Samantha Elisofon

Actress and singer Samantha Elisofon co-starred in the award-winning short film, Keep the Change, which won best picture at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, a role that earned her a nomination for best actress. She is a member of E.P.I.C. Players, a uniquely inclusive theater company for talented performers with (and without) disabilities. She also performs with DreamStreet Theatre Company. In addition, Samantha is the subject of the memoir, My Picture Perfect Family: What Happens When One Twin Has Autism. Written by Samantha's mother Marguerite Elisofon, this book charts one family's journey raising Samantha and her twin brother. Diagnosed with autism as a toddler, confronting dire predictions and negative stereotypes, Samantha started singing with perfect pitch at age 7 and graduated Pace University, cum laude.