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Ariel Kavoussi is an award-winning artist, writer, producer, filmmaker, actor, and curator of film &amp; video works based in New York City. She had the starring, titular role in the comedic punk odyssey, The Deflowering of Ariella Von, a feature film by Marianna Ellenberg and David Louis Zuckerman. Her most recent short film, The Poet and the Professor, is a dark comedy which stars herself opposite indie stalwart Kevin Corrigan and Bob Byington. In 2017, Ariel acted opposite Anne Heche, Sandra Oh and Dylan Baker in Onur Tukel&#8217;s dark comedic feature Catfight. Numerous critics have lauded her performance; Vanity Fair singled Ariel Kavoussi out as &#8220;hilarious newcomer&#8221; for her work, as did Variety. Kavoussi was most recently seen opposite Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in Cary Fukunaga’s Netflix original series Maniac.

Ariel Kavoussi

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Celebrating Female Desire on Screen