ABOUT
Kiana Sosa is a non-union (SAG Eligible) actor who cares deeply about the impact of her work and is motivated to tell rich and nuanced stories on screen.
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Kiana went to a Performing and Fine Arts High School where she majored in Theatre. Although she was admitted into the BFA Acting program at Emerson College, she accepted a full-tuition leadership scholarship from the Posse Foundation to Hamilton College where she majored in Africana Studies and minored in Theatre. When she graduated, she was cast as Camae in The Mountaintop with Professor Mark Cryer at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2015-2016, she traveled the world as a Bristol Fellow pursuing a self-designed project focused on Hip Hop, Theatre, and Pedagogy. In 2018 she graduated with a Master of Arts from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. Between 2017-2020, she worked on a number of films and projects in New York City.
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In 2021, Kiana played Meadow, a supporting role in a South African limited series called Pulse. The production was filmed in Mauritius and released as a Showmax original and is now available on BET+. She also played a small role in a German film called Club Las Piranjas produced by Warner Bros International. More recently, you can catch Kiana working in commercials, films, and pilots produced in Boston, NYC, North Carolina, Atlanta and other areas.
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Outside of acting, Kiana is an educator specializing in Learning Experience Design and facilitation that contribute to transformative experiences. She taught the inaugural cohort of students in the Bachelor's Degree Program in Entrepreneurial Leadership at the African Leadership College in Mauritius.
"At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel."
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- Maya Angelou