Rutanya Alda Biography

Fast Facts

• For her acting work, she was made a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science
• For her work in a John Hancock Commercial, she won a Clio Award
• Moved to New York to study acting, doing summer theater and stock in Cape Cod and New Jersey before she landed her first paid SAG job as a student of Sandy Dennis in "Up the Down Staircase․"
• Quote: "Well, do what you love․ If you do what you love, stick with it․ Stick with it through all the ups and downs․"
• Quote: "I think the only way you can grow is to really be brave enough to study and work on your craft and not in front of an audience, but really try in that workshop with other people and to continue growing as an artist and as a human being․"