(previously credited as Serena Marie Williams)
Actress | Aerialist | Dancer | Singer
Actress | Aerialist | Dancer | Singer
If you are looking for a sarcastic best friend, grad/med student, lawyer, social worker, doctor, or mom type for your next project, then let me introduce you...
Serena, a NYC area based actress, was born and raised in New Jersey, and has been involved in the performing arts since she can remember. To date Serena has worked on multiple projects that include television, voiceover, a web series, short & feature films, a YouTube campaign commercial, as well as various local & regional theater and musical theater productions. In 2019, Serena was invited to join the New Jersey Creative Arts Collaborative (NJCAC), which is a non-profit organization whose goal is to inform, inspire, and illuminate artists of color by sharing and broadening cultural awareness through the creation of original content and partnership opportunities. |
RECENT PROJECTS
JERSEY BIRDIES: a feature film (post-production)
"Jersey Birdies" is a New Jersey-homegrown, female-led comedy with heart that explores themes of grief, anxiety, family, love and friendship. A story about people coming together feels just right for a world digging out of a pandemic.
When the Jersey Birdies women's softball team faces elimination from the league, Maria must find a way to balance her own life-struggles to save the group founded by her late sister.
Role: Kim Owens, Jersey Birdies Pitcher
When the Jersey Birdies women's softball team faces elimination from the league, Maria must find a way to balance her own life-struggles to save the group founded by her late sister.
Role: Kim Owens, Jersey Birdies Pitcher
BAYOU'S WRATH: the audio drama (in production)
"Bayou’s Wrath: The Audio Drama” is a Black supernatural fictional story inspired by America’s holocaust. Yes, the United States of America!
Shortly after the Civil War, former slaves were forced into a sinkhole in Natchez Mississippi. Historians estimate at least twenty-thousand Blacks were led to their deaths by Confederate and Union soldiers, just beneath a grove where wild peaches grow — known as the Devil’s Punchbowl. The lucky ones drowned right away.
It’s a piece of American history that was swept under the rug. Our goal is for you to be entertained, informed, and mobilized into action as more and more protections for marginalized people, women, and programs for their advancement are being rolled back. By fighting to save them we save ourselves!
Role: Michelle
Shortly after the Civil War, former slaves were forced into a sinkhole in Natchez Mississippi. Historians estimate at least twenty-thousand Blacks were led to their deaths by Confederate and Union soldiers, just beneath a grove where wild peaches grow — known as the Devil’s Punchbowl. The lucky ones drowned right away.
It’s a piece of American history that was swept under the rug. Our goal is for you to be entertained, informed, and mobilized into action as more and more protections for marginalized people, women, and programs for their advancement are being rolled back. By fighting to save them we save ourselves!
Role: Michelle
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: a short student film
Starring Serena Marie Smith
(credited as Serena Marie Williams) Written & directed by Gabrielle Williams This short film depicts the way a person may feel when they are having a bad day and how a small gesture from a stranger can positively change them. |