Leah Loftin (SAG) is an award-winning stage and film actress. The New York Times has recently hailed as "fearless" her Off-Broadway performance as Solange in the controversial and experimental production of Jean Genet's THE MAIDS X 2.

Loftin was cast in the critically acclaimed Monster's Ball, featured alongside Billy Bob Thornton and Heath Ledger. Her lead performance in the internationally award-winning short Surface Calm led the film to garner over 13 awards at film festivals around the world, including the Grand Jury Prize at the Berkeley Film Festival and RAINDANCE in London. Surface Calm is now regularly featured on STARZ/Encore! and the Independent Film Channel (IFC).

Leah has studied and trained with the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT) in association with A.R.T. at Harvard University, and she was cast by Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia's most famed & celebrated theatre director) in the lead role of Zoya, in the revival of Bulgakov's Zoya's Apartment. Loftin is also a founding member of EgoPo, the multi-city, movement-based theatre company.

Performing on the stages of New York, Houston, Austin, and Philadelphia, Leah has appeared in over 20 productions in New Orleans, garnering many acting awards and nominations, including the National Irene Ryan Award for Acting, the New Orleans' Marquee Award for Best Actress, the Storer Boone Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Supporting Actress, and the Ambie Award for Best Actress in a Drama. A Texas native and recent New Orleans refugee, Leah now lives in NYC.