Rene Michelle Aranda

Rene Michelle Aranda sometimes credited as Ren Aranda is a multiaward winning American actress and international producer Rens career pursuits began at the age of 13 when she attended her first theater class at Robert O Townsend Junior High School She graduated Ruben S Ayala High School in 2009 with over a dozen awards from the schools drama department including Most Inspirational two years in a row and the first Lifetime Achievement Award in the history of the schools program founded in her honor The Thespian Arts Theatre Festival she founded her senior year continues annually to this date at her alma matter and inspired other departments campuswide to celebrate talent shows of their own In the fall following her high school graduation Ren moved to Los Angeles to attend the 3year auditiononly conservatory The LACC Theatre Academy The Academy alumni includes Morgan Freeman Mark Hamill Cindy Williams and Donna Reed During Arandas attendance there she won national recognition when presented with the Outstanding Performance by an Actress Award at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for her role as Willie The Space Freak in a genderbended adaptation of Sam Shepards The Unseen Hand She was flown from Los Angeles to Washington DC to be honored February of 2012 There were only two recipients of this first annual award nationwide She shaved her head for the role and was credited for this in BuzzFeed Community article 17 TrailBlazing Bald Beauties In Hollywood listed among the likes of Persis Khambatta Angelina JoliePitt Natalie Portman Elliot Page and more Aranda gained furhter notability in the Entertainment Industry early in her movie career for her producer role in five backtoback feature films under Plus Entertainment commissioned for Spanish Television Network Cinelatino in 2014 During production a partnership with Hollywood TV Cops and Hollywood Vine Talent Casting developed out of which she landed her most notable roles across feature films music videos and television shows She founded her production company Starpark Studios in 2008 and made it LLC in 2013 Her acting and producing work has been distributed by the likes of Lifetime Ion Syfy Starz Discovery Cinelatino Netflix Walmart Redbox Amazon iTunes YouTube and in movie theaters across the US