Peres Owino is a Daytime Emmy-nominated Kenyan storyteller who came onto the scene with her directorial debut, “BOUND: Africans vs African-Americans”, winning the Women In Film- Lena Sharpe Award at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. Her latest film projects, include the short films “Stray”, produced by 20th Century Fox Digital as part of Hulu’s Best of Huluween and “Glimpse.” She is currently in pre-production with her narrative feature script, “The Basket Weaver” a Universal Studios GTDI Writing competition finalist, and winner of the NYWIFT Writer’s Lab supported by Meryl Streep.  In the TV space, her screenplay, “Seasons of Love”, which was produced by Taraji P. Henson and Lifetime TV was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing of a Television Movie. She also co-wrote Netflix’s, Daytime Emmy, and 2023 Buzzie nominated “African Queens – Njinga, ” and the global hit, “Queen Cleopatra” nominated for the 2023 National Film Awards. Peres also developed the ½ comedy “Inherited” for Warner Bros TV, and is currently working on a historical drama with Gaumont TV US.   Peres’ resume also includes the following original works for the stage; “Cut” which premiered at The Walt Disney Concert Hall – REDCAT, her one-woman show, “Beauty For Ashes” and the upcoming play, “Brothers Abraham.” A classically trained actor, Peres is an LA Ovation nominee who has appeared in dozens of plays in both New York and Los Angeles. She’s played coveted roles like Hamlet in the LATC presentation of “Hamlet: Princess of Nubia” and Lady Macbeth in the Coleman and Smith Artistic Company’s presentation of “Mocbet.” Her recent acting credits include the Off-Broadway production of “Supernatural”, “Break The Whip” directed by Academy Award ® winning director Tim Robbins, “Red Noses” directed by Tony Award ® winning director Dominique Serrand and the feature film “Default” opposite David Oyelowo (Selma). Her voice has also landed her roles in films like Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” and Sasha Baron Cohen’s film “The Brothers Grimsby” and the upcoming TV show, “The Looming Tower.” Peres also studied improv at the Groundlings School and standup comedy with legendary comedian, Judy Carter. She performs Standup across Los Angeles. A collection of her writings are featured in her debut novel, “On The Verge”, published by Underground Voices and her upcoming UNTITLED PODCAST. Peres is repped at Creative Artist Agency and Morris, Yorn, Levine et. al