Lynn Cruz

Cuban actress and producer. Licensed in Pedagogy at the University of Matanzas (2000) Studied Dramatic Theater Professional School (2004-2006). After five years working in theater plays in Cuba, Colombia and Germany, her feature film debut was in the role of Barbara in the film Larga Distancia (2010), a role for which she received critical acclaim in Cuban press and was nominated for a Caricato Award. She then was cast as the lead in the science fiction film Corazón Azul, an experimental project being filmed since 2013 to date. She also performed in the films La Pared (2006), Próceres (2011), Nadie (2017). She won an award in Le Cayenne Film Festival in New York in her lead role in the Venezuelan film El Niño (2015). Her role in Eres Tu Papá (2018) has been described by the New Herald as "a magisterial performance" Additionally she is a stage director responsible for writing and directing the plays: The Return (2011), The Enemies of the People (2017) and Patriotismo 36-77 (2018). Since 2013 she became a producer of Miguel Coyula's films, Psique, Nadie and Corazon Azul. In 2020 she became a recipient of the documentary impact producers fund.