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- http://eleanorepienta.org
- IMDB Link
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4576260/
Eleanore Pienta
(She/Her)
Actor/Director/EditorELEANORE PIENTA is an award-winning screen and stage actor, comedian, dancer and filmmaker. Weaving in and out of the independent film world, Pienta has carved out a niche for herself by portraying uncompromising and complex characters, her presence on screen is at once alluring albeit menacing. Filmmaker Magazine called her role as Mona in See You Next Tuesday: “…one of the most original, indelible, infuriating and truly felt movie characters in some time, a sister to Loden’s Wanda and Rowlands’ A Woman Under The Influence…” Pienta’s directorial debut, Ada, premiered at the New York Film Festival in 2018. Her second short, Master Of The House, premiered at The New/Next Film Festival in 2024. She is currently working on her first feature Eleanore & Nadine.
Full Bio
SELECTED FILM WORK
2026 Josephine - Sundance, Berlinale - Actor
Little Doors - Calgary Underground Film Festival - Actor
2025 Man Of God - Actor
2024 A Different Man - Sundance Film Festival - Actor
The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed - Cannes Film Festival - Actor
Relationship to Patient - Brussels International Short Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival - Actor
Master of the House - New Next Fest, Director/Editor/Actor
2022 Soft & Quiet - SXSW - Actor
2021 Plaisir - SXSW - Actor
2018 ADA - New York Film Festival - Director/Actor/Editor
Chained for Life - BAM CinemaFest - Actor
2017 Snowy Bing Bongs - BAM Cinemafest - Writer/Choreographer/Actor
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong - SXSW - Actor
2015 Bad At Dancing - Berlinale - Actor
2013 See You Next Tuesday - Actor/Character Created by
SELECTED LIVE PERFORMANCE
2025 January - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
June - The Leg - Directed by Sophie Amieva, Mitu580, Brooklyn, NY
July - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
2024 February - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
March - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
June - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
September - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
2023 May - Mother’s Milk - Littlefield, NYC
August - Dance Dance Dance - Littlefield, NYC
2022 July - Mother’s Milk - Jane Hotel, NYC
May - Mother’s Milk - Elysian Theater, Los Angeles
May - Eleanore Performs Her Bullshit - solo show - Essex Flowers, NYC
2021 June - June Rites - Waterwell Theater - Performer/Choreographer
2019 July - The Garden Party - Cocoon Central Dance Team* (CCDT) Show - SOHO Theatre, London
July - The Garden Party - CCDT Show - Ars Nova, NYC
April - From Grindstone to Rhinestone: The 10th Anniversary Show - CCDT - Bellhouse, NYC
March - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
March - High Mud Comedy Fest - CCDT Show - MASS MoCA, MA
February - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
January - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
2018 December - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
December - SPIT TAKE: COCOON CENTRAL DANCE TEAM - The Parkway, MN
October - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
September - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
August - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
July - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
June - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
April - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
March - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
March - COCOON CENTRAL DANCE TEAM - UCB Franklin, Los Angeles
2017 November - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
2016 February - The Spring Recital - CCDT - The Pit, NYC
2015 October - Home Alone - Solo Show - The Pit Theater, NYC
July - Cast Party - CCDT Set - Skirball Theater, NYC
April - Snowy Bing Bongs Across The North Star Combat Zone - CCDT Show - The Pit, NYC
January - Snowy Bing Bongs Across The North Star Combat Zone - CCDT Show - Triskelion Arts, NYC
2014 November - HAPPY - solo show - The Kraine Theater, NYC
November - BROAD CITY LIVE
2026 Josephine - Sundance, Berlinale - Actor
Little Doors - Calgary Underground Film Festival - Actor
2025 Man Of God - Actor
2024 A Different Man - Sundance Film Festival - Actor
The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed - Cannes Film Festival - Actor
Relationship to Patient - Brussels International Short Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival - Actor
Master of the House - New Next Fest, Director/Editor/Actor
2022 Soft & Quiet - SXSW - Actor
2021 Plaisir - SXSW - Actor
2018 ADA - New York Film Festival - Director/Actor/Editor
Chained for Life - BAM CinemaFest - Actor
2017 Snowy Bing Bongs - BAM Cinemafest - Writer/Choreographer/Actor
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong - SXSW - Actor
2015 Bad At Dancing - Berlinale - Actor
2013 See You Next Tuesday - Actor/Character Created by
SELECTED LIVE PERFORMANCE
2025 January - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
June - The Leg - Directed by Sophie Amieva, Mitu580, Brooklyn, NY
July - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
2024 February - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
March - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
June - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
September - Mother’s Milk - Dixon Place, NYC
2023 May - Mother’s Milk - Littlefield, NYC
August - Dance Dance Dance - Littlefield, NYC
2022 July - Mother’s Milk - Jane Hotel, NYC
May - Mother’s Milk - Elysian Theater, Los Angeles
May - Eleanore Performs Her Bullshit - solo show - Essex Flowers, NYC
2021 June - June Rites - Waterwell Theater - Performer/Choreographer
2019 July - The Garden Party - Cocoon Central Dance Team* (CCDT) Show - SOHO Theatre, London
July - The Garden Party - CCDT Show - Ars Nova, NYC
April - From Grindstone to Rhinestone: The 10th Anniversary Show - CCDT - Bellhouse, NYC
March - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
March - High Mud Comedy Fest - CCDT Show - MASS MoCA, MA
February - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
January - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
2018 December - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
December - SPIT TAKE: COCOON CENTRAL DANCE TEAM - The Parkway, MN
October - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
September - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
August - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
July - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
June - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
April - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
March - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
March - COCOON CENTRAL DANCE TEAM - UCB Franklin, Los Angeles
2017 November - Mother’s Milk - The Topaz, NYC
2016 February - The Spring Recital - CCDT - The Pit, NYC
2015 October - Home Alone - Solo Show - The Pit Theater, NYC
July - Cast Party - CCDT Set - Skirball Theater, NYC
April - Snowy Bing Bongs Across The North Star Combat Zone - CCDT Show - The Pit, NYC
January - Snowy Bing Bongs Across The North Star Combat Zone - CCDT Show - Triskelion Arts, NYC
2014 November - HAPPY - solo show - The Kraine Theater, NYC
November - BROAD CITY LIVE
- Industry Awards
- 2024 Best Actress - Brussels International Short Film Festival - Relationship to Patient
2018 Special Jury Award - Best Ensemble Cast - SXSW - A Bad Idea Gone Wrong
2015 Clint Howard Character Actor Award - 7 Chinese Brothers
Best Actress - Sidewalk Film Festival - 7 Chinese Brothers
Special Jury Prize: Outstanding Performance - Indie Memphis Film Festival - See You Next Tuesday
2014 Jury Prize - Best Actress, 2014, Victoria TX Indie Film Fest
