Leilani Rosine

Leilani Rosine is an actress from Brooklyn, New York. Her work includes film, television, and theater. Born and raised in East New York Brooklyn, she attended the LaGuardia Arts High School for Performing Arts. During her final year she became a Level II Theater Spoken Only Award recipient from Young Arts. From there she went on to receive her B.F.A from the California Institute of the Arts' School of Theater, and studied abroad at the National Drama School of New Zealand "Toi Whakaari" in Wellington, NZ. She also studied at HB Studio and is grateful to her teacher Victor Cruz , and mentor Ben Harney. She has performed on stage at venues including Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, The New Federal Theatre, The Lorraine Hansberry Theater (San Francisco), REDCAT (LA), and The Newman Center Opera House (CO). She was recently seen as the lead in the film "Sheet Music", for which she won Best Breakout Performance for the 2022 Philadelphia First Glance Film Festival.

Leilani is also a writer and producer, with her credits including the short film "The Interview", which was an official selection for the '2022 Deltas of Charlotte Black Women in Film' showcase. Her most recent writing credit was for the film "What Exists" which was an official selection for the 2024 New York African Film Festival, the 2024 RSF Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival and the 2024 First Glance Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Comedy, the Mela Hudson Award and Best Breakout Performance. She can be seen next in the films "Anything Helps" from director Aya Bogod; and in season 2 of the series "Shoutout 2 My Therapist" from director/writer Stefanie Philpott.