SALMA QARNAIN - AEA, - BAE, - SAG-AFTRA

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DUAL US/UK CITIZEN

MENASA-Pakistani-Muslim-Polyglot-Dialect Junkie

salmaqarnain.com | SAG•AFTRA-AEA-EquityUK

BROADWAY

LIFE OF PI (3 Tony Awards)

Mrs.Biology-Kumar/Zaida Khan; Amma Cover

Max Webster / SCHOENFELD

TELEVISION

That Damn Michael Che

RECURRING (Opp Colin Jost/O. Hardwick)

HBO Max / Oz Rodriguez

Random Acts, Ep. 3 - A Question

GUEST STAR / EPISODE LEAD

Streaming / Hersh Ellis

Main Justice, PILOT for Bruckheimer

RECUR (Homeland Security Chamb)

CBS / David Semel

For Life, Ep. 108

RECUR (Meredith Voker/Comm Dir)

ABC / Erica Watson

People you Know, Full Season

SERIES REGULAR

HERE TV / Rob Margolis

The Blacklist, Ep. 705

2sc. Co-Star Opp M. Boone (Dr. Ambati)

NBC / Kurt Kuenne

The Path, Ep. 301

2sc. Co-Star Opp Aaron Paul (Candace)

Hulu / Michael Weaver

FBI, Ep. 102

Large Co-Star (Valerie Hartford)

CBS / Nick Gomez

Three Women (PILOT)

Co-Star (Jillian) Opp DeWanda Wise

Showtime / Louise Friedberg

Law & Order: SVU, Ep. 18010 (400th Episode)

Co-Star

NBC / Mariska Hargitay

Divorce, Ep. 102

2sc. Co-Star Opp Sarah Jessica Parker

HBO / Jesse Peretz

Mysteries of Laura, Ep. 109

Co-Star Opp Debra Messing

NBC / Michael Fields

Blue Bloods, Ep. 613

Co-Star

CBS / Donald Thorin Jr.

Shades of Blue, Ep. 207 (scene cut)

Co-Star

NBC / Peter Weller

American Odyssey, Ep. 111

Co-Star

NBC / Jamie Payne

One Bad Choice, Ep. 106

PRINCIPAL

MTV

Modern Spies, Ep. 1

PRINCIPAL

BBC

FILM

Basement (Manhattan Film Festival)

SUPPORTING - in Arabic

M. Panepinto/Robert Rosenbaum

1 Out of 30

SUPPORTING - in Arabic

Lena Waithe EP/AT&T Hello Lab

In Silence (Jury Award Lady Filmmakers, Soho IFF Others)

SUPPORTING

Ruba Mansouri

Chandler

SUPPORTING

Julia Kennelly/Will Mayo

Algorithm: Bliss (w/ Sean Faris)

PRINCIPAL

Rumpus Room Productions

Have You Seen Enough?

LEAD

Pure Imagination

The Prayer (Mumbai Film Festival)

SUPPORTING

Apoorva Charan

I am dead but not completely dead.

LEAD - in Urdu

Bittnarie Shin

Principal in over 25 industrial films (avail upon request)

VOICEOVER

Unladylike 2020

LEAD (Zitkala-Sa / Susan La Flesche)

PBS

USPS - Direct Mail Industrial

NARRATOR

USPS

Crouching Tiger 2 (booked but did not go into production)

VOICE REPLACEMENT (LEAD)

Weinstein Co.

The Glorias

ADR/LOOPING

Feature

The Night Of

ADR/LOOPING

HBO

OFF-BROADWAY, OFF-WEST-END & OFF-OFF-BWAY THEATER/MUSICALS*

Press: https://tinyurl.com/bdfet2d5

Rain + Zoe Save the World

Mom/Moon

Hersh Ellis / Jermyn St. Theat

Bars and Measures (Sang Opera and Jazz)

Sylvia (AUDELCO Nominee 2020)

Kristan Seemel / Urban Stages

Acquittal

Marium

Noelle Ghoussaini/Pan Asian

This Time (NYT Critic's Pick)

Janine (LEAD)

Kareem Fahmy / Rising Circle

A Muslim in the Midst

Priya (LEAD)

Claire Beckman/Brave New World

Winter Rhythms Cabaret 2019* & 2020*

Satine ("Come What May"); original music

K. Seemel/T. Toce/Urban Stages

MENASA Cabaret Spring 2018*

Co-Producer/Elphaba ("Defying Gravity")

Dev Janki/Atlantic 2/AEA EEOC

NEW YORK THEATER/MUSICALS* READINGS & WORKSHOPS (selected)

Monsoon Wedding* (Broadway-Bound Reading 29h)*

Vijaya

Mira Nair / Roy Gabay Mgmt.

