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nown as a series regular on HBO's “The Leftovers,” actress/ producer Annie Q. has appeared on the comedy/drama “Alex Strangelove,” the horror/mystery/ thriller “10,” the comedy/drama “Trouble,” and the romance/comedy “Rewrite.” She has also appeared on “Girls,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” and “Law and Order: SVU.” On stage, Annie starred in the Signature Theatre revival of David Henry Hwang’s “Golden Child.” Born and raised in NYC, Annie studied drama at the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts. She currently studies finance and film at NYU’s Stern-Tisch School of the Arts. In the semi-autobiographical 80s crime drama written and directed by Angie Wang, Annie is Angie, a drug queen at a private college whose life quickly spirals out of control.
Hollywood Weekly: When did you first realize you wanted to pursue an acting career? Annie Q: I watched Alfonso Cuarón’s “A Little Princess” when I was a kid. I was really shy but that movie is everything I love about storytelling and I knew that was what I wanted to do. I auditioned for LaGuardia High School Performing Arts when I was 13 but I didn’t get in. I didn’t know anything about acting at that point. I didn’t know that words like soliloquy and monologue were actually synonyms. So I tried again the following year and I got in. I’ve been fortunate enough to work in film, TV, and theater ever since.
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HW: What drew you to the role of Angie in “MDMA”? Annie: I’m always interested in following characters whose experience is different from my own. I felt the role of Angie pushed boundaries in a way that was unlike any other characters I’d played over the years. So I think it was the prospect of challenging myself as an actor.
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