Annunziata Gianzero

Annunziata is a dual USA/Italy citizen actress, writer and unapologetic computer nerd based in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and EU who divides her time working in film, theatre and television. 

 

Originally from New York, she is an award-winning, classically trained actress with leading film roles screened theatrically and at many film festivals worldwide. Most recently, she guest recurred as the Savannah socialite, Bunny Wheeler, on the Netflix vampire dramedy series, First Kill, as a French banker on the Amazon reboot of Dean Devlin’s Leverage, recurred as Dr. Maya Turner on The Resident (FOX), and guest starred as Dr. Rice on BET’s Tales. Other recent credits include the deputy police commissioner on Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN), a desperate mom on Covenant: The Vow for AMC+, guest star Charlotte Burton on the Jenji Kohan hit Teenage Bounty Hunters (Netflix), a tough addict on Blue Bloods (CBS), a meth addicted South Central denizen in TNT's Southland and the iconic evil witch, Bloody Mary Billingsworth, in Nickelodeon’s Deadtime Stories which re-airs every year around Halloween. 

 

She has worked on both sides of the camera for Sony Pictures, CBS, Fox, ABC, NBC, Disney and Universal.

Annunziata was a speaker and presenter at NATPE, VidCon (industry luminary and actor panels) and New Media Expo (“Advice from Award Winning Actors” panel). She served on the Board of Directors of the Classical Theatre Lab, co-founded the International Academy of Web Television Writers Group East and is a proud member of Women in Film, NYWIFT, SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity.