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Esabella Anna Karena Strickland

Esabella Anna Karena Strickland

Owner at AGB Honour Films
Actor, Filmmaker, Host/presenter and Screenwriter

Vancouver, Canada

Member Since:
October 2018
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About Esabella

Described as a "Renaissance Girl" for her multitude of talents. 18-year-old Esabella A.K. Strickland is a Multi Award-Winning Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer and Published Author. An Award-Winning Actress, Media Host, Artist and GenZ Influencer based out of Vancouver, BC. She is a young, raw talent who is a Neurodiverse advocate and empowering figure against bullying through the arts.
In front of the Camera, Esabella starred in local indie short films Enlightenment, Things You Take, and Arthurs Gift. She also co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the short films My Red Ball and The Notebook through the Young Movie Makers Program. My Red Ball handle’s themes of bullying, written through Esabella's own life experience, it has gone on to appear in over 72 International Film Festivals, winning at 11 of them.
Esabella has also made appearances on local productions of Travelers, Goodboys, and Series of Unfortunate Events. She also landed a role on a California milk commercial and a role alongside Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen in a feature film called Sight that will appear in theatres on Oct 27th 2023. Esabella plays Maria a blind girl from Moldovia.
Behind the camera, Esabella as a screenplay writer, filmmaker and producer, Esabella's projects over 70 film festival awards. A Conversation with E is is already a film festival winner at 26 film festivals and a fan favourite, appearing in over 170 film festivals. Esabella also teamed up with Paul Green to help produce her first independent short film A Dialogue with Pandora, which has gone on to win 6 film festival awards. EsaBella was also a writer, director, editor and producer of the multi-awarding winning horror short film MiNE.
Esabella recently joined Sandstone Artists as a GenZ Screenwriter. Developing the next generation of Horror Feature Films including an award-winning screenplay "Death Noise" EsaBella has also developed a feature film and TV Pilot adaptation of the Award-Winning Novel Then and There Here and Where - A Orabella the Oracle Saga
As an Award Winning media host, Esabella has the honour of co-hosting the annual VarietyBC Show of Hearts Telethon as their Youth Ambassador since 2019. Esabella was an EveRiathing red carpet host to support the 2019 Joey Awards. Esabella was the ambassador and host for Geektopia 2019 to help raise money for the Amanda Todd Legacy. Esabella was also the ambassador and virtual host for the 2020 Meowfest to help raise money for the Langley Animal Protection Society, and Regional Animal Protection Society.
Esabella was invited to the 2019 Adobe Summit as an Adobe insider and speaker. She was the youngest influencer to attend the Las Vegas event and was in the top 10 in Social Media Engagement during the week of the Summit. Many were impressed by her empathy, compassion, and insight of a Genz'r
Esabella has finished co-writing her first Young Adult Novel. Then and There, Here and Where, which was published on March 2nd, 2021. The main character of the book; Orabella is a Neurodivergent who learns to become a heroine. Esabella's goal is to have girls feel connected and empowered by Orabella. It has appeared #1 on Amazon's hot new release list.
As an artist, she is a painter, drawer, animator and a jean pocket painter for celebrities and special orders of which 10% of sales go towards local charities
Esabella has worked hard to train herself with techniques she uses to deal with both her Adhd, Dyslexia, Tics and Social Anxiety. Through this process she's discovered what she calls her two superpowers, memorizing and a higher level of sensitivity towards others, including the characters she plays, she has also trained herself with mindfulness and grounding techniques to cope with her anxiety - something she hopes to pass onto those whom she works with.

Unique traits: Neurodivergent ( Adhd, Dyslexia, Tics and Social Anxiety)

Gender:
Female
Height:
5' 7"
Weight:
140
Body type:
Slim
Hair:
Short
Hair color:
Brown
Eyes:
Brown
Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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“Smelly Socks” Read By Esabella Strickland | Kids Books Read Aloud With Gotham Reads
Esabella Karena introduces Paul Greene at the 54 annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon
Esabella Strickland, Red Carpet Host of the 2019 Joey Awards

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Loglines

  • Then and There Here and Where

    Then and There Here and Where Budget: $5M - $10M | Mystery ⋄ Historical ⋄ Adventure ⋄ Drama An Edu-Entertainment fast paced coming of age family drama/thriller. Learning about Historical Women, Cultural Goddesses and Shoes On the eve of her 16th birthday, Orabella discovers a family secret that will change her life forever. 

