¡Hola, hola!

My name is Camelia, but other people (and my grandma) know me as Dafunkcamel. Enchanté, my friend.

I'm a NYC-based actor, writer, and singer from the magical island of Puerto Rico. I’m a multilingual artist (Spanish, French, and a little German.. JA!) passionate about creating scripts, films & performances that explore the fine line between fantasy and reality through surrealism, comedy, and music. As a proud born-and-raised Boricua, I’m also fervently determined to write and bring forth stories of Latinidad to this Industry and permanently change our representation in the Entertainment business. 

With an ever-growing love for accents, comedic characters, and performing, I moved from PR to NYC, where I studied at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and received a BFA in Drama with a Minor in Film Production and concentrations in Dramatic Writing and Music. I trained at the Atlantic Acting School, Stonestreet Studios Conservatory (Film/TV), and NYU Berlin’s Acting Residency in affiliation with the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, Berlin University of the Arts, and Berlin Schaubühne. 

Since graduating in 2022, I was selected among the top-ranked 347 Latine actors in CSA's "Mi Gente" Global Open Call from 3,463 submissions worldwide. I’ve also starred as Regan in Frog and Peach Theatre Company’s King Lear at St. Clements on 46th Street, Briana in Tell Your Mom I Miss Her at The Tank, Aegeon in Comedy of Errors at La Plaza Cultural, Lady Delphine and Phoebe U/S & Audrey (U/S) in As You Like It at Theatre 71. During one of my performances, I was scouted by Elaine Del Valle, CSA and landed a supporting role in her upcoming feature film “Brownsville Bred”. I also star as “Grissell”, the lead in the upcoming Puerto Rican comedy series “Routrip”.