Vanessa Issa

Vanessa Issa was born on 29th February 1996 in Lebanon. She started her acting career in 2011 and participated in commercials, theatre plays, short films and TV series/shows throughout the years. As soon as she finished high school, she started professionally working in the film industry in the MUH, casting, art and production departments in Beirut - alongside a career as a stage entertainment manager around the Gulf, and on-going acting workshops around Europe. She was the official representative of Michael Chekhov Europe Training in Lebanon, where she held and produced a series of yearly workshops before the country's economic collapse. In 2018, Vanessa moved to Doha, Qatar to become the General Manager of a talent agency The Talent Factory, where she also filled the multiple shoes of Casting Director, Fashion Show Director and Stage Producer. In the beginning of 2021, Vanessa resigned and moved to Vancouver, BC to shift the focus on her craft and pursue a full-time acting career in North America.