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Gia Mora

Gia Mora is an American actor, singer, and writer known for her work on Baskets (2016), Impress Me (2015), and True Detective (2014). In addition to film and television, she has an extensive theatre resume and has performed with companies including Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, the Kennedy Center, Ford's Theatre, and Michael Kahn's Shakespeare Theatre Company. She is a four-time Helen Hayes nominee and an Academy Company Member at New Musicals, Inc.

A third-generation jazz musician, Miz Mora frequently performs with her father, guitarist Rick Chinisci. Her critically acclaimed one-woman musical comedy, "Einstein's Girl," has played to sold-out houses on both coasts. She is signed to Modern Songbook Records, which released "Einstein's Girl, The Album" and "Gia Mora Sings Charlie Barnett." Her musical compositions have been heard on Minnesota Public Radio as well as in several films and TV shows.

Along with Taryn O'Neill and Tamara Krinsky, Miz Mora is one-third of Scirens—the screen sirens for science. Their work as a creative team promotes science literacy through entertainment. Scirens' half-hour comedy "MOMs" was a finalist in the 2018 New York Television Festival Scripts Competition.

Miz Mora graduated summa cum laude, with departmental honors, in Screenwriting/Playwriting, from the University of Colorado and received a diploma in Italian Language and Culture from the University of Pisa. She has also studied at Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles and the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver.

An active member of the animal rescue community, she hopes to make Los Angeles a no-kill city. Miz Mora loves discussing politics, chatting green living, and snuggling her two adopted kitties.

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Meet Gia Mora:A Jane of many trades, Gia Mora (AEA) works as an actor and singer across the United States. Miz Mora headlines as a vocalist at venues including Blues Alley, Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret, Rusty Scupper, Henley Park Hotel, 49 West, and Bethesda Theatre. She also performs as Gladys in “the world's best band," Doc Scantlin and His Imperial Palms Orchestra. In 2008 she had the honor of singing at a command performance at the White House for ...

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Actor/Vocalist Gia Mora Brings Her One-Woman Show Einstein’s Girl To Bethesda Blues & Jazz Saturday, Feb. 15 At 8:00pm

Actor/Vocalist Gia Mora Brings Her One-Woman Show Einstein’s Girl To Bethesda Blues & Jazz Saturday, Feb. 15 At 8:00pm

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After sold out performances in NY and LA, nationally recognized actor and vocalist Gia Mora will perform her critically acclaimed solo show Einstein’s Girl at Bethesda Blues & Jazz in Bethesda, Maryland. The show will play for one night only on Saturday, February 15 at 8:00pm. Bethesda Blues & Jazz is located at 7719 Wisconsin Avenue, just three blocks north of the Bethesda Metro Red Line Station. Einstein’s Girl explores the “science of love... theoretically speaking.” Mora turns her signature ...

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Gia Mora Debuts New Jazz Cabaret: Laugh It Up, Funny Girl

Gia Mora Debuts New Jazz Cabaret: Laugh It Up, Funny Girl

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Join Gia Mora this spring for performances of her new jazz cabaret

LAUGH IT UP, FUNNY GIRL

Bethesda Theatre March 20, April 21 (special benefit concert for Refugees International) Germano's Trattoria April 22 & 24 First 10 people at each concert receive a complimentary copy of Gia's new CD, Something Borrowed, Something Blue! Laugh it up, Funny Girl is a dynamic of evening song and story that reveals the bliss and blindness ...

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