Adrianne Duncan

Adrianne Duncan is a pianist, singer, songwriter and composer based in Los Angeles. Her compositions appear in two short films, Na Na Na (Na) (2017) (which was chosen to screen at Britain's Kindfest 2020 to an audience of over 50,000 viewers) and Impact: The Musical (What If) (2019), the recordings of which she also produced, arranged and played on. She also appears on-camera in Impact! The Musical. She collaborated with composer John Swihart for the pilot More Time with Family (2014), produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. She has co-written, produced and arranged albums for actor-singers Lawrence Wolf (Pound (1970), Putney Swope (1969)) and Jacqueline Emerson (The Hunger Games (2012)). She has played and sung on multiple recordings, including on the soundtracks for films The Chameleon (2001) and The Young Kieslowski (2014), as well as on the titular Grammy-nominated debut album of Lado B Brazilian Project, with whom she toured Brazil on keyboards and vocals. She will appear on-camera in two upcoming films in 2021; a documentary in which she performs original music, and as a principal actor in an upcoming feature. She has won numerous competitions, awards and scholarships for her piano playing and has performed in Los Angeles at such venues as The Blue Whale, Catalina Jazz Club, REDCAT at Disney Hall and the Skirball Cultural Center. Adrianne also has an extensive acting background, appearing in numerous plays, commercials, television shows and films. She starred opposite veteran actor Seymour Cassel in the thriller The Chameleon, as well as appearing in Home Alone 3 (1997), Early Edition (1996) and several independent and short films. Some of her commercial campaigns as a principal on-camera talent include a long-running international spot for Payless ShoeSource, as well as spots for Head & Shoulders, Max Factor, Cheer and Hardee's. She was a student in the prestigious Northwestern University drama department and has performed at multiple Chicago theaters, including Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the Playwright's Center, Organic Theater and Bailiwick Repertory, and studied with Uta Hagen and Michael Shurtleff.