Happy Spring, Friends!
Woo! 2023’s Year of the Rabbit has hit the ground hopping! I’ve been delighted and grateful to be hard at work with audiobooks and preparing for filming on location in Guam next quarter. With one of my most favorite films of all time, Everything, Everywhere, All At Once sweeping the Oscars (as well as so many other awards leading up to it), I’m more excited than ever to be making art, telling stories, and uplifting marginalized voices and empowering my own.
That’s actually been coming up for me a lot this year: Authentic Voice. It honestly took me a while to find mine. Or at least to embrace what was probably always there, but disorganized. As a person with an intersectional lived experience of identity, my relationship to otherness/belonging has been fraught with pain and struggle, but also ingenuity and courage. I now feel thankful for my unapologetically unconventional, intersectional Queerness; lacking any templates, I am a creature wholly self-created. And as an artist, I now feel in-tune with what I have to give — what I want to give — in my work and, well, in life.
I’m so grateful to be able to be bringing my perspective and passion to the mediums I love. I become a better actor all-around by training on-camera and behind the mic; on-stage, and in studio. I believe we build bridges between hearts and minds with stories, and for me, building those connections gives me so much life.
And now, as they say, it’s time for the break-down: 😎 { smiling sunglasses face emoji }
🎧 Audiobooks 🎧
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Awards:
Birds of Prey is awarded “Best of 2022” in addition to it’s Earphones Award
Rikers wins an Earphones Award!
Releases:
Recorded:
Book 1 of an indie fantasy series, with Audiobook Empire
Speculative fiction with Harper Audio
Queer paranormal short fiction with Harper Audio
Nonfiction about Queer Leaders with Penguin Random House
Nonfiction about the singular they with Penguin Random House
Queer urban fantasy with Penguin Random House
Trans Rom-com with Simon & Schuster
🎬 Film & TV 🎬
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Preparation for Re-Live, filming on-location in Guam
Producer session for Guest Star
😆 Comedy 😆
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Asian American Eyz’d is now on Amazon Prime! And Crackle! And Tubi!
🎙 Voiceover 🎙
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Dubbing
Counting the days until a project releases that I’m really excited about (NDA, you know!)
Thanks as always for spending time celebrating with me. Happy spring!
🖤🤎❤🧡💛💚💙💜 { progress rainbow heart emojis }
Cheers!
Nicky