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LEYNA
JULIET
WEBER
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BIO
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Leyna Juliet Weber (www.imdb.com/name/nm1274142/) stars in the highly acclaimed
webseries, Road to the Altar, co-starring Jaleel White (Urkel, Family Matters).
After founding Working Bug Media with Annie Lukowski (www.WorkingBug.com), the
team wrote and sold their series to MWG Media. ROAD TO THE ALTAR launched on
over 40 top video portals worldwide, and garnered praise from Entertainment Tonight,
Access Hollywood, CNN, Extra, Huffington Post, to TV Guide. “Punch lines emerge rapid
fire”, “Cleverly satirizes wedding fever”, “Many layers of absurdity”, the press loved the
smash series. As for Leyna’s performances, “The bride’s terrible attempts at speaking
Spanish, military-like planning skills, overly excited nature, and utter failure at not
becoming Bride-zilla combine to make her a rich character for Weber to sink her teeth in
to,” raved IMDB.com. The Tablet praises, “[ROAD] offers up another star worthy of
notice: Leyna Juliet Weber as White’s fiancée…Rochelle is an effervescent and funny
character played with warmth and a great sense of physicality by Weber, who is also the
show’s co-writer.” After interviewing Weber and White, BlogTalkRadio gushed, “a
hilarious and ORIGINAL web series.”
Recently, Leyna worked with Academy Award Winner Marc Turtletaub (Little Miss
Sunshine) on his film, Looking at Animals, and starred in the Emmy Award Winning
pilot, Cost of Living. Leyna takes comedy seriously, regularly writing and performing her
original sketch at ACME in Los Angeles.
Originally from the east coast, Leyna graduated Summa Cum Laude from Hunter
College. She then performed for packed theatres in New York City, and appeared in
numerous national commercials (Sony with Steven Tyler, Dayquil, and dozens more).
Leyna made her television debut on As the World Turns, later returning for 15 episodes.
Then followed memorable appearances on Six Feet Under, Law & Order, and Law &
Order – SVU. Her work is seen in film festivals across the country. Upcoming projects
include Pig (Sundance Grand Jury Prize nom, dir. Henry Barrial) and the lead in feature
film, Nobody’s Girl. Her voiceovers can be heard on Comedy Central, MTV and Lifetime,
various cartoons (Kenny the Shark), and video games (Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club).
She also narrates the Emmy-Award Winning series, Assignment Discovery, on the
Discovery Channel. She starred in Fonzworth Bentley’s music video with Kanye West
and Andre 3000, and will appear in the pilot episode of Enlightened with Laura Dern for
HBO (winter, 2010).
Next Leyna will be starring in RANDOM COMEDIES, a series written by Lukowski and
Weber. She ups her game in PARKING SPOT (He might hit on the first date, if only he
could find the right spot) and DONATION (Give some to get some, give more and get
none), with Kym Whitley (I Love You, Man), and David A. Arnold (Meet the Browns).
Then Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie joins the Working Bug team and stars with Leyna in two
episodes, OPEN HOUSE (Sell the house, keep the spouse) and THE SECRET (Have you
heard the secret?)
LEYNA
JULIET
WEBER
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BIO
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RANDOM COMEDIES’ episodes, SPEEDING TICKET (A tough cop pulls over more
than he can handle), and TABOO (Chuck’s party goes amuck with a game gone wrong),
both quickly achieved the respected status “User Pick of the Week” on FunnyOrDie.com.
Leyna got raves for her acting and writing alike.
Lukowski and Weber are currently in development with comedian David A. Arnold on an
unrestrained, unapologetic new comedy series, NURSE DAVE. Setting the gold standard
for quality entertainment on the web, NURSE DAVE promises juicy guest stars and
candidly awkward storylines at the Prairie Medical Clinic. Lukowski will direct, and
Weber, Arnold, and Whitley will star.
Leyna wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning anti-smoking PSA, Left Behind.
After placing in the California State ‘Be A Reel Hero’ Contest (judged by Sherry
Lansing) and winning the popular vote, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger honored
Leyna in Sacramento with an award for her work.
This fall, look for Leyna in A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE. Teaming up with
fellow writer Beth Shea, Lukowski and Weber exploit a smattering of people – trainwrecks if you will -- who are tragically doomed. Weber and Shea star; Lukowski directs.
ROAD TO THE ALTAR continues its successful run, even as Weber juggles her busy
slate of writing and acting projects. It was just rereleased on True Black Television. “It
quickly became the highest-rated series in the network’s history” says TBT, “The first
season brought upon ratings that were virtually unheard of on the network that was
previously known for constant reruns of Everybody Hates Chris and Martin. Business
Week interviewed Leyna and praised Working Bug’s journey, “After [their] shorts were
well received [on FunnyOrDie.com and YouTube], they decided to write and produce
Road to the Altar… The pair negotiated a deal with MWG Media. They attracted
corporate sponsors including Panda Express and Pier 1 Imports.” Jaleel White celebrates
Leyna and Annie when asked about his experience with Working Bug, “[They are] two
rockets filled with estrogen and they have a great point-of-view… filmmakers who still
have their vision intact.”
www.LeynaJ.com
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EMAIL: Leyna@WorkingBug.com
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