Yessica Sanchez

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Yessica Sanchez

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Yessi Sanchez is a Swiss-Mexican actress and model. She was born in Cancun, grew up in Switzerland, and moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began her professional acting career by appearing in Swiss short films and commercials. Sanchez made her feature film debut in The Radicalization of Jeff Boyd (2017), for which she won several international awards as Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film. Her most recently appeared in "A Question of Service", which was presented at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, in the reboot of the 90's hit show "X-Factor: Das Unfassbare", and in the award-winning feature film "City of Love".

26-34 years
Swiss, Mexican
Place of residence St. Gallen (CH), Au (CH)
Year of birth1993 (30 years)
Place of birthCancun, Mexiko
Housing optionsZürich (CH), Los Angeles (US), Paris (FR)
AssociationsSAG-AFTRA, Swiss Union Film and Video (SSFV), SzeneSchweiz - Berufsverband Darstellende Künste
ProfessionActor, Model
Driver's licensesB - Car
Eye colorbrown
Hair colorBrown
Height (cm)172
Weight (in kg)77
Staturefemale
LanguagesGerman(native-language)EnglishSpanishFrench
DialectsAmerican-StandardEnglish-StandardSt.-Galler German(native dialect)Swiss-German(native dialect)
AccentsAmerican
InstrumentsUkulele
SportYogaFitnessSport of running
DanceCharlestonJazz DanceLatin American dancesModern Dance
PitchAlto, Mezzo-soprano, Soprano
SingingChoirClassicMusicalPopRockFolkSongSoul/RnB
Special skillsModel(cartoon) voice actingAudio book
Training
Primary professional training
Other professional training
2021
Killian's Workshop
2014 – 2015
Stage Academy of Switzerland (Schweiz)
Awards
2022
Catalyst TV Content Film Festival (Pilot)
2021
Broadstairs International Filmmaker Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2021
Accord Cine Fest (Feature film)
2021
ADIFF Actors & Directors International Film Festival (Feature film)
2021
4th Dimension International Film Festival (Feature film)
2021
Brazil International Film Festival (Feature film)
2021
Brazil International Film Festival (Feature film)
2021
Falcon International Film Festival (Feature film)
2021
Swedish International Film Festival (Feature film)
2020
Anatolia International Film Festival (Feature film)
2020
Globe Roaming Global Film Festival (Feature film)
2019
White Unicorn International Film Festival (Feature film)
2019
Crown Wood International Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2019
East Europe International Film Festival (Feature film)
2019
West Europe International Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2019
South Europe International Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2019
North Europe International Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2019
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2018
Milan International Filmmaker Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2018
Cult Critic Movie Awards (Feature film)
2018
Cult Critic Movie Awards (nominated) (Feature film)
2018
Nice International Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2018
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (Feature film)
2018
Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition (Feature film)
2018
International Independent Film Awards (Feature film)
2018
Accolade Competition Award of Recognition (Feature film)
Film
2023
Mind Over Max (Feature film)
Daniella (LR)
Harold Daniels III
2023
City of Love (Feature film)
Babel (SR)
Eric Boadella Saturno Films
2023
[subtext] (Short film)
Bachelorette (SR)
Erin Brown Thomas Olivia Haller
2023
Harmless (Short film)
Rosie (LR)
Tom Rufer Independent Shot Yessi Sanchez
2021
The Hourglass (Short film)
Sophia (LR)
Yessi Sanchez and Joshua Smith Yessi Sanchez and Joshua Smith Yessi Sanchez and Joshua Smith
2020
Inmigrante (Short film)
Catherine (LR)
2018 – 2019
Hier (Short film)
Nina
Yessi Sanchez Kurzfilm
2018
Catgirl (Short film)
Pixie Hauptrolle
Pascal Schmidlin Kurzfilm
2016 – 2017
Maitel's Vlog (Short film)
Maitel Hauptrolle
Pascal Schmidlin Kurzfilm
2016
Alptraum (Short film)
Patrizia Kramis (LR)
diverse Hochschule Luzern - Design & Kunst [ch]
2015
The Radicalization of Jeff Boyd (Feature film)
Wendy (LR)
Uwe Schwarzwalder Kusmagic Productions, Uwe Schwarzwalder [ch]
Television
2023
X-Factor: Das Unfassbare (TV series)
Luciana (LE)
Ara Soudjian W&B Television, Friendly Filmworks, Superama RTLZWEI RTLZWEI Nicole Smolen
2022
A Question of Service (Pilot)
Greta (SR)
Erin Brown Thomas We Makes Movies Hans Obma
2019
Murdered By Morning (TV series)
Mable Gomez (SRE)
Oxygen
Theater
2018
A Letter To...
Actress
Blake McCormack Excalibur Entertainment LLC
2017
The Shadow Box
Felicity
Brenda Beck American Academy of Dramatic Arts
2017
Bedrooms
Riva
Marc Knowles American Academy of Dramatic Arts
2017
Almost, Maine.
Rhonda
Perry Hart American Academy of Dramatic Arts
2016
Meditatives Malen mit Helga
Eva
Hans Zangger Allerlei Theater
2015
Der Schöne Willy
Linda
Rene Schnoz Piccola Commedia Dell'Arte
2014
Haley
Haley
Marion Suter Kanti Wohlen