Samantha Girard

Samantha Girard is a Bay Area Actress, who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting at the Academy of Art University. Throughout her career, she has played several lead characters including in the film “Knock Out” where she furthered her stage combat experience. 

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In 2021 she was nominated for Best Actress in a dramatic role. In 2022, she was nominated three times for Best Actress, and won in a Dramatic role at the NXTUP Festival 2022.

In 2023, she went on to win twice for Best Actress in a Dramatic role  at the NXTUP Festival.

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Currently she has been in several more short film projects, including films she herself wrote and directed. Now, she is writing and Producing her own films, and venturing into documentary filmmaking.