Adelina Anthony is an American actress , director , screenwriter and producer.
Biography[]
Adelina Anthony (she/they) is originally from the Payaya Territories (San Antonio, Texas). She is a critically acclaimed and award-winning Two Spirit Xicana lesbian actor, writer, director, producer, and teaching artist. Along with Marisa Becerra, they co-founded AdeRisa Productions in 2012 as vehicle to support talent from their communities in front of and behind the camera. The themes in their works address colonization, feminism(s), ancestral memorias, gender, health, race & ethnicity, im/migration, sexuality, land & environment & issues affecting our Two Spirit/ queer/ lesbian/ gay/ bisexual/ transgender / womyn of color / and people of color communities. They live and work on Tongva and Chumash lands. Since 2001, Adelina has been booked on the national university circuit to present solo shows, stand-up comedy, poetry readings, workshops, classroom visits, and graduation keynotes.
In 2012, along with Marisa Becerra, she co-founded AdeRisa Productions. Most recently, at the end of 2019, AdeRisa Productions helped to produce Ro & Shirelle, a transgender comedy written by D’Lo, directed by Adelina and starring D’Lo and Shakina Nayfack.
Anthony participates in Film Independent's Project Involve and the Sundance Screenwriters Intensive.
In 2016 Anthony wrote, directed, produced and acted in "Bruising for Besos", a drama about a charismatic lesbian who seduces another woman only to discover that she is reliving her past. The next year, Anthony wrote and directed a short film called "Amigas with Benefits" about the wedding of an elderly lesbian couple.
Personal Life[]
Adelina Anthony is openly lesbian and two spirited
Awards[]
His film The Serenade won the HBO Latinx Short Film Competition award from the Official Latino Film and Arts Festival (OLFAF) in 2019.
Filmography[]
Actress[]
Cinema[]
- 2016 : Bruising for Besos : Yoli (and Little Yoli)
Short films[]
- 1998 : Holy Tortilla
- 2004 : Los Angeles
- 2009 : The One-Wayz
- 2012 : Almost There
- 2015 : MiracleMaker
- 2016 : Gold Star
- 2019 : The Serenade
TV series[]
- 1996 : Walker, Texas Ranger : Maria Alonzo
Director, producer, screenwriter and casting director[]
Cinema[]
- 2016 : Bruising for Besos
Short films[]
- 2013 : Forgiving Heart
- 2017 : Amigas with Benefits
Editor[]
Short films[]
- 2017 : Amigas with Benefits
Producer[]
Short films[]
- 2014 : The Good Kind
- 2016 : Gold Star
Screenwriter[]
Short films[]
- 2013 : You're Dead to Me
- 2016 : Get the Life