Aliza Pearl is an actress and writer of African American and Puerto Rican descent originally from Newark, NJ. Trained in theatre, comedy, and music, Aliza does improv and sketch throughout LA. As a writer, her focus is on comedy and sci-fi, being heavily influenced by Tina Fey, Joss Whedon, and Star Trek. After studying and performing drama and mus...
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Aliza Pearl is an actress and writer of African American and Puerto Rican descent originally from Newark, NJ. Trained in theatre, comedy, and music, Aliza does improv and sketch throughout LA. As a writer, her focus is on comedy and sci-fi, being heavily influenced by Tina Fey, Joss Whedon, and Star Trek. After studying and performing drama and musical theater at Princeton University, Aliza toured nationally, and was a cast member of the world premiere of Zora Neale Hurston's blues musical "Polk County" which debuted on the east coast at McCarter Theater and on the west coast at the Berkeley Repertory Theater. Aliza appeared in season 2 of Showtime's "House of Lies" and many indie films, including the upcoming Wong Fu Productions debut feature, and "Something is Killing Tate" starring Jocko Sims, which garnered multiple festival awards. Aliza has appeared and starred in many web series, including: Comediva's hit series "BAMF Girls Club" as Michonne, Black and Sexy TV's "Yellow" and "Hello Cupid," "The Silverlake Badminton and Adventurers Club" and "The Further Adventures of Cupid and Eros" which is featured on Hulu. In 2011, Aliza co-wrote an award-winning dramatic coming-of-age TV pilot called "Whitehall" which won Best Teleplay at the BET Urbanworld Film Festival. Aliza speaks Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, studied Tae Kwon Do, and if she's not too busy being an international spy, would like to either battle robots or command a starship some day. Show less «
We women know that we're more than the two dimensional, stereotypical female characters that are wri...Show more »
We women know that we're more than the two dimensional, stereotypical female characters that are written into so much of the film and TV we see. Appealing to women means accepting the female viewpoint and not making it secondary, or cute, or angry, or naive, or purely sexual. Women observe the world with our eyes just as wide. Show less «
I'm new to sharing my comedic writing, so I've learned a lot with every script and video we've done ...Show more »
I'm new to sharing my comedic writing, so I've learned a lot with every script and video we've done so far. When you go from acting in other people's projects to producing your own from start to finish, you learn to let go of a lot of excess and tell the story in the most honest way. Show less «
