Rene Aranda Explained

Rene Aranda
Birth Name:Rene Michelle Aranda
Birth Date:6 December 1990
Birth Place:Whittier, California
Nationality:American
Other Names:Ren
Occupation:Actress, singer
Years Active:2013–present
Known For:Papa (2018 film)
Family:Michael Aranda (brother)
Website:renearanda.com

Rene Michelle Aranda, sometimes credited as Ren Aranda, (born December 6, 1990) is an American actress and singer, best known for Searching and Midnight in the Switchgrass. She has won Best Actress (Silverstate Film Festival, 2018),[1] Best Supporting Actress (LA Edge Film Awards, 2018)[2] and Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Kennedy Center ACT Festival)[3] [4] [5] and finished as a semifinalist in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Center's Irene Ryan scholarship program.[6]

Early life and family

Aranda was born in Whittier, California, to Frank and Cheryl Aranda. She was raised in the nearby city of Chino Hills, where Aranda grew up with older brother Michael Aranda (YouTube creator and musician), older sister Sara Ann Aranda and younger brother Frank Nathan Aranda. Her mother was a self produced singer/songwriter through CD Baby and secretary to the college dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Cal State Fullerton[7] until she died June 27, 2009, after a seven-year battle with breast cancer.[8]

Career

2009–2012: Vocational training

Aranda is an alumnus of the Los Angeles City College Theater Academy, a three-year, audition-only acting conservatory at which Morgan Freeman, Mark Hamill, Cindy Williams and Bette Davis studied.[9] Just before graduating in 2012, she won the national award "Outstanding Performance by an Actress" in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for her role as Willy the Space Freak in a gender-bent adaptation of Sam Shepard's The Unseen Hand.

For her role as "Van's Sister" in LACC's stage production of Bert V. Royal's in 2010, Aranda was nominated for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Irene Ryan scholarship, for which actors compete as a part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. She made it to the semi-finals.

2013–2014: Early career

First invited to the set of network Cinelatino distributed film Smile Now Cry Later as a background actor by a fellow Theater Academy alum, Aranda was later asked to replace a crew member on a subsequent film before being locked in for two more features (Fighting Chance and Cherry Red Kiss) and by the fourth production (Until the Day I Die), she served the company Plus Entertainment as an in-house producer, appearing on screen in each title she helped produce.

Aranda was featured with touring architect Alán Ramiro Manning in the Woodbury University Neo-Tribes Runway Event[10] on May 1 and 2 2013, donning a Jenny Erin Davis (Black Lightning) design of a Bram Stoker's Dracula inspired Elisabeta (Transylvania 1462), wearing Stila makeup.

2018: Music

In addition to her film and television career, Aranda debuted as a musical artist in 2018, releasing two pop singles a few months apart on Spotify,[11] iTunes,[12] iHeartRadio[13] and other online streaming platforms.

Youth programs and education

Aranda is a regular volunteer reader and occasional coordinator for Reading to Kids,[14] and ran on the foundation's charity relay team in the Los Angeles Marathon in 2016.[15]

She also participates as a volunteer actor in Young Storytellers "Big Show" productions.

Filmography

Film roles!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2013It's Dark HereFuneral Mourner
Smile Now Cry Later Smile Now Cry Later
2014Sins of a Call GirlDiner PatronScene deleted
Fighting ChanceSabrina
ExpelledPolice Officer
Cherry Red KissEva Alvarez
2015FaraarSWAT
2016Until the Day I Die: Part 1Officer Bracamontes
Until the Day I Die: Part 2Cholita
The Green FairyMrs. Ferrer
A Killer Walks Amongst Us A Killer Walks Amongst Us
Shadows of the DeadPolice OfficerUncredited
Christmas with the AndersonsPolice Officer
2 Lava 2 Lantula!S.W.A.T.Uncredited
I Know Where Lizzie IsEMT
2017Police OfficerUncredited
Inspired to KillInmate
2018Eruption: LAArmy SoldlierUncredited
PapaRobin
SearchingEmergency Medical TechnicianUncredited
Woman on the EdgePolice OfficerUncredited
2019Boris and the BombSonia
Intolerance: No More9-11 OperatorVoice
Debbie and Doug Drop Acid in the DesertBunnyShort, festival circuit
The FanaticTourist
12 Pups of ChristmasAlex's Mom
2020Sinister SaviorIzzie's House Medic
Mommy is a MurdererEMT
86 Melrose AveCoworker
BondedGirl in PedicabUncredited
DustersThe RetrieverShort, festival circuit
Lichlord Dan and the Fall of ManDr. Samantha MonroeFilming
Happy Horror DaysParty GuestAnthology
2021BlursdayNurse ReneVoice Over
Midnight in the Switchgrass'[16] [17] ProstituteUncredited
2022Clown & OutRebecca Jones
Emily or OscarLaura50+ festival wins[18]
In Love with My Partner's WifePolice OfficerLifetime Movie
My Nightmare Office AffairBusiness WomanLifetime Movie
The Stepmother 2HostessTubi Original
Four Hour Layover in JuarezValeriaShort, festival circuit
2023ImaniParamedicBET Original
AssistantCouple at RestaurantTubi Original
No Way OutParamedic
The Stepmother 3Paramedic
Our Broken FamilyAmyAward winning[19]
Proof SheetFemale Police Officer / Brothel Worker
F.L.Y.
Night MistressShelly SteelePost-production
In DeepS.W.A.TAward winning
Still HereFan Girl
City of Dreams[20] Girl in Pedicab
2024SomniumVictim #3
The DisinvitedSarah
FalaqS.W.A.T.
Television roles!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2014HitREcord on TVHerselfEpisode 2: "Fantasy"
2014-2018WhatImDoingRightNowHerselfMichael Aranda's vlog, 9 episodes
2015TabloidBracamontes/ S.W.A.T2 episodes
2016Murder Among FriendsOfficer MejiaEpisode: "Unholy Friends"
Take My WifeHotel PatronEpisode: "Holiday Special"
Dangerous Games
2016-2017Blood RelativesPolice Officer2 episodes
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on TelevisionParamedicScene Deleted
2017Germany's Next Top ModelHerself3 episodes
BetrayedPolice Officer/ S.W.A.T.3 episodes
Extreme MeasuresCSIEpisode: "Oh Mother, Where Art Thou?"
2019IntrigueJury
CollegeHumor Originals: Kingpin KatieOfficerEpisode 8
CryptTV

