Rona Bernadette is a SAG-Eligible award-winning actor known for grounded, emotionally resonant performances and strong, nuanced characters across film and theatre.
*Selected; Extended list available upon request
*FEATURE FILMS
Blood & Dust | Lyla Mae (Lead) — Dir. Trevor Rock — In Post-Production
Fight 4 Your Life | Verrat’s Fem Guardian (Principal) — Dir. Bryan Bachar
Scars Run Deep | Waiter (Featured) — Dir. Trevor Rock — Best Crime Feature, Cowspokes International Film Fest 2024
The Matrix Resurrections | Deus Machina Employee (Featured), Noodle Shop Patron, Swarmer — Dir. Lana Wachowski
No Address | Homeless Person — Dir. Julia Verdin
Born A Champion | MMA Spectator — Dir. Alex Ranrivelo
*SHORT FILMS
Speak With Me | Jasmin Martinez (Principal) — Dir. Sydney Strange — In Post-Production
Paid For | Claudia (Co-Lead) — Dir. Zemario Sheppard — Best Emotional Film Award & Best Actress Nomination, SacTown Film Festival 2026
Even In The After | Kia (Lead) — CoDir. Eileen Hoàng — Gold Award: Outstanding 48 Hour Film, Sacramento International Film Festival 2025
Dandelion Daydreams| Alexis (Lead) — Dir. Courtney Banzon — 2x Best Actress Award, SacTown Film Festival 2026 & PCS Film Festival 2025
The Jacket | Carly (Supporting, Female Lead) — Sandy Noricks — Rising Star Award, SacTown Movie Buffs 2024
Patience | April (Supporting, Female Lead) — Dir. Chris Kimotek — Best Drama Award, Sacramento International Film Festival 2024
*TELEVISION
Casa Grande | Multiple Episodes — Rosalie, Kitchen Staff (Featured) — ESX Entertainment, Amazon Freevee
Blindspotting | 2 Episodes — Roller Coaster Rider (Featured), Park Yogi — Lions Gate, STARZ
13 Reasons Why | Multiple Episodes — High School Student (Featured), College Student, Graduation Attendee — Paramount Television, Netflix
Surface | Multiple Episodes — Clubber, Restaurant Goer, Hotel Guest, Pedestrian — Hello Sunshine, Apple TV
The Last Thing He Told Me | Coffee Shop Patron — Hello Sunshine, Apple TV
Goliath | Financial District Pedestrian — Amazon Studios, Amazon Prime
*COMMERCIAL
ClifBar | HIIT Workout (Principal)
SnapChat | New Filters (Principal)
Bear Naked | Slip & Slide Surfer (Featured)
PROJECTS
*THEATRE
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Catherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, Robert. When he dies she has more than grief to deal with: There’s her estranged sister, Claire, and Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that Robert left behind. And a further problem: How much of her father’s madness – or genius – will Catherine inherit?
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When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there‘s more to this art form than playing pretend.
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Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River.
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A fortune-seeking man, Petruchio, marries and mentally "tames" a headstrong, sharp-tongued woman, Katherine, in a battle of wills that forces her into the role of an obedient wife to allow her younger sister to marry.
EDUCATION
THANK YOU TO MY TEACHERS!
Elizabethan
Commedia Dell’arte
Improvisation
Theory & Techniques of Acting
Stage Combat
Greek Tragedy
Absurd
Brecht & Epic
Modern Realism
AWARDS
& RECOGNITION
Best Actress — Alexis (Lead) — Dandelion Daydreams — SacTown Film Festival 2026
Gold Award: Outstanding 48 Hour Film — Kia (Lead) — Even in the After — Sacramento International Film Festival 2025
Best Actress — Alexis (Lead) — Dandelion Daydreams — A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival 2025
Rising Star — (Supporting, Female Lead) — The Jacket — SacTown Movie Buffs Film Festival 2024
Irene Ryan Scholarship Award & Runner Up — Region 7 — Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2025