Carlena Britch

Biography

Hailing from Vancouver, BC Canada, Carlena Britch is a diverse, queer actress & professional dancer.. She resides in Los Angeles, California as a US and Canadian dual citizen, and prides herself in storytelling for underrepresented voices through her body of work both on and off the screen. Her career kicked off performing and touring with artists like Prince, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Usher, Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys, and Jason Derulo. She was the Top 7th finalist on Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, a four-season recurring performer on the Emmy nominated Lip Sync Battle, and has been featured in films like Ryan Murphy’s The Prom, Damian Chazelle’s Babylon, and A24’s latest, Dick’s: The Musical. As an actress, Carlena can be seen in sci-fi drama’s such as Another Life, The X-Files and Supernatural, as well as shows like Tracker, iZombie, Charmed and Jordan Peele’s anthology remake of The Twilight Zone. Her body of work in film includes the psychological thriller Who Killed Cooper Dunn and Lifetime’s You Killed My Mother. Her acting education includes Meisner Technique from the acclaimed Playhouse West School of Repertory Theatre, comedy improv at the Groundlings and Upright Citizen’s Brigade, and Stella Adler’s Lucid Body Technique and RASA Aesthetics. A trained stunt performer, Carlena has had the pleasure of performing all her own stunts in film and television, specializing in boxing, mixed martial arts, weaponry and hand-to-hand combat. Her skill set includes Kenjutsu (Japanese sword fighting) and Kali (Filipino stick fighting) as well as parkour and jiu jitsu. When she’s not on-screen, Carlena can be found behind the camera writing and producing. Winner of the 2023 Global Shorts film festival, Carlena produced Last First Kiss, an LGBTQ+ romantic comedy that premiered at the LA Shorts film festival.