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BIO

Cydia Simone Flowers (née 1996) is an award winning Belizean-American filmmaker, painter, writer, and actress. Beginning her career as a child actress, she brings a lifetime of experience to her storytelling practice, shaped by a degree in film and psychology from Howard University, acting training at Yale University & London's Identity Drama School for Acting, and mentorship at the Sundance Institute.

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Featured in American Girl and PBS Kids at as young as 10 years old, her roles over the course of her life has ranged in theatre and film in both the United States and Great Britain. Her first role was in Mojisola Adebayo's The Interrogation of Sandra Bland at Chicago's Goodman Theatre (2019) to be one of her most pivotal experiences, as it bridged her art with activism. In 2023, she was chosen as the featured storyteller for Arc Worldwide's collaboration with Walgreens and The Moth Radio, which won a Gold REGGIE: GEM Award for authentic portrayal of women and girls in advertising. 

 

Across her work, she draws from her identity as a first generation artist to explore themes of self-discovery and resilience for marginalized audiences. In 2018 she founded FlowerStudio Films, an independent multimedia storytelling studio developing pieces that invite audiences to reconnect with their inner magic and potential. She emphasizes narratives which center Black, queer, and women characters. Her film, Looking at Balloons With a Stranger, was named a semi-finalist at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival in 2024. 

Other fun facts about Cydia she does not know how to fit in her bio yet:

-She grew up doing exchanges in France and has been deeply inspired by this upbringing
-She writes articles on her substack
-She is a singer/songwriter under the name Floralcy
-She is the founder of a women's health tech startup, Maison DIA

-She is a foodie who loves Pequod's Pizza (Chicago) Sotto (Cincinnati) Chavela's (New York) and Salazar (Los Angeles) 

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EDUCATION, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS

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HOWARD UNIVERSITY (2014-2018, USA)

YALE UNIVERSITY CONSERVATORY FOR ACTORS (2018, USA)

SUNDANCE DIRECTOR'S COLLAB (2019, USA)

IDENTITY DRAMA SCHOOL FOR ACTING (2020-2021, UK)

IDSA NETFLIX WRITER'S COHORT (2021, UK)

SOHO HOUSE CREATIVE FUTURE'S COLLECTIVE (2023, USA)
 

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