Serena Rasoul

Serena Rasoul is a Muslim, Arab-American Actress and Writer. She started her training taking classes in the Department of Drama at the University of Virginia. After graduating, she continued her studies at the Theater Lab, School for Dramatic Arts in Washington DC.She recently founded Muslim American Casting--a casting agency that casts and advocates for Muslim and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA aka SWANA) talent in the TV/Film and Commercial industries. She has been featured in in Variety, the Washington Post and Backstage, as well as several podcasts.Serena was part of the USC Annenberg on Muslim inclusion in film study, titled Missing and Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in Popular Global Movies, by sitting on the Pillars Fund Advisory Board for the study's implementation guide titled Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion: Recommendations for Film Industry Professionals (page 19).She also sits on the Board of the non-profit organization called M Film Lab, which works to develop scripts from the community into short films.She holds a Masters from the George Washington University and two Bachelors degrees from the University of Virginia. She speaks Arabic, Spanish and English. Show less «