Venezuelan born, Miami raised multi-hyphenate Maria Corina Ramirez earned her B.F.A. in Acting from New World School of the Arts.
Her screenplay, One Day, was a 2022 top ten finalist for the Tribeca Film Festival Untold Stories grant. Her debut feature film, Bridges, which she wrote, produced, directed and starred in, premiered to sold out audiences and much acclaim at the 25th Urbanworld Film Festival in NYC, the 38th Miami Film Festival and the 20th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. The film was dubbed "one of the most accurate film portrayals of what immigrant youths withstand in this country" by the L.A times and "must see cinema" by Remezcla. Prior, she starred in and co-wrote Complex magazine's first-ever scripted series, Grown, which was HBO's Project Greenlight winning digital series. She has starred in two NBC-Telemundo TV series, two Cine Latino films, and over a dozen national campaigns and commercials. Her solo theatre piece, Supa'Nova, which she also wrote, directed and starred in, won an artist residency at Miami Theatre Center and a producer's scholarship for the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival in L.A., where performances were sold out and highly resonant with audiences. In 2019, she was invited to participate in the Thread creative writing intensive at Yale University. Ramirez' work is dedicated to amplifying and humanizing the female experience. When she is not acting or writing, she is doing yoga, making her family laugh, dancing or traveling.
Her screenplay, One Day, was a 2022 top ten finalist for the Tribeca Film Festival Untold Stories grant. Her debut feature film, Bridges, which she wrote, produced, directed and starred in, premiered to sold out audiences and much acclaim at the 25th Urbanworld Film Festival in NYC, the 38th Miami Film Festival and the 20th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. The film was dubbed "one of the most accurate film portrayals of what immigrant youths withstand in this country" by the L.A times and "must see cinema" by Remezcla. Prior, she starred in and co-wrote Complex magazine's first-ever scripted series, Grown, which was HBO's Project Greenlight winning digital series. She has starred in two NBC-Telemundo TV series, two Cine Latino films, and over a dozen national campaigns and commercials. Her solo theatre piece, Supa'Nova, which she also wrote, directed and starred in, won an artist residency at Miami Theatre Center and a producer's scholarship for the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival in L.A., where performances were sold out and highly resonant with audiences. In 2019, she was invited to participate in the Thread creative writing intensive at Yale University. Ramirez' work is dedicated to amplifying and humanizing the female experience. When she is not acting or writing, she is doing yoga, making her family laugh, dancing or traveling.
