Bernadette Perez movie list
Bernadette Perez is a Native Mexican American, LGBTQ, Los Angeles-based Actress originally from East Chicago. She began as a stage Actress at the age of twelve. Her first professional role was playing Edna Arkins in Lynda Barry's "The Good Times Are Killing Me", a pre-adolescent girl's coming of age story during a time of racial integration. While continuing stage work, she had the opportunity to perform in pARTners Performing For Life, raising awareness and funds to find a cure for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Eventually, she moved to New York where she landed a small role in her first film. A few months later, she booked the lead in a Television Pilot filming in Las Vegas. From Las Vegas she moved to Los Angeles and began studying with Janet Alhanti. She currently works in Film and Television and studies with Writer/Director Stan Zimmerman and at The Groundlings School. Bernadette regularly campaigns for equality in the LGBTQ community, at-risk youth, and diversity and inclusion in the film industry.