CHELSEA MARINO IS A NEW YORK-BASED AWARD- WINNING ACTRESS AND PRODUCER. SHE HAS BEEN CAST ON THE ONION NEWS NETWORK, MANSOME, AND HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS AT THE NYU CAMPUS FEST AND PRODUCED, DIRECTED, AND STARRED IN TWO AWARD-WINNING SAG SHORT FILMS. MARINO’S MOST NOTABLE ROLE WAS IN THE SAG SHORT FILM, “THE RETREATâ€Â� IN WHICH SHE WON THE INDIE SOUL SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD AT THE 2011 BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. SHE WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTRESS & BEST NEW FILMMAKER AT THE 2011 STATEN ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL. AFTER HURRICANE SANDY’S DEVASTATION AND DESTRUCTION, MARINO STARTED THE BEGRACIOUS PROJECT, TEAMING UP WITH A DIVERSE STREET TEAM OF MEDIA-SAVVY PEOPLE WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE TO HELP VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WHO LOST EVERYTHING – ONE HOME AT A TIME. SHE ALSO RECONNECTED WITH HER NOW FIANCÉ JAMES, DURING HER FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. BEGRACIOUS HAS RAISED OVER $7,000.00 AND HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE NY TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, AND THE VILLAGE VOICE. WHEN NOT WORKING ON INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILMS, CHELSEA IS A FREELANCE CAMERA OPERATOR AND AN AVID BASKETBALL PLAYER AND CYCLIST. SHE IS A GRADUATE OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY WITH A DOUBLE MAJOR IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND HOSPITALITY ADMINISTRATION.