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RESUME

Work Experience

Height: 5"3   |   Eye Color: Brown   |   Hair Color: Light Brown

ACTING CREDITS (SELECTED): Film

VICE, HAIL,CEASAR!, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, BAD TEACHER, A MIGHTY HEART,

NORTH COUNTRY and GIRL, INTERRUPTED.

ACTING CREDITS (SELECTED): Television

PHYSICAL, THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, BETTER CALL SAUL, FRESH OFF

THE BOAT, SCANDAL, SHAMELESS, CASTLE, THE CLOSER, PRIVATE PRACTICE,

GREY’S ANATOMY, E.R.,THE WEST WING. Series regular on JUDGING AMY (130 episodes) - TV guide Award.

ACTING CREDITS (SELECTED): Theatre

The Cider House Rules directed by Tom Hulce at the Seattle Rep Theatre, The Mark

Taper Forum in LA & The Atlantic Theatre in NYC.

o WINNER, Best Actress, Garland Award o WINNER, Debut on the New York Stage, Theatreworld Award o NOMINATED, Best Actress, Drama Desk

FILM PROJECTS:

GAMER DOWN (Director/Producer) Comedy Feature in development with Malin Ackerman, Lil Rel Howrey, Justin Long, Joel McHale, Margaret Cho, Charlene Y.

DARK HARBOR (Producer) Feature with Jessica Sipos, Xander Berkeley, o Premiere, Catalina Film Fest (Official Selection, 2019) o Black Bear Film Festival (Official Selection, 2019) o Terror in the Bay Film Festival (Official Selection, 2019) o Louisville International Festival of Film (Official Selection, 2019) o Peoria Film Festival (Official Selection, 2019)

FILM FEST (Consult. Producer) Feature starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Chris D’Elia, Will Sasso; in Post-Prod.

STUCK (Director/Producer) Comedy Feature starring Heather Matarazzo, Joel McHale, Amir Talai, Kate Flannery; o WINNER, Best Director, Lady Filmmakers, Los Angeles (2019) o WINNER, Best Comedy Feature, Atlanta Underground Film/Festival, ATL, GA (2018) o WINNER, Best Feature & Best Director, Artemis Film Fest. (Paul Feig), LA, CA (2018) o WINNER, Best Comedy, First Glance, LA, CA (2018) o WINNER, Best Feature, Scottish Independent, Scotland (2018) o Nominated for Best Feature, Best Director, Oxford Film Gets, Oxford Ms (2019) o Nominated Best Feature, Pasadena Film Fest, Pasadena,CA (2018) o Universal Film Fest (Official Selection, 2019) o Portland Film Fest (Official Selection, 2019) o Fun Cinema Argentina (Official Selection 2018) o GenreBlast Film Festival (Official Selection, 2018) o NYC Indie Film Fest (Official Selection, 2018) o Atlanta Indie Film Fest (Official Selection, 2018) o Hollywood Reel Indie Film Fest (Official Selection, 2018)

THE LIST (Director/Producer) Feature starring Saffron Burrows; distro’d by Tello Films. o WINNER, Best Short Film, Hollywood Reel Indie Film Festival (2016)

KITTENS IN A CAGE (Director/ Writer/ Producer) Feature with Michelle Monaghan, Misha Collins, Joel McHale, distributed by TV4 o WINNER, WeTV Production Deal, New York Television Festival (2018) o WINNER, Bento Box Production Deal, New York Television Festival (2016) o WINNER, Best Feature Film & Best New Director, NewFilmmakersLA (2016) o WINNER, Best Comedy Feature & Top 5 of Festival, Temecula Indie (2016) o WINNER, Award of Excellence, IndieFest Film Awards (2016) o WINNER, Best FeatureFilm LA Spotlight Film Festival (2016) o WINNER, Best Feature & Best Ensemble, Grand Prize, Best Comedy Feature, LA Comedy Festival (2016) o NOMINATED, Best Director, Best Feature, New York Television Festival 

PRODUCING / DIRECTING THEATRE CREDITS (SELECTED):

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Director) ACT Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, WA o WINNER Broadway World Best Director & Best Production

Fran & Leni (Produced, Directed) event at Dixon Place in NYC with Mickey Sumner.

The Turn of the Screw (Directed) Oldcastle Theatre Company, Bennington, VT o WINNER Berkshire Theatre Critics Assoc. Award o Berkshire Eagle’s10 Best shows

Nine Parts of Desire (Directed) Iraqi Premiere on a grant from the US State Department for the Art of Social Justice Festival, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

We Are Proud to Present…(West Coast Premiere, Produced, Directed), Matrix Theatre Los Angeles ,CA o WINNER, Best Production, LA Weekly Awards o LA Times Critic Pick o Ovation Award Pick

Love Loves a Pornographer (World Premiere, Produced, Directed), Circle X Theatre, LA o WINNER, Drama Critics Award o WINNER, Best Director, Garland Award

Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog (World Premiere MusicalProduced, Directed and Writer), Circle X Theatre, LA o WINNER , Theatre LA’s Ovation Award o WINNER , LA Weekly Award for World Premiere of a Musical

In Flagrante Gothicto (World Premiere - Produced, Directed & Wrote), Circle X Theatre o WINNER , Best Directing, LA Drama Critic Circle Awards o WINNER , Best Writing, LA Drama Critic Circle Awards o WINNER , Best Production, LA Drama Critic Circle Awards o WINNER , Ted Schmitt Award, Debut of a New Play, LA Drama Critic Circle Awards o WINNER , Best Playwriting, LA Weekly Award o WINNER , Best Ensemble, LA Weekly Award o WINNER , Best Direction, Garland Award o WINNER , Best Production, Garland Award Great Men of Science, Nos, 21 & 22 (World Premiere - Produced, Directed), Circle X o WINNER, Best Production, Theatre LA’s Ovation Award o WINNER, Best Production, LA Weekly Award o BackstageWest Critic’s Pick o LA Times Critics’ Choice o Dramalogue Critic’s Choice

ADDITIONAL INFO (SELECTED): - Taught Directing at UCLA - Directed at USC - Taught Commedia del’arte on a grant from the US Government in Iraq 

*10 years of Seattle/London producing, directing, acting credits upon request.

© 2017 Jillian Armenante - Stoic Entertainment

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