Kaitlin Puccio

Visit www.kaitlinpuccio.com for a full portfolio of work in acting, modeling, music, and producing. Kaitlin (SAG-AFTRA, AGMA) is an actress, model, singer, songwriter, and producer, and is the founder of Bent Frame Entertainment Media. She is a regular guest of Amy Schumer’s theater and film company, The Collective. She is also a #1 bestselling author, screenwriter, and director, plays piano and guitar, and speaks French, Italian, and some Spanish. She has a background in several styles of dance, including tap, ballet, theater, Latin, ballroom, contemporary, and aerial. Kaitlin’s acclaimed short film, “Circles,” screened at festivals globally, and garnered multiple awards and nominations, including Best Short, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best of the Fest. She took home the Gold Award from WorldFest-Houston, a Canadian Screen Awards-qualifying film festival, in the Dramatic Shorts category. Additionally, Cannes Film Festival’s Head of Film took note of “Circles,” stating: “J’ai bien visionné [ce] court métrage, que j’ai apprécié…” (“I watched [this] short film, which I enjoyed…”). After its festival run, “Circles” was licensed to ShortsTV US and Europe. Elle, Kaitlin’s feature-length screenplay, won several screenwriting awards at film festivals and in competitions, and caught the attention of Dune actor David Dastmalchian, who remarked: “Puccio has a captivating, thought-provoking voice that echoes Atwood and Burgess. The characters are lost souls in a sharply created landscape that feels familiar, haunted and real. The flowing perspectives holds up both mirrors and windows to the characters and, for me, the reader.” Elle the novel was released in April 2021. Kaitlin’s debut album, ABYSS, was released in July 2020. A three-track single, À Côté Du Paradis, was released shortly after, in August 2020, followed by Slave in January 2021. ABYSS drew the attention of Ryan Roxie, guitarist for Alice Cooper, who stated that the album “has a Fiona Apple type music vibe.” Kaitlin wrote, performed, produced, and mixed all songs herself. On the modeling side, Kaitlin appeared on the cover of the inaugural issue of Alke Magazine, which partnered with MusiCares, a charity founded by The Recording Academy, for a Special Edition music and fashion issue celebrating powerhouses who embody strength in times of adversity. It features exclusive interviews and profiles of global powerhouses such as Danish DJ and X Factor judge Martin Jensen; Belgian DJ Lost Frequencies; musician and fashion scion Edo Ferragamo; Staatsballett Berlin Prima Ballerina Iana Salenko; Infected Mushroom album cover artist and digital artist Anton Semenov; Steinway & Sons; IsabelleFA jewelry; and LA-based fashion designer Anthony Hamdan Djendeli, who initially contributed his talents to Givenchy, Balmain, Chloé, Sonia Rykiel, and Saint Laurent before launching his own luxury fashion line amidst the pandemic. Kaitlin also appeared on the cover of Occam Magazine, a high fashion and conceptual photography magazine, in April 2021, and she was recently featured in a six-page editorial spread for the Paris and New York-based Eclair Magazine, alongside Camille Lellouche. Kaitlin also secured an ongoing collaboration with the Italian fashion brand Chiara Boni La Petite Robe for red carpets and events. This spring, Kaitlin will play the lead role in a film that explores end of life issues and the psychology of loss. She also writes the Psychology Today blog "From Obscurity," which brings the interactions between philosophy and psychology into the limelight.