Seiko Higuma

Seiko Higuma was born in Miyagi, Japan. When she was six years old, she moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she learned English and Spanish. She traveled all around South America and the people of the beautiful places changed her life forever. In 1998, she moved to New York City. She took her first drama class at the local United Nations International School and fell in love with the art of acting and decided to perform for the rest of her life. She continued performing in Sarah Lawrence College. Seiko has trained in various methods of acting. She attended Lee Strasberg Theater Institute for two years, also attended Stella Adler Acting Conservatory and HB studios. She has appeared in various Independent Films. "Feel" by Matt Mahurin where she played a leading role; an 18 years old narcoleptic depressed Japanese masseuse. "Calling" by Mayu Nakamura (Official selection of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and Golden Prize winner of Houston International Film Festival) where she played the lead; a young woman who finds herself lost in a cell phone dependency world of Tokyo and "Neila" by Taiwei Wang, which she won the Best Actress from Shockerfest Film Festival. Her directing credit include "To be", which won the Most Original Film from 3rd Annual AAFilLAb 72Hour Shoot Out and was screened at the Asian American International Film Festival in 2006. Her New York City Stage credits include, "I was Tom Cruise", "86th street", "Now I lie", PSNBC Industrial Showcase," William Shakespeare's Haunted House", "Pattaya King" and "Eplmenides". Her commercial credits include, Coke Zero National commercial (cokezero.com), LG cell phone National Commercial, NY lottery commercial and Nike Campaign (nikewomen.com), Intel print and Pop secret print. She is currently writing a feature length screenplay and a TV episode.