Elisa Bocanegra

Elisa Bocanegra made her film debut in the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Film, Girlfight (exec prod, John Sayles). Soon after she began a career in independent film working on features which include Spun alongside Mickey Rourke, White Oleander and most recently the indie comedy El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances (produced by Norman Lear and George Lopez). Her television credits include starring roles in two projects created by Illeana Douglas - Supermarket of the Stars and the web-series Easy to Assemble. Other television credits include "The Gilmore Girls", "Undeclared" by Judd Apatow, "Judging Amy", "Resurrection Blvd.", "The Division", "NYPD Blue", "Touched By An Angel" and "Taina". Elisa began her theatre career at the Williamstown Theatre Festival where she spent two seasons working with actors such as Ethan Hawke and Hope Davis. Soon after came roles at the Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, The Huntington Theatre, South Coast Rep, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mabou Mines, INTAR, Cornerstone Theatre, Summer Play Festival NYC, Crossroads Theatre, Ojai Playwrights Conference and Broad Stage in Los Angeles where she was directed by Dustin Hoffman. She trained extensively with both Larry Moss and Patsy Rodenburg, is a graduate of the William Esper Studio where she studied with Bill Esper, and completed a voice program with Shane Ann Younts. Elisa is a native New Yorker who currently lives in Los Angeles.