Mayu Iwasaki

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Gender
Female
Age Range
24 - 36
Ethnicity
Asian, Japanese
Height
166cm
Base Location
Sydney
Available In
International, Sydney
Skills
Actor, Stunt Performer, Voice Artist, Producer
Hair
Dark Brown
Eye
Dark Brown
Memberships
M.E.A.A

Agent

Australian Agent
Mollison Keightley Management

Feature Photo
Mayu Iwasaki
Feature Clip

Credits

Theatre

2023
Mitsue
The Face of Jizo
Red Line Productions
David Lynch and Shingo Usami
2023
Japanese Cultural & Movement Supervisor
Madama Butterfly
Opera Australia
Àlex Ollé
2021
Ensemble
BADU
Erth Visual & Physical inc
Scott Wright
2021
Ruki
White Pearl National Tour
Sydney Theatre Company
Priscilla Jackman
2019
Ruki
White Pearl
Sydney Theatre Company
Priscilla Jackman
2017
Host
Erth's Dinosaur Zoo
Erth visual & physical inc
Scott Wright
2017
Chorus leader
Photosynthesis
Priscilla Jackman
Priscilla Jackman
2016
Host, Puppeteer
Dinosaur Zoo Japan tour
Erth visual & physical inc
Scott Wright
2015
Mother/ Ensemble
Love and Honor
NIDA
Priscilla Jackman
2015
B (Co-Lead)
On The Street (Tokyo)
The Saison Foundation, T-Factory
Takeshi Kawamura, John Jesuran
2014
Lady M (Lead)
FALLEN (Chicago)
MOZAWA
Matthew Ozawa
2013
Morgan O-Yuki (Lead)
Morgan O-Yuki (NYC)
Shakespeare&Company
Enrico Spada
2012
Ensemble
Love and Information (NYC)
Atlantic Black Box
Kristan Seemel
2010
Ensemble
The hour we knew nothing of each other
NIDA
Jennifer Hagan
2009
Nightingale
Love of the Nightingale
NIDA
John Sheedy

Feature Film

2023
Secretary
Other You
Boiling Point
Timothy Boyle
2023
Yuma
Salt Along The Tongue
Bloodshot Pictures
Parish Malfitano
2017
Mia Matsumoto/Saku2(Lead)
Top Knot Detective
SBS/ Blue Forest media
AARON MCCANN & DOMINIC PEARCE

Short Film

2019
Functionary
Sydney Film Festival BIRDS
Plus & Minus Productions
Merilyn Fairskye

Television

2019
Jade
Remember my Name
With Doors are Closing Productions
Sonny Vrebac

Rehearsed Readings

2021
Dr.K
StoryLand
Merrigong Theatre Company
Leland Kean

Training

2021 - 2022
Lisa Robertson Studio
Advanced Scene Study Class
Screen acting
2021 - 2021
Miranda Harcourt
Screen Masterclass
Screen acting
2020 - 2021
UPS Academy Japan
Yoko Narahashi Casting workshop
Casting
2019 - 2020
VOCOVOX
Linda Nicholls-Gidley
Voice, Accent private lessons
2017
The Hub Studio, Sydney
Philip Quast Masterclass
Scene studies
2011 - 2013
Atlantic Theatre Company
3 years Acting Conservatory
Script Analysis, Performance Techniques (Scott Zigler, Mary McCann, Paul Urcioli, Cynthia Silver), Voice (Francine Zerfas), Speech (Susan Finch) Shakespeare, Chekhov (Charles Tuthill) Film (Todd Thaler, Heather Oakley)
2011
SITI Company
Summer Theatre Workshop, NY
Suzuki method of Actor training, View Points Training, Composition with Anne Bogart
2012
SITI Company
Advance Training
Suzuki Method of Actor Training, View Points Training
2008 - 2011
Bill Pepper
Private coach
Voice, Pronunciation, Accenst
2009 - 2011
University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Arts
Theatre Performance, Film Making

Skills & Attributes

Shoe Size
7.5
Clothing Size
Female - 6
Waist
61cm
Chest
90cm
Bra Size
C
Bust
85cm
Hip
91cm
Natural Accent
American, Australian, Japanese
Accents
American Standard, Australian, Japanese, West Coast American
Languages
English, Japanese
Hair Length
Long
Hair Style
Wavy
Instrumental
Piano / Keyboard
Dance
Ballet, Latin, Jazz
Singing
Classical
Singing Range
Mezzo Soprano
Sport
Athletics, Basketball, Cycling, Martial Arts, Pilates, Snow Skiing, Swimming, Yoga, Horse Riding
Circus
Puppeteer, Unicycling, Stage Combat
Drivers Licences
Car
Model Work Types
Promotional, Runway
Professional Skills
Actor, Stunt Performer, Voice Artist, Producer

Media

Public Media
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Photos


Notes

Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, Mayu Iwasaki is an award-winning actor, puppeteer, theatre-maker and cultural consultant bilingual in Japanese and English who is currently based in Sydney. Mayu is a graduate of the Atlantic Theatre Conservatory and trained extensively with the SITI Company in New York. In 2018 Mayu first appeared on Australian television as the lead character in the Top Knot Detective on SBS.