Fayna Sanchez (pronounced "fine-ah") is an actor, writer, and filmmaker working across all genres in TV, film, voice over, and theater. Bilingual — English and Spanish, no accent.
In television, Fayna has appeared in Hulu's Dollface, TBS's Angie Tribeca, and as a recurring guest star on AMC Shudder's Creepshow. On stage, she has performed with Center Theater Group, The Theater at Boston Court, Manhattan Repertory, and The Soho Playhouse.
Recent film credits include Natasha Kermani's Abraham's Boys for AMC Shudder; her starring role as Mia in House of Ashes; and the highly anticipated The Dark Domain: Mickey vs Winnie, coming later this year.
As a filmmaker, Fayna wrote and produced the award-winning short A Good Scream, and is currently in pre-production as writer-director of feature You Won't Kill Me — adapted from her short of the same name, which recently earned two Best Screenplay awards.
“Fayna Sanchez is fantastic as Mia, crafting a character perfectly at home in the echelons of the ‘psychotic women’ horror icons such as Barbara Hershey in The Entity, Sissy Spacek in Carrie, Drew Barrymore in Doppelganger, and Isabelle Adjani in Possession.”— CinePunx
“A terrific fright-fest.” — Stephen King
“Genre star Fayna Sanchez (Abraham's Boys, House of Ashes) will appear as Clare, on a mission to protect her friends from the horrors of their past and the danger in their present. The Dark Domain: Mickey-vs-Winnie marks the first public domain crossover film, pitting two beloved childhood icons against each other.”— Daily Dead
“Fayna Sanchez absolutely stole the show in ‘Need Anything,’ a darkly comedic tale of roommate rivalry gone horribly awry.”— Morbidly Beautiful
Fayna writes, directs, and produces. Decades on both sides of the camera mean she walks onto a set already speaking everyone's language.
Production Experience →An award-winning short that established her voice as a filmmaker — proof of concept for the kind of stories she's now scaling to feature length.
A feature adaptation of her short of the same name. The screenplay has already won, twice — positioning itself as the next step in her filmmaker arc.