Mayumi Yoshida is from Tokyo, Japan. In 2010 she moved to Vancouver to pursue her acting career in North America. Her role as Crown Princess (The Man in The High Castle) received a 2016 UBCP/ACTRA’s Emerging Actor nomination. She made her debut as a filmmaker with Akashi-あかし-(2017) which she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. The short film is based on her play NeOn-ね音- which was part of the 2016 Vancouver Fringe Festival and 2017’s rEvolver Festival. Mayumi won Best Actor award at the 2017 East Van Showcase, TELUS Storyhive 2016 Digital Shorts Grand Prize in BC, Outstanding Writer Award at NBC Universal Short Film Festival for her work on Akashi-あかし-.
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