Liana Arauz

Liana Arauz is an American actress known for her work in Film, Television, and Theatre. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, Liana witnessed civil war and the ramifications of living under a communist regime first-hand. The family traveled often and she spent school years living in Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and Belize, and her college years in the US, Chile and Japan. Raised in a family of mainly doctors and engineers, she is the only one to choose to dedicate her life to arts. She started doing theater at age four and wrote her first play at thirteen, for which she won first place at a state wide arts competition in Puerto Rico. She moved to NYC to train with Academy Award winning director, Mike Nichols, at the New Actors Workshop, as well as Second City founder, Paul Sills. She was cast in her first professional role by the late David Hugh Jones, Artistic Dir. of the Royal Shakespeare Company, as the understudy for the Public Theater production "The Controversy of Valladolid", portraying an Indian mother that spoke only Nathual, and was also invited to perform the play at the United Nations. Her first film, the short The Pilgrim (2008) by Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Elizabeth Page was highly acclaimed and earned her a best actress nomination in the NYC film festival circuit. Later she co-produced and was lead actress for the world premiere of Goya winning playwright Yolanda García Serrano comedy "Good Sex, Good Day", which went on to have two additional successful theatrical runs in Spain. Liana resides in LA and is often cast in parts that are strong yet vulnerable. Her latest work include the independent feature "Better Half", portraying a young mother trying to escape an abusive marriage, the play "Esclavas", about sex traffic, and the multi-award winning short Stealth (2015). She has a passion for languages and speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese.