Samantha Hyde

Samantha Hyde is a young actress and screenwriter hailing from Northern California, embarked on her acting journey during elementary school and honed her skills in classical drama, Shakespeare, screen acting, and voiceover. After portraying lead roles in numerous short films and advancing to the second round of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, Samantha secured representation with KMR & Associates. Her professional acting career commenced with a minor role in Netflix's "Atypical", and then Samantha co-wrote, assistant directed, and starred in the Holly Shorts film "Superheroes," recognized by Variety for its nomination by Adobe as a finalist at the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. She portrayed a leading role in her feature film debut "Wildflower," directed by Matt Smukler under the Limelight banner and featuring Kiernan Additionally, Samantha is in the process of developing a feature film that dramatizes her high school journey as a disabled artist, and in her spare time, she mentors actors from historically marginalized communities.