Faculty
Acting for Camera
AMDA Faculty since: 2021
Samis currently a NYC-based Actress who made her professional debut in 2016 at Theatre for a New Audience in Sir Trevor Nunn's PERICLES. Since then, she has worked at The Public Theater, BAM, Red Bull Theater, TFANA & select regional theatres. In February of 2020, she starred opposite Rose Byrne & Bobby Cannavale in MEDEA at BAM for one night only as she was lucky enough to go on for the role of Clara, a part she was understudying. You can see her on reruns of Law & Order: SVU, FBI & Blue Bloods. Currently, you can watch her alongside Rachel Weisz in Dead Ringers streaming on Amazon Prime. As a Director, Sam most recently worked on Lauren Gunderson's Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight at the University of Scranton. Sam is also a certified Intimacy Captain. She is a professional teaching artist at TFANA and is thrilled to be at on staff at AMDA.
Academic Department Director:
On Camera Acting & On Camera Audition