Résumé Print Résumé
Television | ||
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Astal Daddy (Pilot) |
Lead |
Cynda Williams |
A Spoonful (Web-series) |
Lead (Courtney) |
On the Outside Films |
Film | ||
Empty Bottles, Empty Hearts |
Lead |
Anna Magana |
Rashed and Emma |
Lead (Dahlia) |
Hossam Mousa |
The Possessed Ones |
Lead (Hazel) |
Kaushik Vignesh |
The Cleansing of Emily Hall |
Lead (Emily) |
Hossam Mousa |
Theatre | ||
Tequihua |
Lead (Stella) |
Second Site |
Commerical | ||
AAP Vaccine Confidence Campaign |
Lead (Young Mom) |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
Colorwatch 2025: Wetbar |
Lead |
Rustoleum |
Rajaeen Artists Campaign |
Model |
Rajaeen |
Music Video | ||
Fikr, Me Again! |
Lead |
Hayu |
Last |
Lead |
Hayu |
Education | ||
Bachelors in Acting |
Minor in Video Production |
Columbia College Chicago |
Training | ||
Consent Based Performance |
Julie Granata-Hunicutt |
Columbia College Chicago |
Advanced Acting: On-Camera |
Brian Shaw |
Columbia College Chicago |
Audition Workshop |
Wendi Weber |
Columbia College Chicago |
Scenes: Performance & Analysis |
Ashley Neal |
Columbia College Chicago |
Advanced Acting: Realism |
Brian Shaw |
Columbia College Chicago |
Character & Ensemble |
Wendi Weber |
Columbia College Chicago |
Accents and Dialects |
Susan Gosdick |
Columbia College Chicago |
Movement for the Actor |
JulieAnn Graham |
Columbia College Chicago |
Voice for the Actor |
Scott Olson |
Columbia College Chicago |
Text Analysis |
Albert Williams |
Columbia College Chicago |
Theatre Career |
Janice Pytel |
Columbia College Chicago |
Musical Theatre Singing |
H.E. Baccus |
Columbia College Chicago |
Chicago Comedy |
Grace Overbeke |
Columbia College Chicago |
Musical Theatre Dance |
Ennerssa Davis |
Columbia College Chicago |
Scene Study |
Timothy Curtis |
Oakton College |
Intermediate Acting |
Timothy Curtis |
Oakton College |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'4" |
Weight: 145 lbs |
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Extra background work, Language: Amharic, Modeling, Basketball, Ice Skating, Kick Boxing, Soccer, Swimming - backstroke, Swimming - breast stroke, Swimming - freestyle, Volleyball, Dance Hip Hop, Singer, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Style: Rapper, American - New York Accent, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent, Jamaican Accent
Hayaat Abeba is an Ethiopian-American Chicago-based actor and graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in Acting. She brings emotional depth and a strong on-camera presence to character-driven film and television work. She approaches acting and singing as forms of storytelling, informed by a multilingual upbringing in English, Amharic, Arabic, and Mandarin.