acting background
I've been acting since the age of 3 in school plays and musicals.
I did Theatre acting throughout elementary, middle, and high school.
I began acting on-camera in high school and fell in love with the craft.
Whether it’s a lead role, an audition, or an improv exercise, nothing makes me happier.
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Boredom bliss
Short Film
Dir. An Nguyen
Mar 2026
the girl
evie’s room
Short Film
Dir. Gabe Sakoda
Feb 2026
evie
free
Short Experimental Film
Dir. Kariena Panpaliya
Jan 2026
headphone wali ladki
Anemics Anonymous
Short Film
Dir. Katy Reese
Nov 2025
vivienne
crystal paradise
Short Film
Dir. Joseph Green
Oct 2025
Jade
self tape
Moody Vampire (cast as Vivienne, Anemics Anonymous)
Oct 2025
vampire
self tape
Oct 2025
jealous wife
the coming
USC Master’s Thesis - Short Film
Dir. Rita Pereyra
July 2025
infected mayan
![Kariena Panpaliya acted, directed, and edited [secret], her submission film for USC's Film & TV Production program, which got her admitted as a transfer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/689f8fef3a45795652fffcee/050bc9a9-1fd7-4458-8b30-9e296a86cde4/Screenshot+2025-10-25+at+8.09.12%E2%80%AFPM.png)
[secret]
Short Film
Dir. Kariena Panpaliya
Feb 2025
Conscience
sweet farewell
Short Film
Dir. Cynthia Nguyen
Nov 2024
customer
the afterlife is (currently) a waiting room
Short Film
Dir. North Chen
Oct 2024
cerberus
never gonna give you up (parody)
Music Video Parody
Dir. Kariena Panpaliya
May 2023
blue shirt rick
trapped in an elevator
Comedic Monologue
Advanced Theatre Audition (Accepted)
May 2022
Trapped girl
Other Credits
ImprovSC (improv comedy club) - Vice President
FILM
Mannequin - Haunted Girl
Vanished (Short Film) - Possessed Girl
No Time To Live (Long Take Action Sequence) - Failed Assassin (& Co-Director/Choreographer/Editor)
Teachers On Video Calls- Teacher & Student
THEATRE
A Lie of the Mind (Play) - Sally
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Play) - Policeman
The Odyssey (DTASC Play) - Odysseus (& Co-Director)
Bright Star (Musical) - Soprano Ensemble
Arabian Nights (Play) - Wise Sage
Unbreakable Timmy Cratchit (Play) - Mall Girl