MIRIAM CHEMMOSS
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Personal details
About me
New York City, New York, United States
Multi-faceted East-African performing artist, Miriam Chemmoss,
has spent the last 10 years working in theatre, film, television, radio,
commercials, industrials, voiceovers, musical performances.
Miriam is a trained actress, performing artist, journalist and activist.
She has a degree in both Communications/Journalism and Theater
from Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa.
Miriam has also interned and worked as a broadcaster for Voice of
America, International Broadcasting, a multimedia broadcasting service
in Washington, DC.
At V.O.A, Miriam hosted two shows and co-hosted "Africa World Tonight"
with "English to Africa's finest journalists such as Ted Roberts,Sonny Young, amongst others.
Miriam Chemmoss is also a trained and professional actress who's been
featured in independent and feature films, TV Shows like "The District", "Bedford
Diaries"; PSA's,Industrials, Radio Voice-Overs & Promos. In theater, Miriam has
performed in numerous local and regional theatrical productions such as "Deadwood Dick",Burtonsville Players, in Maryland, Kirov's Nutracker at the Kennedy Center in Washington,DC,"Eating Out"- Shea Theater, NYC; "Scrolls, The Book of Life",
Pantheon Theater, NYC, "Job and the Snake", "Aesop", both by Cube City
Entertainment in NYC... amongst others.
Miriam is currently working on several projects, sharing her music and supporting a range of causes she is passionate about such as the plight of AIDS orphans in AFRICA,Education and Peace in Kenya as well as Hope for those affected by war
and other disasters. When she is not performing she is in the studio
completing her debut album.
Her single, "Rudi" is doing well in several radio stations and TV
stations all over Africa,(MTV Base),Europe(BBC Radio-UK) and the US(VOA(DC)SARFM(NY) amongst others.
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Multi-faceted East-African performing artist, Miriam Chemmoss,
has spent the last 10 years working in theatre, film, television, radio,
commercials, industrials, voiceovers, musical performances.
Miriam is a trained actress, performing artist, journalist and activist.
She has a degree in both Communications/Journalism and Theater
from Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa.
Miriam has also interned and worked as a broadcaster for Voice of
America, International Broadcasting, a multimedia broadcasting service
in Washington, DC.
At V.O.A, Miriam hosted two shows and co-hosted "Africa World Tonight"
with "English to Africa's finest journalists such as Ted Roberts,Sonny Young, amongst others.
Miriam Chemmoss is also a trained and professional actress who's been
featured in independent and feature films, TV Shows like "The District", "Bedford
Diaries"; PSA's,Industrials, Radio Voice-Overs & Promos. In theater, Miriam has
performed in numerous local and regional theatrical productions such as "Deadwood Dick",Burtonsville Players, in Maryland, Kirov's Nutracker at the Kennedy Center in Washington,DC,"Eating Out"- Shea Theater, NYC; "Scrolls, The Book of Life",
Pantheon Theater, NYC, "Job and the Snake", "Aesop", both by Cube City
Entertainment in NYC... amongst others.
Miriam is currently working on several projects, sharing her music and supporting a range of causes she is passionate about such as the plight of AIDS orphans in AFRICA,Education and Peace in Kenya as well as Hope for those affected by war
and other disasters. When she is not performing she is in the studio
completing her debut album.
Her single, "Rudi" is doing well in several radio stations and TV
stations all over Africa,(MTV Base),Europe(BBC Radio-UK) and the US(VOA(DC)SARFM(NY) amongst others.
