Mercedes  Diaz
Non-Union / SAG-AFTRA Eligible
Ht: 4' 11" Wt: 135 lbs.
Dress: 8-12   Bust: 34D  
Waist: 29   Hips: 36  
Shoe: 6 		 
Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown
Vocal Range: Contralto
Vocal Type: Musical Theater, R&B
http://www.imdb.me/mercydiaz
FILM
Tobacco and Sugar (Short, 2014 - post production) Iliana (Supporting) Kevin Rios/NYU
Cherry: Killin' Time on the White Line (Pt. 1) (2014) The Victim (Featured) Shivering Fish Productions
Meet Vanessa: Killin' Time on the White Line (Pt. 2) (2014) Mrs. Clark (Principal) Shivering Fish Productions
Hit & Run (2014, in production) Hilda (Principal) Gregory Pricoli
The Amazing Spiderman 2 (2014) Times Square Pedestrian (uncredited) Columbia Pictures
Sucka 4 Luv (2014) Female Therapy Patient (Principal) Pierre Films
Possession (2013) Paulina (Principal) Tri-Phecta Films
Crazy (2013) Terri (Supporting) 7th Seed Productions
Eastside Gentrification (short, 2012) Bystander (Featured) LesFlo Entertainment
Foul Play (short, 2007) Mother (Featured) Jave Galt-Miller
TELEVISION
Chase Street ( Pilot, 2014, in production) Carmen Duran (Recurring) Clifton Powell/Interstate Media Group
House of Cards (2014) Office Worker (uncredited) Netflix
Untitled (2013) Sophia, the makeup artist (co-star) Purple Shamrock Media
Golden Boy (2013) 9/11 Bystander (uncredited) CBS/WB/
PSI (2013, Reality sizzler) The Professor (co-star) Stick Figure Productions, Emerald Cut Productions
The Nate Berkus Show (2012, The Cures) Makeover Model NBC/CBS/OWN
THEATRE
The WTYT 960 Billboard Sitters (2014) Ellen Zeke Zelker, writer-dir., Bucks County Playhouse
Beautiful Senoritas (1984) Beautiful Senorita 2 / Miss Little Havana / Guerrillera Patricia Gonzalez
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
Novartis Diabetes Interview Training (2015) Diabetic Patient Jamestown Associates/Novartis
Keranique (2014) Before/After Model ACMG
O'Actually Trailer (2014) Loving Couple Kit Maloney
Classic Nissan of Hainesport NJ (2014) Mercedes, the Car Buyer EHG Media
The Humpy Awards (2012) audience member (uncredited) Thinkmodo
WEB SERIES
Flour (2013) Sandy (co-star) Purple Shamrock Media
Blue After Midnight (In Production, 2013) The Nun (recurring) Kiran Patil
VOICE OVER
Brooklyn Breach (2012) Sherelle (VO) Celluloid Rain Productions
Drawing in Cuban narrator/asst. director Jorge Alberto Pinero Estrada
WRITING
Chase Street ( TV, Episodic - 2014, in production) Writer-Producer Interstate Media Group
Havana Connection (1994) writer Edgar Diaz
PRODUCTION
Just Drive (short, 2015) Producer, Editor Out of the Blue Productions
Gratitude (Short, 2014) Sound (Boom Operator) Una Corda Productions
The Change (short, 2014) editor/cinematographer Silver Orchid Productions
ARS Technician (2014) Live Event Production Crew John Byrne/Crewcalls.net
Possession (2013) backup audio engineer Tri-Phecta Films
PSI pilot (2012, Reality) Producer Emerald Cut Productions
TRAINING
Playhouse  West,  Philadelphia  (2013)
G.E.M.  Studios,  Newark,  DE  (2012)
Masters,  Ph.D.,  Temple  University,  School  of  Communications  and  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  PA
B.A,  Mount  Holyoke  College,  South  Hadley,  MA

IMDB  LINK:  http://www.imdb.me/mercydiaz
SPECIAL SKILLS
Skills: 
-Improvisation
-Teleprompter     
-Editing  systems:  Premiere  Pro,  Avid  (on  PC)  and  FCP  (Mac),  AE,  Photoshop,  InDesign.     
-Writing  -  Screenplays,  treatments  and  executive  summaries.   
-Journalism  Research
-Teaching  (college-level)
-Accents  -  Indian,  Pakistani,  Caribbean  (various  islands),  Hispanic  (various  dialects),  NY  Outer  Boroughs   
-Languages:  Fluent  Spanish  (read/write/speak);  some  French  (read/write/speak);  a  smattering  of  Russian,  Japanese  and  modern  Greek
-Athletics:  Judo,  Horseback  Riding  (English  and  Western),  Fencing,  Yoga
-Hobbies:  Cooking  (Cuban,  Ecuadoran,  Indian);  Knitting;  tech  "junkie"