Phoenix Ra (they/them) is a genderfluid and non-binary, diasporic Korean actor who brings their identities into storytelling and visual media
Phoenix has collaborated with The Women’s Project Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, The Tank Theatre, The DR2 Theatre, The Ma-Yi Theatre Company, The Parsnip Ship Podcast, The Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop, and The Stay True Theatre Company. Phoenix acted in Blink and You’ll Miss It which was screened at the Big Apple Film Festival and Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival. Their short film You and You was screened at the Baby Teeth Film Festival in 2022, where it received the Audience Award. Phoenix is currently training at the Atlantic Acting School in their Evening Conservatory program. They have also completed improv and sketch comedy training at the Upright Citizens Brigade and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective.
They have served as a Production Fellow with Third World Newsreel and as a Digital Connections Filmmaking Fellow with Hook Arts Media. Also assisting on media projects while interning with FilmNation, The Smithsonian Channel and The Asian American Writers' Workshop. Phoenix is also a Teaching Artist with Hook Arts Media where they serve as an educator working with youth throughout the NYC Tri-State area.
Phoenix gives thanks to Lenapehoking, the ancestral land of the Lenape people. Born to Korean immigrants who came to New York City, Phoenix was born in New Jersey, spending their weekdays in North Jersey and weekends in Flushing, Queens. They are the youngest of three siblings, and their acting journey began with making home videos and films with their childhood neighbor.