Kirsta Peterson

Detour Force Films & My New Pet Productions
Actor, Producer and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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April 2016

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About Kirsta

I am a hard-working Los Angeles to New York and back to Los Angeles transplant. I graduated from NYU with a BFA in theater where I studied at the Stella Adler Studio and the Royal Academy in London. I worked extensively in New York off-Broadway before coming home to LA. Here I have been featured on "The Thundermans", "The Mindy Project", "The Last Ship", and "Bad Judge". I had four auditions to be Mary Louise Parker’s understudy in Heisenberg at the Mark Taper Forum. Lastly, I just closed a production of Theresa Rebeck's play, "Seminar", where I played the lead role of, Kate, to rave reviews.

For five years I was in the very selective Master Scene Study class with Deb Aquila and director, John Hindman, at the Aquila Morong Studio, where Deb has told me that my talent is “staggering” and “inspiring”. And more recently I trained with Marjorie Ballentine at her famous studio.

The last few years I have been focusing on writing. I wrote a short film, "The Pretenders", which I co-produced and acted in, and which was an Official Selection at the LA Shorts Festival. I have three completed feature screenplays, "Fare Forward", "Persuasion", and "The Dark Lady". I have co-written two more features, "Dad Moon", and "Beach Week", as well as a pilot, "Chasing Home". And most recently a short film that I co-wrote, produced, and acted in, "Dis-Abuse", was an Official Selection at the New York Tri-State International Film Festival, The Munich New Wave Film Festival, The Toronto Independent Film Festival, and it was a Finalist at the Roma New Wave Shorts Film Festival.

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 8"

Weight:
140

Body type:
Slim

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Green

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Credits

Guide (2015)
Film (Short and Drama) Actress When John, a blind man, discovers that his guide dog and best friend, Jubilee, is dying, his world seems to crumble. Unwilling to apply for a new dog, but unable to live without one John struggles to find the strength to say goodbye and find a way to push on.
Crisis (2012)
Film (Short, Comedy and Drama) Actress A gay man in the midst of a midlife crisis decides he wants to live a 'straight' life, that includes a wife and baby to complete him. Out of desperation, he proposes to his female best friend. She turns him down, but agrees to help him audition wives in the hopes he will realize the absurdity of his choice and find the answers within himself. Written by Anonymous
The Pretenders (2012)
Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Romance) Actress In a bar where nothing is what it seems, two people meet, and get off on the wrong foot. But as their masks crumble so does the world around them, and finally a real connection can be made.
Café (2011)
Video (Drama) Actress A good-hearted musician struggles to find a way to tell his beautiful barista coworker that he loves her, despite the fact that she is in a relationship. Meanwhile, regulars and customers at the café where they work have their own problems and encounters. A police officer keeps his eye on his wayward cousin, who owes money to a charismatic dealer, and a married man contemplates his relationship with a good-looking new acquaintance. However, one customer believes he is in fact the main character in a computer simulation of modern life, set in the microcosm of the café, all designed by a young girl. Written by Anonymous

Awards

My film "Dis-Abuse" was a Finalist at the Roma Shorts Film Festival
(2021)
My film "The Pretenders" was an Official Selection at the Los Angeles Shorts Festival
(2014)
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Play (Midtown International Theater Festival Awards)
(2010)