN THE WASH Lead Aren Haun, Dir.
HOMELAND Supporting Michael Barataria, Dir.
MITSEIN Supporting Aparna Malladi, Dir.
FATAL LOVE Lead Columbia MFA
CANADA Lead Anjali Sundaram, Dir.

TELEVISION

MERCY Co-star (ep. 17) NBC, Dir. Andrew Bernstein
THE WONDERFUL MALADYS (pilot) Co-star (Ruchi) HBO, Dir. Alan Taylor
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Ladies of the World (ep. 10) HBO
START UP (pilot) Bangalore Halogen Network
OBELISK ROAD Supporting Webseries

THEATER

ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Alexis, et al Instant Shakespeare Co.
GATED Lead The Collective / Abingdon Theater
THE WOMAN'S ROOM Lead 440 Studios
THE STRONGER Lead Actors Theatre SF
STRANGE GODS (reading) Supporting Salaam Theatre
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Varya Studio ACT
BABY TAJ:
A MONUMENT TO LOVE
Supporting Jeffrey Bihr Studio

COMMERCIAL / PRINT

On camera principals for industrial and corporate videos.
National print campaigns (including HBO's Big Love - Cannes Golden Lion Awardee).

Conflicts upon request

Special Skills: Horseback Riding
Dialects: British RP, Cockney, New York City/Brooklyn, Indian, Middle Eastern
Languages: Conversational in Hindi, Gujarati and Kutchi; Beginner in Mandarin Chinese and French

TRAINING / EDUCATION

WYNN HANDMAN STUDIO: Wynn Handman

WILLIAM ESPER STUDIO: Graduate of Two Year Meisner Training Program: Suzanne Esper (Acting); Pat Fletcher and Nancy Mayans (Voice/Speech)

ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL: Karen Kohlhaas & Charles Tuthill

ACTORS MOVEMENT STUDIO: Michael Chekhov Technique / Janice Erlandi

AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER: Summer Training Congress: Francine Landes (Acting), Andrew Hurteau (Stage Combat), Jeffrey Crockett (Voice), Glenn Canin (Alexander Technique), Janice Erlendson (Film), Barbara Scott (Improv), Leticia Bartlett (Clowning, Dynamic Movement, Physical Acting), Mark Jackson (Viewpoints Technique)

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BA
International Studies, Phi Beta Kappa
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC), MFA
Acting