Tambourine*

Nuri

JoAnn Hunter / RCI Theatricals

MAYA* (NAMT)

Gayatri

National Music Th Conf O'Neill

Bak Chang*

Vatsala

Nina Z. Lam / 5th Ave Theatre

Ocean in a Teacup*

Boro-Ma

Max Friedman/Davenport Theatr.

In a Sea of Faces*

Rebekah (LEAD)

Arpita Mukherjee / Hypokrit

Lighthouse*

Various

A Campbell-Holt / NYU GMTW

Rain + Zoe Save the World

Mom/Moon (Played Ukulele)

Hersh Ellis / Brave New World

Bollywood Kitchen*

Anu (Supporting LEAD)

Arpita Mukherjee / Hypokrit

Abraham's Daughters

Huda (LEAD)

Frances Hill / Urban Stages

Good Time Charlie

Judy/Joan

Danny Sharron / Primary Stages

Paper Chains

Fatima (LEAD)

Nina Mehta / UP Theater

Covenant with 2050 Fellow Francis W. Rabkin

Jane

New York Theater Workshop

Veil'd

Rhami

Women's Project Lab

The Djinn

Binish/Djinn (LEAD)

Hypokrit/Rattlestick/A. Mukher

Chain Reaction

Patty

Joy Behar / Cherry Lane Theate

Tsunami

Imen

PEN World Voices / Saheem Ali

Infinite Incompleteness

Butimar-e Kabul

PEN World Voices / N. Watson

REGIONAL THEATER/MUSICALS* (selected)

Life of Pi (Broadway-bound)

Mrs. Biology-Kumar/Zaida Khan/Amma Cover

Max Webster / A.R.T.

Acquittal

Marium

Victory Gardens Theater/CAATA

Othello

Desdemona (Helen Hayes Award)

The Kennedy Center / Synetic

Barrio Grrrl!* (book Quiara A. Hudes; music Bill Sherma)

Mom

The Kennedy Ctr. / Peter Flynn

Romeo and Juliet

Lady Capulet (Helen Hayes Award)

Synetic Theater

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Hadia/Iraqi Teenager

Round House Theatre

Care Program Monologues

Immigrant Mother (LEAD)

Cleveland Play House

Carmen

Dorotea (Helen Hayes Nomination)

The Kennedy Center / Synetic

Macbeth

Lady Macduff (Helen Hayes Nomination)

Synetic Theater

Lost and Guided (Staged Reading)

Rima (LEAD)

Camden Opera House/Angle Proje

Autobahn: Merge / All Apologies

Woman

Studio Theatre

TRAINING

Stanford University

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

MIT

S.M. Aeronautics/Astronautics

Harvard University

MBA

Graduate, Acting

Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory

Joy Zinoman (Founder)

TV and Film Acting

Bob Krakower, Ted Sluberski

Acting / Scene Study

Sarah Baskin

Improvisation

Upright Citizens Brigade

J. Klepper, P. Clair, C. Brown

Voice (Musical Theatre)

Matt Farnsworth Voice Studio

Mike Maixner

Fitness

Knockout Performance

Gary Mahabir

A lifetime education enthusiast, I am a graduate of Stanford, MIT, Harvard and the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory, and have trained with Ted Sluberski and Mike Maixner (Matt Farnsworth Voice Studio). I have booked across all networks, incl. recurring on That Damn Michael Che (HBO Max), 2 Pilots, a series regular on HereTV, and BROADYWAY's LIFE OF PI. Through my work, I want to create an impact and inspire. But, yes, I was a rocket scientist and a polyglot. So, challenge me to Scrabble - my fave.

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 120 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair Color: Brown

Hair Length: Short

  

Arabic (beginning), Beginning Piano, Beginning Ukulele, Farsi (beginning), German (intermediate), In the mix for Pashto, Billiards/Pool Player, Combat - Stage, Golf, Ping Pong, Swimming - ability - general, Swimming - breast stroke, Tennis, Volleyball, Improvisation, Mime, Singer, Teleprompter, Ukulele, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Range: Soprano, Vocal Style: Belt, Voiceover, American - Boston Accent, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, East Indian Accent, Iraqi Accent, Israeli Accent, Italian Accent, Persian Accent, Scottish Accent, Spanish Accent, Fluent Hindi, Fluent Spanish, Fluent Urdu