About Me
Isis Henderson, named after the Egyptian goddess of magic and healing, brings depth, presence, and intention to every role she embodies. She is an African-American stage and screen actress and a graduate of New York University, where she earned her BFA.
Originally from New Jersey, Isis has been acting since the age of ten. Her early career includes her first Off-Broadway performance as Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens at the McCarter Theatre.
At NYU, Isis received her primary training at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She further honed her craft through Shakespearean study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, along with additional training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
Most recently, Isis played Helen of Troy in Cassandra, directed by Artemis Wheelock at Teatro LATEA, and appeared as a member of the Bacchae Chorus in The Bacchae for a Tisch Main Stage production at the Iris Cantor Theatre
Height: 5"1
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Location:
New York, NY
New Jersey
Stage
Cassandra | Directed by Artemis Wheelock | Teatro LATEA
Helen of Troy
The Bacchae | Directed by Kevin Kuhlke | NYU Stella Adler Studio
Chorus
Antigone | NYU Stella Adler Studio
Antigone
Salt in a Wound | Directed by Shaun Patrick Tubbs | NYU Stella Adler Studio
Martha / Amy
Julius Ceasar | Directed by Abigail Graham | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Antony / Decius Brutus
Henry V | Directed by Ian Hersey | NYU Stella Adler Studio
Nym / Montjoy
A Christmas Carol | Directed by Michael Unger | McCarter Theatre
Christmas Past
The Miracle Worker | Kelsey Theater
Martha
'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Kelsey Theater
Ensemble
Film
The Lord's Work | Studio Nat
Lead
I Promise | NYU Student Film
Lead
I Can't Breathe | Jamie Burton-Oare
Extra
Little Men | Ira Sachs
Extra
GONE | NOTAFAYZ Productions
Extra
Training & Workshops
Acting
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
Shakespeare Intensive
Vivian Munn, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Steve Maurice Jones, Brian Cox, Phylicia Rashad, NYU Stella Adler Studio
Voice & Speech
Alithea Phillips, NYU
Adrienne Thomas, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Christa Kimlicko Jones, NYU
Movement
Joan Evans, NYU
Angela Gasparetto, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Joanne Edelman, NYU
Stage Combat
Zhenya Leverett, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - Broad Sword Certified
Steve White, NYU - Hand-to-hand combat and sword fighting
Shakespeare
Vivian Munn, Claudia Harrison
Angela Vitale, NYU
Improvisation
Stephen Sobal, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Noel Wilson, NYU
British Accent
NYU Stella Adler Studio & McCarter Theater
Vocal
Donna Copti & Nancy Froysland-Hoerl, Westminster Choir College
Dance
Princeton Ballet School