BIANCA SAMS

Bianca is a Writer/Actor. She graduated from New York University’s Tisch School with a BFA in Acting & Dramatic Writing (TV/Film/Play writing). She also studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA – London England). She has a MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University. Her acting roles include the feature film RENT (feature), Serenity (film), Ruined (Play), In The Continuum (Play). Her plays include: Rust On Bone, Summer Nights & Fireflies, Black. Irish., Simply Bess, Battle Cry, and At the Rivers End. Her film Television/Film scripts include: Black Wall Street (WBTV), Blackthorn (Original Pilot), and Bridge Over Troubled Waters (feature Film), and Serenity (film). Awards and honors include Ingram New Works Fellow (Nashville Rep), Warner Brothers TV Writing Workshop, The Playwright Center Core Apprentice (2014), KCACTF Lorraine Hansberry (2nd place), KCACTF Rosa Parks Award (2nd place), Kennedy Center/Eugene O’Neill New Play Conference fellow, Jane Chambers Student Playwright Award/Athe (2nd Place 2013 & 2014), Scott McPherson Playwright Award, Playwright Foundation BAPF (finalist), Eugene O’Neill NPC (semifinalist), TRI Research Fellowship at Ohio State University, T. S. Eliot Acting Fellowship, Tracking Board 2016 Young & Hungry List, and WriteHerList 2017. She previously worked as a staff writer on the WB/CBS TV Show Training Day starring Bill Paxton and The Originals on the CW with Julie Plec & Jeffrey Lieber. Bianca is represented by Echo Lake Management and Abrams Artists.