Tonya Cornelisse is an award winning actress and writer. Tonya started acting professionally in the theatre in her early teens. She has studied privately with Alan Arkin, Stan Kirsch, Harold Guskin & and is a lifetime member of Bobby Moresco's Actors Gym. Tonya's career of edgy independent roles has earned her many awards on the film circuit. She has been honored by BFI, Sundance Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival, NICE Film Festival, Outer Critics Circle Awards among other. Tonya attended NYU's Tisch school of the Arts and has a double major in Psychology. Tonya loves marshmallows and ketchup.