Credits

  • A Dialogue with Pandora

    A Dialogue with Pandora (2021)
    Film by Paul Greene (Mystery and Thriller) Actress, Writer, Producer

  • A Conversation with E

    A Conversation with E (2020)
    Film by Esabella Strickland (Horror) Writer, cinematographer, director

  • Then and There, Here and Where

    Then and There, Here and Where (2020)
    Film Script Writer There comes a time in every little girl’s life where she has to grow up. For daydreaming Orabella, that means thinking about high school. On the last day of junior high, Orabella takes time deciding what path she wants to go down: homeschooling or the traditional school system. It’s going to be hard not having her friends around, who have always understood her ADHD, dyslexia, and social anxiety. They never judged her for it. Yet ever since the eve of her community centre’s party, Orabella hasn’t been able to shake the feeling that something— or someone— has been watching her. Something dark and unsettling, that seems to take the shape of one of her classmates. The feeling doesn’t stop even when she returns home. It’s that same sense of dark, mysterious dread that plagues Orabella when her parents suddenly vanish into thin air, leaving her alone and confused. Orabella becomes left with more questions than answers, and she hopes her grandparents might be able to shed light upon the mystery. As she stays with them, Orabella learns that her family is more than they seem, and their legacy ends with her. She’s woefully out of her element as she steps into the role her ancestors left behind, but if it helps Orabella find her lost parents, she’ll do whatever it takes.

  • Project Drink

    Project Drink (2020)
    Commercial by SMUGGLER / Filmgroup.TV / Benji Weinstein Daugther

  • MoonTime

    MoonTime (2019)
    Film Actress

  • Good Boys

    Good Boys (2019)
    Film Actress

  • The NoteBook

    The NoteBook (2019)
    Film (short) by Young Movie Makwrs (Thriller) Actress, Writer

  • The Game

    The Game (2018)
    Film (short) Actress

  • My Red Ball

    My Red Ball (2018)
    Film (short) (Thriller) Actress, Writer, Co-Director

  • Things We Take

    Things We Take (2018)
    Film (short) Actress

  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment (2018)
    Film (short) Actress

  • Travelers

    Travelers (2018)
    TV Series Actress

  • A Series of Unfortunate Events

    A Series of Unfortunate Events (2018)
    TV Series Actress

  • Zoo

    Zoo (2017)
    TV Series Miscellaneous Crew

  • Sight

    Sight
    Actress

  • Arthur's Gift

    Arthur's Gift
    Film (short) Actress

  • Imperium

    Imperium
    TV Mini Actress

Awards

  • Death Skull International Film Festival - Best Student Short Film
    (2023)

  • Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth - Best Director
    (2023)

  • Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth - Best Music and Sound
    (2023)

  • Only The Best - Best Horror Screenplay - Death Curse
    (2022)

  • Only The Best - First Time Producer - A Dialogue with Pandora
    (2022)

  • Brilliant Women in FIlm Festival - Best Student FIlm
    (2022)

  • Artemis International Women in Action Film Festival - Best Student Script
    (2021)

  • Your Script Produced - Best overall Script - $250,000US
    (2021)

  • The Gladiator Film Festival - Best Jury Selection
    (2021)

  • Golden Wheat Awards
    (2021)

  • Hollywood Gold Awards
    (2021)

  • Indie Online Film Awards - Best Thriller
    (2021)

  • Montreal Independent Film Festival - Best Young Artist
    (2021)

  • Le Grand Sacrifilm Festival - Mellieur Scenerio
    (2021)

  • Berlin Flash FIlm Festival - Extreme Flash FIlm Festival
    (2021)

  • Calgary International FIlm Festival - Official Selection
    (2021)

  • Top Indie FIlm Awards - Most Terrifying
    (2021)

  • McMinnville Sci-Fi Film Festival - Best Horror
    (2021)

  • Top Indie FIlm Awards - Best Actor
    (2021)

  • Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival - Best Student Film
    (2021)

  • Indie Online Film Festival - Best Cinematography
    (2021)

  • Squamish International Film Festival - Best Student Short
    (2021)

  • Festopedia Cinemas and Scripts - Best Concept Screenplay
    (2021)

  • Toronto International Women's Film Festival - Best Youth Artist
    (2021)

  • Seoul Guro International Kids FIlm Festival - Best Student FIlm
    (2021)

  • Golden Wheat Award - Jury Special Award
    (2021)

  • Serbia International Youth Film Festival - Best Horror / Scifi Short
    (2021)

  • Reel Girls FIlm Festival - Spirit Award
    (2021)

  • Reel Girls Film Festival - Maple Leaf Award
    (2021)

  • Canada Book Awards - Best Young Novel
    (2021)

  • Montreal International Indie Short Film Awards - Best Youth Award
    (2020)

  • WCTE-PBS Downtown Film Festival - Best Young Filmmaker
    (2020)

  • Montreal International Indie Short Film Awards - Best Script - Then and There, Here and Where
    (2020)

  • Canadian Cinematography Awards (CaCA - Finalist - Best Script
    (2020)

  • Barrie Film Festival - Best High School Short
    (2020)

  • Joey Awards - Best Youth Host
    (2020)

  • Chocolate City International Film Festival - Best Young FilmMaker
    (2019)

  • Just Be You Performing Artist Youth Film Festival - Best Young Movie Maker
    (2019)

Education

  • Cinlab
    (2020-2020)

  • Young Movie Makers
    (2018-2020)

  • Vancouver Young Acting School
    (2017-2017)

  • leblanc school of acting
    (2019)

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