BIOGRAPHY

Amanda Méndez  is a Puerto Rican actress based in San Juan, PR. She started her acting career doing children’s theatre and poetry declamation. In 2013 she got admitted to University of Puerto Rico where she completed her BFA in Acting. Amanda is also a student in Ren Gyoh Soh, where  she’s taken advanced courses of Butoh. She likes to explore experimental movement alongside the Grotowski method and Alexander technique. 

 

In her career she started in theatrical roles such as “Lis” in Fando y Lis (2019) , “herself” in a movement piece called Repetición, and “Marty” in Las Palancas (2022). But Amanda is not only a theatre actor, she’s made herself a name in the film industry; some of her most important roles are  “Lizette” in Colapso (2025), Padres as “Lucia” (2024) “Juana” in Segregatio. She’s won 3 “Best Actress” awards throughout her acting career given by 48 Hour Film Project (2016) for “Amanda” in Lapso, and during 2020-2021 the European Film Festival and the International Moving Film Festival gifted her with her last two awards for “Juana” in Segregatio.  She persistently  trains in acting courses including Butoh and launched her first solo performance, called Art To Please in May 31st, 2025 at Grace St. Paul's Church, NY. 

 

Currently Amanda Méndez  resides in New York and travels often to Puerto Rico to continue collaborating with Puerto Rican artists.