Fight Night

Spectator
2021Nova VitaNurse Julie3 episodes
2023Double CrossPatientAllBlk Original Series
Music Video roles!Year!Song!Artist!Role
2016JoHn MuirScHoolboy QPolice Officer
One Time CominYGPolice Officer
Let You Go - Ft. The PromiseBobo NorcoPolice Officer
2017High SpiritsPierreLead
MathQuinEMT
2018Need You Anymore (Movie Soundtrack - Smile Now Cry Later)Patrick NuoDancer
EvidenceBashrockGirlfriend
2019Stay BrokeTokyo YensInmate
No Sudden MovesJulia NunesHand Dancer
2020We Can Make UpGuy TangLGBTQ+ Couple
2021
Rap DemigodDaxPolice Officer
SuffocatingDaxRapper Entourage
2022I DanceYG feat. "Duki" & "Cuco"Guest

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2010Irene Ryan (KCACTF)ActingSemifinalist
2012Outstanding Performance by an Actress (KCACTF) ActingThe Unseen HandWon
2018LA Edge Film Awards Best Supporting ActressA View From the Mountain (short)Won
2018Silverstate Film Festival Best ActressA View From the Mountain (short)Won
2019Rising Star[21] Industry AwardWon

References

  1. Web site: Silver State Film Festival 2018 Awards. Silver State Film Festival. en. 2019-03-18.
  2. Web site: Winners. LA EDGE. en. 2019-03-18.
  3. Web site: National Awards – The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. web.kennedy-center.org. 2019-03-18.
  4. Web site: Los Angeles Collegian. Apr 30, 2012. Issuu. en. 2019-03-18.
  5. Web site: Los Angeles Collegian. Mar 13, 2012. Issuu. en. 2019-03-18.
  6. Web site: Issue 1 Spring 2011 Volume 164 Feb 23 Egypt Student Financial Aid In The United States. Scribd. en. 2019-03-18.
  7. Web site: Cheryl Aranda Finds Inspiration in Her Children and in Song. calstate.fullerton.edu. 2019-03-18.
  8. News: Legacy Obituaries. Gutierrez. Guerra. July 2, 2009. Los Angeles Times.
  9. Web site: What Show Business Looks Like In Your Twenties. 2015-02-25. Ms. In The Biz. en-US. 2019-03-18.
  10. Web site: Remembering opening the Bram Stroker Dracula-inspired collection in the @Woodburyfashion Neo-Tribes Runway Event, May 2013. Aranda. Rene Michelle. 2019-05-20. @therenearanda. en. 2019-05-20.
  11. Web site: Ren Aranda. Spotify. en. 2019-03-18.
  12. Web site: Ren Aranda on Apple Music. Apple Music. en-us. 2019-03-18.
  13. Web site: Ren Aranda on iHeartRadio. iHeartRadio.com.
  14. Web site: Reading to Kids Monthly Reading Club Recap. ReadingtoKids.org.
  15. News: Reading to Kids - 2017 Sketchers Performance Los Angeles Marathon. 2017. ReadingtoKids.org News.
  16. Web site: Rene Michelle Aranda (aka Ren) on Instagram: "I missed set meals like this. #lunchat8pm #becausefilmmaking #masksuntilseated #midnightintheswitchgrass #i❤️acting". 2020-09-22. Instagram. en.
  17. Web site: Midnight in the Switchgrass - Google Search. 2020-09-22. Google.
  18. Web site: Emily or Oscar . 2022 . . en . 23 August 2023 . live . Jan 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120000028/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7780024/awards .
  19. Web site: Services . Matts Marketing . "Our Broken Family," Becomes Multiple Award Winner . 2023-09-15 . PRLog.
  20. Web site: Fuente . Anna Marie de la . 2023-02-22 . Oscar-Nominated Yalitza Aparicio to Executive Produce Sweatshop Drama 'Dreamer' with Infinity Hill (EXCLUSIVE) . 2023-09-15 . Variety . en-US.
  21. Web site: Rene Michelle Aranda Wins the Rising Star Award at the 2019 HSSF. Eye on Entertainment.

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