Tehana Weeks

Born and raised in Houston, Texas with strong Liberian roots, Tehana is an actor and storyteller committed to serving, uplifting, inspiring, and empowering people to make our communities, societies, and world better. Since graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a major in business and minor in drama, she has become an award-winning actor and filmmaker. After completing the iO West Theatre Training Center program on a full scholarship, Tehana began performing regularly at The Second City Hollywood as a member of the long form improv house ensemble Stick Pics. To date, she has created and produced the web series Shrink Wrapped, for which she was nominated 'Oustanding Lead Actress in a Comedy' by LA Web Fest, wrote, produced, directed and starred in the short film COIN which is the winner of a WorldFest Houston Bronze Remi Award, produced and directed the short film Mama Wanna, a We Make Movies Film Challenge winner, and directed the short film Super Inappropriate as part of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. If you scour the interwebs, you might find Tehana in an Apogee ad for their ClipMic Digital 2, a PSA for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, a digital media campaign for the active eye wear company Goodr, a web series or two, a few photo essays, some multimedia projects and a few short films.