SERENA MARIE SMITH
Actress | Writer | Voice Actor | Producer | Aerialist | Dancer | Singer
SAG-e
COMMERCIAL/PRINT: BAC Talent - [email protected]
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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 joined 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. In 2024, she wrote her first short film script and in 2025 received BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY NY HONORABLE MENTION at its first screenwriting contest entry, officially adding the title of writer to her resume. |
RECENT PROJECTS
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? (post-production): a feature film
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Written & directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Starring Rodney Hicks, Geoffrey Rush, and Tatyana Ali. FILM SYNOPSIS: Broadway star Hicks appears in his first big screen lead role as real-life, late African American Vietnam War veteran Allen Nelson who returned from the conflict with the severe PTSD, winding up on the streets before crossing paths with Dr. Daniels (Rush) from the Veterans Affairs who set about trying to save him. Role: Allen's mother
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GRIEF: a short screenplay
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Written by Serena Marie Smith
- (2025) New Jersey Web Festival (NJ WebFest) *Outstanding Script Nominee
- (2025) NJ Film Awards *Best Short Screenplay Winner - (2025) Lovesick Film Festival |
STAY INSIDE: a short screenplay
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Written by Serena Marie Smith
- (2025) New York Screenwriting Awards *Best Short Screenplay NY Honorable Mention
- (2025) Montreal Women Film Festival *Best Short Screenplay Nominee - (2025) Newark International Film Festival - (2025) New Jersey Web Festival (NJ WebFest) *Outstanding Script Nominee - (2025) NJ Film Awards *Best Short Screenplay Finalist - (2025) New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards *Best Screenplay Quarter-Finalist - (2025) Los Angeles Film & Documentary Awards - (2025) Macoproject Film Festival *Best Short Screenplay Honorable Mention |
JERSEY BIRDIES: a feature film (post-production)
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"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 |
BAYOU'S WRATH: an audio drama
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"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 Listen to Season 1 on your favorite podcast platform! |
