Fusion Entertainment has signed Bria Vinaite, an actress who got her breakout role as a woman living on the economic fringes in Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project.”
The Lithuania-born actress was discovered by filmmaker Baker when she was working in the fashion industry and cast in the lead part of a struggling single mother raising her daughter in a motel. Her performance earned Vinaite multiple award nominations from critics groups including Chicago Film Critics Association and San Diego Film Critics Association.
Since “The Florida Project” debuted in 2017, Vinaite has gone on to act in TV series including “The OA” and films such as “Balance Not Symmetry” and “Lost in Transmissions.” Next year, she will star in “Pandemonium,” the latest feature from Icelandic filmmaker Anton Sigurdsson. It follows a group of wealthy New Yorkers trapped at a wellness retreat run by a nefarious guru. The film shoots in New Jersey in early 2024.
Vinaite is also a writer, artist and creator with multiple projects in development including an animated TV series and a fiction series based on her teenage years in a boarding school.
“We’re so excited to welcome Bria to the Fusion team,” said Fusion Entertainment partners Adam Kersh and Chris Evans. “We have been huge fans of her acting since ‘The Florida Project’ and she has so much to offer as a writer and storyteller as well. We can’t wait to help facilitate her creative visions going forward.”
Fusion Entertainment is an artist-focused management and strategic advisory company. In addition to Vinaite’s “Florida Project” director, Sean Baker, other notable clients include Amy Seimetz (“The Girlfriend Experience”), Cooper Raiff (“Cha Cha Real Smooth”), Ira Sachs (“Love is Strange”) and Dolly de Leon (“Triangle of Sadness”).