ANI PRIYO
ACTOR . WRITER . ARTIST
HER STORY...
Ani is a Melbourne-based actress who has passionately pursued the arts from an early age.
In 2015, Ani completed a Meisner Acting Intensive course in NYC with the Ward Acting Studio.
On returning to Melbourne, she has landed numerous roles in music videos, independent short films, and national advertisements and was one of the leads in the national ad campaign for International Women's Day, '50 Shades of No', which gained a nomination for a glass Lion award at Canne Film Festival.
She also performed as the lead in the award-winning short, 'Pirouette', which was featured in the lineup for Monsterfest 2020 also screening at Panic Fest in the city of Kansas City, USA.
Most recently she performed as the lead in the horror short, 'Mary's Garden', which premiered as part of the Melbourne shorts collection at the 2023 Monsterfest.
Ani is also a writer and while in stage 4 isolation due to COVID-19 wrote, directed, and created a spoof soap opera with her housemates called, 'Isolation Island', released on Vimeo and Instagram.
She also writes short stories and poetry, of which a piece of the latter, was published in an independent art journal called, 'Tenderness', in 2015.
Ani has recently completed a Diploma in Film at SAE, where she wrote & directed, and her first thriller short, 'Are You A Winner...?'.
Currently, as of 2023, she is studying for an Advanced Diploma in Professional Screenwriting at RMIT.
RECENT WORK
Below are links to some of Ani's recent work.
TRAILER FOR SHORT HORROR FILM, 'PIROUETTE'.
2020
Kate purchases a ballerina box at a garage sale, and upon returning home she discovers the ballerina is missing from the box.
SHOWREEL SCENE | DRAMA | AUS ACCENT
Sept 1, 2022
Adapted from Duncan Macmillan's play, 'People, Places & Things'.
ANI PRIYO - 2021 SHOWREEL
Oct 2, 2021
Ani's curent acting showreel.
JANE | ROM-COM| GENERAL U.S ACCENT
Feb 23, 2022
A scene taken from the series Breaking Bad.
AILEEN MONOLOGUE | DRAMA | SOUTHERN US ACCENT
Jan 03/2021
This monologue is taken from the film Monster, performed with a southern accent for practice, unlike the real Aileen.
GIRLBOSS | COMEDY | AUS ACCENT
May 19, 2020
Monologue taken from the show Girlboss.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CAMPAIGN, '50 SHADES OF NO'.
March 17, 2018
Campaign created for International women's day, to raise awareness around the issues surrounding consent.
Directed by Annelise Hickey for the Otto Empire Production Company.
Nominated for a Glass Lion at Cannes Film Festival.
EYES WIDE SHUT | DRAMA/MYSTERY | U.S. ACCENT
April 10, 2020
Monologue taken from the film Eyes wide shut.
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what's apparently different, then finding myself in there."