Claire Rishi Seymour

I'm interested in the women you don't immediately know how to read. The ones who say one thing and mean another. The ones doing the wrong thing for what they're convinced is the right reason.

My training is rooted in the Lee Strasberg method tradition — sense memory, emotional truth, the long route in — paired with the instinct to throw it all away when the scene calls for it. I came to acting after years on the other side of the camera as a writer, director, and graphic designer, which means I show up on set knowing exactly what a director needs and how to give it to them.

Outside of work-for-hire, I write and direct my own short films. The most recent, Divination, is currently in post-production — a comedy-leaning thriller about early-internet fandom and the people who prey on it. Festival run targeting fall 2026.