Kamala Lopez | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Joel Marshall (m. 2007) |
Kamala Lopez is an actress, director, and political activist. She has appeared in such films as Any Day Now, I Heart Huckabees and Born in East L.A..[1]
Lopez was born in New York City and raised in Caracas, Venezuela.[2]
Lopez has worked as an actor in over thirty feature films including I Heart Huckabees, Born in East L.A., Deep Cover, and The Burning Season[1] and over seventy television shows including Lie To Me, Alias, Star Trek Voyager, NYPD Blue and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
In 2007 Lopez hosted Wired Science on PBS, a production of KCET Los Angeles in association with Wired, along with comedian Chris Hardwick.[3][4][5]
Lopez directed the Spanish language short film Ese Beso in Madrid, Spain, starring Daniel Freire and Lia Chapman. She directed A Single Woman, about the life of first US congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin.[6] The film was adapted from the play of the same name, written by Jeanmarie Simpson, a relative of Lopez.[7][8]
Lopez produced the new media series Speechless Without Writers with director George Hickenlooper during the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007.[9]
In 2009 Lopez created the ERA Education Project, a national media campaign to raise awareness about the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States.[10] Lopez began interviewing women nationwide about how civil rights issues such as equal pay and domestic violence affect their daily lives.[11]
In October 2013, she launched a Kickstarter campaign for "Equal Means Equal" to revive public support for the ERA.[12]
MovieMaker Magazine said "indie director Kamala Lopez fought, wheedled and meme'd her way to 158 percent Kickstarter funding with her campaign for women's rights doc 'Equal Means Equal'.[13] Equal Means Equal is Lopez's documentary about the status of women in America.[14] Gloria Steinem appears in the film, along with more than 100 interviewees.[15]
Lopez blogs for The Huffington Post.[16]
May 2009, she was given a retrospective of her work, both as an actor and director, at the Museum of Latin American Art.[17]
July 14, 2009, Lopez and Heroica Films received the Exceptional Merit Media Award for A Single Woman.[18]
July 2011, she received the Woman of Courage Award from the National Women's Political Caucus.[6]
January 2012, she was named one of the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century by Women's eNews.[19]
July 2013, Lopez won the Jury Award at the Senorita Cinema Festival. [20]
December 2013, Lopez Spanish language short film, Ese Beso won the Audience Award at the Boyle Heights Latina Film Festival.[21]
April 2015, Lopez was named Woman of the Year from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Women's Commission.[22]
April 2016, the State of California awarded her the Latino Spirit Award for Achievement in Advocacy and Entertainment. [23]
June 2016, the national civil rights group "Equal Rights Advocates" named her Champion of Justice.[24][25]
July 2016, Lopez was the winner of the Best U.S documentary-Audience award by Michael Moore at the Traverse City Film Festival.[26]
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