Asta Paredes

Asta Paredes

actress, producer, director

Asta Paredes was born on Nov 10, 1987 in USA. Asta Paredes's big-screen debut came with Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 directed by Lloyd Kaufman in 2013. Asta Paredes is known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty directed by Ben Stiller, Ben Stiller stars as Walter Mitty and Kristen Wiig as Cheryl Melhoff. Asta Paredes has got 3 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Asta Paredes achieved is Queen Palm International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Asta Paredes plays is Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High Aka Vol. 2 which will be released on Jan 15, 2017.

Asta Paredes is an award winning actress and filmmaker. She is most well known for starring in Troma Entertainment's subversive horror comedy Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 (2013) and Cinema Epoch's indie slasher Sociopathia (2015) . Paredes' career also includes a co-star role on Shades of Blue: Une flic entre deux feux (2016) (NBC) as well as lead roles in acclaimed shorts The Shadow Scarf (2017), Eros Point (2018) , and The Creeper's Curse (2020) .Asta's acting foundation was training at the prestigious University of Minnesota/ Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program as well as study at the Globe Theater, the London International School for Performing Arts, Upright Citizens Brigade Improv Training Center and various teaching artists. Notably she has appeared onstage in Jeffrey Baker's experimental 'The Pretenders', Elysium Theatre Collective's folk musical 'Bob Meets Bob' and Guthrie Theater's dark comedy 'Tiny Disasters'.Learning from her unique experience in independent art, Asta began working at Abandoned House Productions in 2014 along with frequent collaborator and husband Clay von Carlowitz . Under this banner, she completed her writer/directorial debut, short film, The Slightest Touch (2017) . Paredes continues to star in as well as develop work seeking to entertain, educate, & elevate. She currently splits her time between Los Angeles and New York City.

  • Birthday

    Nov 10, 1987
  • Place of Birth

    Beaumont, Texas, USA

Known For

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

Queen Palm International Film Festival
2018
Best Original Song
Winner - Silver Award
Eros Point (2018)
2018
Best Actress -Short Film
Winner - Silver Award
Eros Point (2018)
Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival
2017
Honorable Mention
Winner - July Prize
The Slightest Touch (2017)
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