LEAH LOFTIN
SAG-AFTRA | AEA
Leah Loftin is an actress and filmmaker based in New York, whose work was named “fearless” by The New York Times. Leah recently guest starred as Helen Field in The Blacklist (NBC), as Maggie “Tweetie” McGuire in New Amsterdam (NBC), and will be seen next in the upcoming limited series The Green Veil starring John Leguizamo (Tribeca/The Network).
As a filmmaker, Loftin was named a “new director to watch” by SHOOT Magazine as part of the New Directors Showcase. Her work has premiered at a number of OSCAR and BAFTA-qualifying festivals, including DOC NYC, the Ann Arbor Film Festival (opening night selection), Aesthetica Film Festival (UK), FLICKERS’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, and Shorts on Tap London, winning awards at film festivals in Berlin, Toronto, Austin, and Bucharest. Loftin was recently the silver medal for Nonfiction at the 1.4 Awards for Brilliant Filmmaking, and her experimental film work was a finalist for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2022.
Her film roles began in the Oscar-winning Monster's Ball, and she has appeared in award-winning independent films that have screened across the globe. With an emphasis on devised/physical theatre adaptations of both new and classical plays, Leah has performed theatrically Off-Broadway, throughout the US, Canada, and Russia. Formally trained with the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT) at A.R.T., Leah was selected for an extended theatre performance residency in Moscow and was an original cast member of the world premiere of a previously unpublished play by Tennessee Williams.
A proud native Texan, Leah was born and raised in the small town of Crosby, Texas.
NEWS
directed by Leah Loftin | written by Olena Astasieva | translated by John Freedman
A woman in Kherson navigates the horrors and absurdities of daily life during the initial weeks of the Russian war in Ukraine. A short film adapted from Olena Astasieva’s personal accounts from the front lines.
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