biography
Nicole Ansari’s professional life began in her teens as an actor in Tatort, an iconic German Cop TV series. Ansari studied with the late legendary Uta Hagen, of HB Studios, with Susan Batson at the Actors Studio in NYC and at the Stage School of Dance and Drama in Hamburg. After two feature films, her first professional theater engagement was with the Repertory company Neumarkt Theater in Zurich. Following this, she joined the famed Théâtre du Soleil under the direction of Ariane Mnouchkine, in Paris and on a European tour. She then appeared at the Public Theatre in Vienna in numerous leading roles, as well as in multiple arthouse movies and TV shows, including HBO’s Deadwood. She continued on to London’s West End and Broadway, performing with her husband Brian Cox, and eventually created a home base in New York.
Ansari has co-produced two feature Films; “Blumenthal”, a comedy in the New York Theatre world starring her husband Brian Cox, and the thriller “As Good As Dead” with Andy McDowell. She also co-produced and directed the short documentary “Padim at PS3” about the Arts program in a NYC public school; and the web series “Messy”, which has garnered numerous awards on the festival circuit including Best Director and Best Dramedy at the British Web Awards; Best Web Series at the NY International Film Awards, best Web Series at the Chicago Independent Film Awards; and both the Ingenuity Award at the Socially Relevant Film Festival. Nicole has also worked as a director with the Rubin Museum of Art and NY Women in Film, and has been awarded the Vania Exerjian Award for Empowering Women.
Ansari’s lifelong interest in the healing arts led her to study and train with some of the great teachers of our time. She is a certified Yoga Therapist; a Kundalini Yoga, Pre and Postnatal Yoga Instructor; a Life Coach; a Theta healing practitioner; and a feminine movement teacher.
For her, storytelling is a healing art, and she has been merging her interests to help others live a passionate life fueled by their wild, authentic selves. Subsequently, Nicole has created ACTORS RISING, a program for actors and speakers merging the spiritual path with the Arts.
Nicole Ansari Acting CV (SAG Aftra, AEA)
UPCOMING
FILM: What A Feeling directed by Kat Rohrer, Austria
THEATRE: The Score directed by Trevor Nunn, Theatre Royal Bath
FILM (selection)
Land of Dreams, directed by Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari
One Night in New York, directed by Shireen Khaled
Son of the South, directed by: Barry Brown
Remember Me, directed by: Martin Rosete
Lawrence: After Arabia, directed by Mark J. T. Griffin
Last Moment of Clarity, directed by James and Colin Krisel
Making the Day, directed by Michael Canzoniero
Die Liebe deines Lebens, directed By: Sebastian Goder
Side Effects, directed by Stephen Soderbergh
Before It Was True, directed by Dana Oppenheimer
Maggie Black, directed by Stanley Brode
Blumenthal, directed by Seth Fisher
As Good As Dead, directed by Jonathan Mossek
TV (selection)
Law & Order (NBC) director: Rachel Leiterman
FBI (CBS) director: Yangzom Brauen
Hit and Run (Netflix) director: Neasa Hardiman
Little Voice (Apple TV) director: Emma Westenberg
The Mysteries of Laura (NBC) director: Michael Lange
Einstein (SAT 1) director Thomas Jahn
The Blacklist (NBC), director: Andrew McCarthy
Bar Karma (Current TV), director: Jonathan Judge
Deadwood, recurring (HBO), directed by Gregg Fienberg and others
SK Koelsch, recurring (WDR)
THEATER (selection)
The Persians (workshop) written by Sanaz Toosi | Roundabout Theater, New York City
7 Minutes directed by Mei Ann Teo | Here Arts, New York City
The Approach directed by Tina Packer and Mark Farrell | Shakespeare & Company
Rock N’ Roll directed by Trevor Nunn, role: Lenka | Broadway, West End & Royal Court Theatre London
Sinners directed by Brian Cox, role: Layla | Playground Theatre, London
Daybreak directed by Lucie Tiberghien, role: Victoria | Theater Row
I am Antigone, directed by Myriam Cyr, role: Antigone | Theatre for the New City
Hamlet, directed by Sabra Jones, role: Queen Gertrude | Mirror Theater
Shakespeare’s Sister directed by Irina Brook | La Mama etc; Alliance Française and French Tour
Island of Slaves directed by Irina Brook, role: Cleantis | Shakespeare and Company, MA
Cyrano de Bergerac directed by Michael Schottenberg, role: Roxanne | Public Theatre Vienna
Irma la Douce directed by Michael J. Fields, role: Irma | Public Theatre Vienna
Alma directed by Paulus Manker, role: Alma Mahler-Werfel | International Theatre Festival Vienna and Pallazzo Zenobio - Venice, Italy
more on: IMDb profile
TRAINING
HB Studios . Uta Hagen
Scene Study and Shakespeare Master Class
Actors Studio . Susan Batson
Théâtre du Soleil Paris . Ariane Mnouchkine
Stage School of Dance and Drama, Hamburg