About
Meet Samina: professional actor, full-time coffee-drinker, and former lawyer and news reporter. Trained at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, Samina recently landed a recurring role as Professor Bennett in Brat TV’s viral series, CHICKEN GIRLS: COLLEGE YEARS. Samina has also appeared in a number of films (most recently, RISE AND SHINE and ANOSMIA), and was thrilled to take the stage in AN EVENING REPAST at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica. Based in Los Angeles, Samina was born and raised in Canada, and is a proud dual citizen!
Height: 5 ft, 3 in
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Film
Anosmia | Dir. Monya De
Lead
Rise and Shine | Dirs. George Ayvazyan & Michelle Hodan
Supporting
Me With You, Without You | Dir. Amanda Dinsmore
Supporting
Friends Unlimited | Dir. Shaan Aslam
Supporting
Present Day | Dir. Tyler Walden
Supporting
Believe | Dir. Yaqoub Al Shehab
Supporting
Stalk Her | Dir. Youssef Delara
Supporting
Lyssa | Dir. Dilara Senbilgin
Supporting
Web Series
Chicken Girls: College Years | Brat TV
Recurring
Dhar Mann | Dhar Mann Studios
Recurring
Digital Affairs | Lucid Lev Productions
Recurring
Los Angeles Theatre
An Evening Repast | Morgan-Wixson Theatre | Santa Monica, CA
Saadia (Lead)
Vice | Zephyr Theatre | Los Angeles, CA
Lee (Lead)
Voiceover
Broadcast
Training
Education
Space Race | Boathouse Entertainment Inc.
Supporting (Scripted Podcast)
WXII 12 News | Winston-Salem, NC
Reporter, Fill-in Anchor
KIMA-TV | Yakima, WA
Reporter, Fill-in Anchor
Beverly Hills Playhouse | Scene Study | Art Cohan & Mia Christou
The Casting Director’s Cut | Self-Taping for TV/Film | Ramani Leah
Groundlings | Improv | Julie Welch
Think Bigger Coaching | Self-Taping for TV/Film | DaJuan Johnson
Harvard University | Master in Public Administration
University of Toronto | Juris Doctor
McMaster University | Bachelor of Arts and Science