I’ve been described as “most likely to pick up a ukulele and start singing around the campfire” while simultaneously “a shoo-in for the leading role of a Fatal Attraction reboot.” Humor and devotion are qualities I seek in the acting roles I choose. Funny. Sexy. Devout.

In 2019 I had the honor of winning Best Actress in a Leading Role at both Southampton International Film Festival and the International Independent Film Awards for starring as Kate in the award-winning feature film Black Flowers by writer/director Martin Gooch with whom I produced the film. Critics wrote: “The real strength of the film is in its heroine (DeMille is terrific)” (Kim Newman). “DeMille’s performance as Kate anchors the film” (Mark Cole). “We really never have seen a heroine quite like this” (Anton Bitel).

My freshman feature film as both lead actress and producer, Black Flowers is touring festivals worldwide into 2020 with 13 award wins and nominations since its World Premiere at Sitges International Film Festival de Catalunya in Spain including four Best Film nominations and a Critics Choice Award.* High Octane Pictures will release Black Flowers in North America during winter 2020.

This past year I have produced two Martin Gooch shorts, currently touring film festivals: I choreographed and starred in A Midwinter Night’s Dream which won Best Fantasy Short at London Independent Film Awards; and At The Cheap End starring comedy legend Barry Cryer is screening at Raindance, LA Comedy Festival, and Virginia Film Festival. Martin Gooch and I have a number of new Gooch projects in pre-production as well as a few I’m leading development on through my company Eddy Out Productions, and it’s non-profit beneficiary PoolDrop Productions.

Eddy Out Productions is creating Out & About with Krista DeMille, a documentary episodic for TV co-created with producer Bill Timoney exploring wild places of interest around the world by foot, board, bike, or boat. I’m been fortunate to be an eight-time grant recipient, including a recent Big Sky Film Grant from the Montana Film Office for the Black Flowers team. Other recent acting roles include recurring cryptozoologists in both The Dragon Detective and Blue Line Bigfoot web series, and joining the cast of 21st Century Demon Hunter on Amazon Prime.

Past credits include Romance by Neil LaBute, playing devoted daughter and scientist Amelia Fish in The Terrible Experiment of Jonathan Fish, the heartbreaker Bride in the Adrenaline film I Do winning an Audience Award at the Virginia Film Festival, playing the sweet and snarky Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and my favorite… starring in the politically incorrect four-man musical comedy 50 Shades of F****d Up! at Sophie’s Broadway – written and directed by Tricia Brouk, with music by Andrew David Sotomayor. NYC Critic David Gordon of Theatermania wrote “Krista DeMille provides solid comic support!”

I’m a graduate of Montclair State University (mcl), the Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory two year program, and have studied acting extensively in NYC with John Dapolito, Kathleen McNenny, and The Barrow Group. But long before that I began my performing arts career as a classically trained dancer, and have worked with acclaimed directors Lucinda Childs, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ralph Lemon, and many others – performing at BAM Harvey Theater, Vienna Opera House, The Joyce Theater, and venues and festivals throughout NYC, the U.S., Europe, South America, and Korea. I translated that experience into bringing dance and theater to under-served populations in Northern California through my choreography, for which I won the JEDI Innovative Microenterprise Award.

A conservationist and avid adventurer, I had the pleasure to assistant-direct, river guide the film crew, and co-produce a 300 mile exploration at the source of the Amazon River in Peru to film the documentary Serpent of Gold (in Post). I don’t have time to guide all the time, but I keep my expertise in whitewater sharp with periodic trips through the historic Hudson River Gorge in the Adirondacks as well as the crown jewel of river trips… all 280 miles through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River, every few years. In my spare time I teach sailing in the NY Harbor and in the Caribbean with the Manhattan Yacht Club.

Krista DeMille, Biography ~ third person for print

*Black Flowers Wins: Critics Choice Award Iowa International Indie Film Fest, Best Director/Sci-Fi Worldfest-Houston, Gold Remi) Best Director Honorable Mention Hollywood New Directors, Best Actress SIFF, Best Actress IIFF, Best Supporting Actor Southampton International Film Fest.

Nominations: Best Film at Gen-Con USA, Best Film at Central Florida Film Festival, and Best Film at Iowa International Independent Film Festival; and four more nominations at Southampton International Film Festival: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and another Best Actress for the actress playing Kate’s daughter.