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Hey, I'm Dina!
New York, New York
Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Content Creator, Blogger and Photographer!
I've been an a professional actor for close to 20 years, past TV credits include: Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, Limitless, White Collar and Rescue Me, as well as numerous TV commercials.
I currently work with Jennifer Weedon Palazzo on MomCaveTV.com - a comedy video channel for moms. We create both scripted and unscripted content, and have won awards for some of our programming. I recently co-produced and co-directed the viral video, "Porn for Moms."
Currently in pre-production on the short film, "Mama Drama," that I co-wrote, with my writing partner, Joelene Wolfe. We have shoot dates in place for May and June of 2017.
My Projects
Projects I'm Supporting
Shedding - a feature film
Los Angeles • Drama, Fantasy
A cat who longs to explore the outside world transforms into a human and helps heal a broken family.
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Smoked
Los Angeles • Comedy
A Postmates courrier's world is turned upside when she has to deliver bagels and lox to her old high school.
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Park Slope Moms
New York • Comedy
A high-powered attorney turned 'stay-at-home' mom regains power as PTA President, but ruling with an iron fist sparks a coup.
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Conversations in Apartment 3A
New York • Comedy
A comedic web series about two women in their late-20s facing the realities of living in New York City.
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Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema
New York • Film-related Business, Shorts Program
Show us your film. We'll show you success.
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Pozole
Los Angeles • Comedy, Drama
Maia prolly killed her Nana.
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Anna's Documentary
New York • Documentary
What happens when you receive a diagnosis that changes your life in a heartbeat? Anna embarks on a journey to find out and begin to heal.
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2 WEEKS
New York • Drama, Horror
2 WEEKS accompanies Tanya as she explores what it means to be asexual in a committed relationship and an actor in a “sex sells” world.
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Little Evil Bookshop
Seattle • Comedy, Satire
When the world's most powerful occult leader visits a modest mystic bookshop, its owner must impress him at all costs.
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A Room Full of Nothing
Austin • Adventure, Romance
In this Swiss Army Man meets Eternal Sunshine adventure an artistic couple's life takes a bizarre turn when they wake up alone in the world.
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The Atavist
Pittsfield • Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman travels to the past, but when the things she leaves alter history, she must get them back to save the future.
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"SURE-FIRE" - Development Funding Phase II
New York • Comedy, Crime
SURE-FIRE is a comedy about a NYC con man having a mid-life crisis who stumbles into becoming a movie producer to pay off gangsters.
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Xerxes
Jersey City • Sci-Fi, Thriller
While recovering at his estranged childhood home from cochlear implant surgery, Xerxes spirals down the rabbit hole and may never climb out.
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Fantastic Santa Monaco
Los Angeles • Drama, Satire
A film about a group of performance artists who are looking for love, connection and significance in Los Angeles.
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Stunt Mom
New York • Comedy, Family
She's an ordinary mom that cooks and cleans but as a professional stunt woman she also flips, falls and fights!
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The Invaders
New York • Horror, Thriller
When a girl is followed on her way home, she finds herself facing a sinister force that threatens her entire existence.
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Interference
New York • Drama, Thriller
A violent altercation between a police officer and a black man left one person dead. A couple passing by must decide what they believe.
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MOMTRESS (The Series)
Montclair • Comedy, Drama
Libby Sandler, a frazzled suburban Mom, is on a mission to be a good parent AND get the part.
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Jesse's Girl
Los Angeles • Comedy, Drama
At her bridal shower, a bride-to-be acknowledges her doubts, begs for help and takes action—with catastrophic consequences.
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Hutterite
Sioux Falls • Drama
Marigold, a young girl living in a Hutterite Colony must choose between her life in the commune and the freedom of the outside world.
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Mandated
New York • Comedy, Drama
No one thinks they need therapy... until they're in it.
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Wed-Locked
Los Angeles • Comedy
Robert and Denise, a recently married couple, do their best to put differences aside and navigate the beautiful minefield called marriage.
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Ghost Girl
New York • Comedy, Musical
Ghost Girl, Jess, navigates the afterlife and helps BFFL, Emma Leigh, through the 5 Stages of Grief with songs, snacks, sleepovers & more.
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Heed the Call
Los Angeles • Drama, History
In 1942, Marguerite must decide if she is willing to defy social expectations, her family, and her fiancé in order to join the war effort.
