Jennifer Betit Yen

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Jennifer Betit Yen (born in New York City, New York) is an actor, lawyer, producer, and writer. [1]

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As an actor, Betit Yen has performed for East West Players and The Manhattan Theatre Source. [2] She was cast in New Amsterdam , Royal Pains , Search Party , and America's Most Wanted , among others. She also completed voiceover work for Reading Rainbow and Beacon Street Girls . [3] [4]

Since 2012, she has been president of The Film Lab, a non-profit dedicated to the promotion of diversity in media [1] [5] and launched its first production arm, AAFL TV. [1] Her work at The Film Lab has been covered by HuffPost , [6] Backstage (magazine) , [7] and other media outlets. [8]

Her screenplay, The Opposite of a Fairy Tale, received grant funding from the Ms. Foundation for Women. [9]

Betit Yen writes the blog Ethical is Beautiful. Be Beautiful. [10]

Film

Betit Yen wrote and starred in the 2009 Accolade Award-winning web series La La Land in 2009. [11] She also starred in the web series My Not So Subonscious. [12]

Betit Yen’s feature film debut, Interrogation, was an official selection of the Boston International Film Festival. [13]

Television

She created the television series Mirror Mirror, a sitcom about corporate sexual harassment. [14]

Betit Yen launched the television series Film Lab Presents "to re-shape perceptions of people of color in the mainstream media in a genuine, positive and meaningful manner.” [15] The municipal network NYC Media broadcast the series. [16]

Theater

Betit Yen appeared in the Manhattan Theatre Source’s Paper Dragon in the role of Bot. [17] She also created the IWATTAU ("Immigrants: We Are Them. They Are Us") project, utilizing interactive live theatre and story telling to address issues of racism and xenophobia. [18]

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  5. ↑ "Home". The Film Lab. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  6. ↑ "Asian American Film Lab - Challenging one's perspective on what it means to be Asian American". HuffPost. 2017-04-09. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  7. ↑ "This Competition Wants to Help You Make a Film in 72 Hours". Backstage Magazine. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
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  12. ↑ "My Not So Subconscious". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  13. ↑ "Jennifer Yen, J. Peyton Worley". The New York Times. 2006-09-17. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  14. ↑ "Mirror Mirror". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
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  18. ↑ "A New Play Tackles Immigration in an Interactive and – Dare We Say It? – Non-Polarizing Manner". Press Release Distribution. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
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