Adara Totino is an actor and model that was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BA as a double major in English Literature and Italian Studies at NYU and holds her MFA from The Actor’s Studio Drama School (famous alums include Bradley Cooper). She is currently a local to NYC and ATL.

 Post graduation, Adara continued studying privately with her acting teachers Elizabeth Kemp (coach to Bradley Cooper, Hugh Jackman) and Susan Aston (coach to James Gandolfini). She has also studied with Anthony Abeson (Jennifer Aniston) and with Director Adrienne Weiss. Most recently, she has continued to explore different approaches to film and TV, and TV auditioning at The Barrow Group (Anne Hathaway, Tony Hale).

 Recent and upcoming film acting credits include Dawn Han’s ‘Avery Turns 30’ and the Vimeo--featured Web Series ‘Dramatis Personae’. Theatre credits include ‘I Was a Stranger Too’, finalist for The Jewish Plays Project 2022 and produced by Remember the Women Institute, ‘Stranger with a Gun’, where she was nominated as Best Actress in The Riant Theatre’s One-Act Festival, and Rogelio Martinez’s ‘Fragments’ which premiered at the Lincoln Center Theatre: Open Stages festival.

Adara enjoys exploring all things mind, body and spirit—which is what originally drew her to the stage! Movement, meditation, dance and writing are all things she enjoys when not acting. She looks forward to connecting with you soon!

“Adara’s work is deep…[she is] disciplined, professional, genuine and the real deal when it comes to acting.”

— Susan Aston, coach to James Gandolfini