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Self Portrait
New York • Drama, Experimental
A young woman reflects on the authenticity of her parents marriage in a staged dinner scene revealing three individual perspectives.
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Like Glass
New York • Drama, LGBTQ
Gender-fluid beauty, Zion, discovers their freedom through the Avant Garde world of New York City Nightlife.
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Lily 'N' Rose
Denver • Drama
Lily and Rose are best friends. When Rose abandons her, Lily flees into the wilderness, confronting something even more profound.
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Last Night of Normal
Seattle • Drama, Family
A young woman struggles to discover what truly matters to her after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
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Letting go
New York • Drama, Nature
In the face of loss, Eloisa remembers that love will give her the strength she needs to let go.
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More Than Only
Portland • LGBTQ, Romantic Comedy
Because EVEYRONE deserves their happy after everything. LGBT romantic comedy that celebrates finding love and learning to love yourself
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Nia On Vacation
Patras • Drama, Comedy
Escape is relative.
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Mama Drama
Fairfield • Comedy, Drama
A suburban mom has a falling out with her friends via text messages. It takes her 10-year-old daughter to remind of what really matters.
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Me, My Mom & Sharmila - From Stage to Screenplay
Chicago • Comedy, Drama
An intergenerational story of three South Asian women, a daughter, her mother & a Bollywood icon, whose destinies collide.
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An Act of Terror
Charlotte • Drama, History
The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South.
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The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop
Boston • Drama, Family
After the death of her baby sister, a 7-year-old girl, with the help of an imaginary friend, creates an extraordinary world to save her fami
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Pay to Stay
New York • Horror, LGBTQ
A couple take a mini-vacation to repair their relationship, unaware the AirBNB they rented may lead to their untimely end.
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Presley Dent
Los Angeles • Animation, Comedy
When Betty lands a job campaigning for populist Presley Dent, she discovers her favorite candidate isn't as honest as she hoped.
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Quare Life
Chicago • Comedy, LGBTQ
After a failed marriage proposal, a 30-something, Black lesbian finds herself unengaged, unemployed and relies on friends for support.
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Streetlights
Los Angeles • Drama, Fantasy
A runaway 10-year-old kid meets a troubled teenager and street performer who teaches him some truths about life and survival in the streets.
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Welcome Home
Albany • Comedy
When life handed them lemons, they moved back home with their parents.
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Exposure
Pepin • Romance, LGBTQ
Two women set off on separate journeys of self-reflection and contemplation. What happened between them? How did the relationship die?
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Solstice Ranch
Los Angeles • Comedy, Romance
Set in the late 90s at a whimsical retreat, this lighthearted short film tests the boundaries of friendships, relationships and family.
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Forbidden Steps
Los Angeles • Global Celebration, Family
A Muslim police officer stuck between his dancer daughter & orthodox father must grapple with ties to tradition & his own American dream.
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Soiled Doves
Los Angeles • Drama, Western
1887: A female saloon owner, a troubled prostitute and a newcomer with a secret must unite to save their frontier town from an ancient evil.
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The Secret Nobody Knows
New York • Romance, War
A woman’s parting gift to a solider reveals the secret to their uncertain future.
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The Adventures of Penny Patterson
New York • Comedy, Teen
Penny faces growing obstacles to winning the science fair after her boyfriend becomes a superhero.
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To Life
Austin • Comedy, Fantasy
When grief and laughter meet, the worst advice may be the best.
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OR DIE TRYING
Los Angeles • Drama
Four ambitious women attempt to achieve their own definition of success while dealing with the struggles of being a millennial in Hollywood.
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Half the Picture
Los Angeles • Documentary
HALF THE PICTURE is a feature documentary about working women directors in Hollywood.
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Kinesthesia
Los Angeles • Drama, Shorts Program
Frustrated at her inability to accurately remember a particular time of happiness in her life, Minny sets out to find it again.
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The wHOLE
Los Angeles • Drama
“The wHOLE” is a gritty drama illuminating solitary confinement made in collaboration with those closest to the issue.
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Charlie & Poppy, A Short Film by Jennifer Potts
Manchester • Drama
A young boy cherishes his grandfather who, from a train station platform, creates magical moments.
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Cross
Los Angeles • Drama, Film-Noir
A young Filipino backyard boxer enters a Mexican fight ring in the San Fernando Valley.
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Movies & Shows I Recommend
Saving Unicorns
2015
• Series
by Staci Jacobs
