
Acting
Sahra Mellesse
New York, New York, United States
Acting credits
7.4When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life-changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
You're Not You
2014
6.9A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Pariah
2011
4.5A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and within wears the line between her personas thin with explosive consequences.
Pariah
2007
4.7Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with a self-destructive neighbor, leading both on a startling path to self discovery.
Solace
2018
A medical interpreter is caught between two worlds as a naive doctor tries to help a determined Bengali women brought in for domestic violence.
When You Are Ready
2023