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Credit
FILM
MIRRORS (INDEPENDENT SHORT)
COSMETIC ASSISTANT (SUPPORTING)
JON CHANG
AMRI 10
VIVIAN (LEAD)
ALLEN
LENANA'S CHOICE (INDEPENDENT SHORT)
MUMBI
JOE KIRAGO
CUNNIGULA (INDEPENDENT FEATURE)
FRENCH STUDENT
JOHN T. TRIGONIS
REFUGE (INDEPENDENT FEATURE)
COCO (SUPPORTING)
KHARI AJENE
TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (STUDENT FILM)
LINDA (LEAD)
GREGORY MCCAMPBELL
SPACE (INDEPENDENT SHORT)
MARIE (LEAD)
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
THEATRE
AESOP (OFF BROADWAY)
CROW (LEAD)
ROBERT MUNOZ
JOB & THE SNAKE (OFF BROADWAY)
DEATH RAG (ENSEMBLE)
ROBERT MUNOZ
LEAVING LANGA (DRAMA)
PUMTHELI (LEAD)
EKWA MSANGI
EATING OUT
PAM (LEAD)
SHEA THEATER
KIROV'S NUTCRACKER (MUSICAL)
SPANISH WOMAN (DANCER)
MIHAIL CHEMIAKIN
DEADWOOD DICK (MUSICAL)
FOXY (ENSEMBLE)
ROMAN GUSSO
YOU NEVER CAN TELL (DRAMA)
GLORIA (LEAD)
JANICE POHL
COMMERCIALS
LEVI'S JEANS (SPEC)
ARTIST(POTTER)
ETERNAL POLK
TV
BEDFORD DIARIES
COLLEGE STUDENT
ADAM BERNSTEIN
YA MAAFRIKA
KUU (LEAD)
THATO MWOSA
THE DISRRICT (CBS)
CAMPAIGN ENTOURAGE
DENISE DI NOVI, PAMELA VEASEY
CTV-GODDESS OF THE WEEK (PILOT)
PRINCIPAL
HENRY MANNING
RUDI VIDEO (MUSIC VIDEO)
PERFORMING ARTIST (PRINCIPAL)
BALDI ENTERTAINMENT/GASUZA
INTERNET
LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
SINGER/DANCER
EULOGE M.
MUSIC VIDEO
RUDI VIDEO (MUSIC VIDEO)
PRINCIPAL-ARTIST
GREG BALDI/GASUZA
VOICE OVER
WESTERN UNION
CUSTOMER
SWAHILI AUDIO BOOK (EDUCATIONAL)
FEMALE VOICE
PAULA PARKER/JOHN MARSHALL
AFRICAN ARTS & CULTURE SHOW
HOST
TED ROBERTS/VOICE OF AMERICA
RETROSPECT
HOST
TED ROBERTS/VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTING SERVICES
AFRICA WORLD TONIGHT
HOST
VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTING SERVICES
PRINT
BRAZILIAN SALSA CLUB
MODEL (PRINCIPAL)
GETTY IMAGES/MICHAEL DENORA PHOTOGRAPHY
CELTEL PHONE COMPANY
MODEL (PRINCIPAL)
SEGENI NGETHE
AKEOVER TAKEOVER-HYPE HAIR MAGAZINE SEPT. 2007
MODEL (PRINCIPAL)
HYPE HAIR MAGAZINE/ALEXEI AFONIN
NEW YORK MIRROR NEWSPAPER FEATURE STORY
MODEL (PRINCIPAL)
GETTY IMAGES/MICHAEL DENORA
INDUSTRIALS
POST-ABORTION CARE IN RURAL AFRICA
CATHERINE (LEAD)
KIRK STREB
AIDS AWARENESS PSA (EDUCATIONAL VIDEO)
SUPPORTING
SAFFIYA MCCLINTON
Skills
Dance: African, Ballroom, Hip-Hop, Improvisational, Interpretive, Salsa, Samba, Spanish
Singing: Calypso / Reggae, Choral / Choir, Folk, Gospel, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Operatic, R & B / Blues, Rap, Rock / Pop
Sports: Bicycling, Diving, Gymnastic, Jazz, Horse Back Riding, Jet Skiing, Marathon Runner, Mountain Biking, Mountain Climbing, Rock Climbing, Rowing, Soccer, Swimming, Tae Kwan Do, Tai Bo, Water Polo, Ping Pong
Voice: Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano
Musical Instruments: Flute, Piano, Keyboard
Language: English, German, Swahili
Accents: African, American Southern, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Irish, Jamaican, Middle Eastern, Minnesota, New York City, Scottish, Slavic / Eastern European, South African, Standard American, Standard British
Additional: Celebrity Voice Impressions, Clowning, Film Stunts, Hosting, Improvisation, Mime, Modeling, Stand-up Comedy, Voice Characterizations