Adriana Mather
Adriana Mather | |
|---|---|
| Born | Long Island, NY |
| Alma mater | Vassar |
| Occupation(s) | actress, producer, novelist |
| Website | zombotpictures.com |
Adriana Mather is an American actress, best known for the role of Morgan in a 2016 romantic drama Honeyglue, a film producer and co-founder of Zombot Pictures, and an author of "How To Hang A Witch," a novel published by Penguin Random House.
Personal life
Adriana Mather grew up in Long Island, NY. She is the 12th generation of Mathers in America.[1] Her grandmother has an impressive collection of items related to Mather family history, including journals and letters dated back to Revolutionary war and Salem Witch Trials, that Adriana uses as inspiration for her writing.[2] Adriana has been vegetarian since age 9.
She played rugby at Vassar College and went to Nationals twice.[3]
Career
Mather's debut big screen role was in a film Chasing Shakespeare, co-starring Danny Glover and Graham Greene. Her first ever scene on set was with Danny Glover, which she described as terrifying because she was afraid to mess it up.[4]
In 2012 Mather founded a film production company Zombot Pictures with two friends writer/director James Bird and producer/composer Anya Remizova.[5] As part of Zombot Pictures she produced and starred in two feature films - an oddball comedy Eat Spirit Eat (Vera) and a romantic drama Honeyglue (Morgan), in which she plays a young woman who learns she has three months left to live and embarks on an adventure with a gender-fluid artist.[6] Adriana describes the role as challenging because she had to do a lot of research to figure out how to accurately portray the progression of illness.[7] She was also required to fully shave her head. Mather's portrayal of Morgan received a lot of praise from critics. Katie Walsh of LA Times calls it "an embodied performance" [8] and Jason Coleman of Starpulse describes it as "one of the most realistic and arresting character cancer transformations ever".[9]
After completing Honeyglue, Mather started working on her debut novel "How to Hang a Witch", part ghost story, part historical fiction,[10] set in Salem, Massachusetts, where the infamous Salem Witch Trials took place.
In November 2014 it was announced that Mather sold the rights to "How to Hang a Witch" to Knopf Books for Young Readers/ Random House in a two book deal.[11] "How to Hang a Witch" is scheduled to be published on July 26, 2016.[12] The second book in the series is currently in the works.
Mather's next film project is titled We Are Boats.[13]
Filmography
2012 Chasing Shakespeare as Betty
2014 Eat Spirit Eat as Vera / producer
2016 Honeyglue as Morgan / producer
Bibliography
- The How to Hang A Witch (book 1) - July 26, 2016
- How to Sink A Ship (book 2) - 2017
References
- ^ "Adriana Mather | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "Meet the Newbies: Adriana Mather (A Perfection Called Books)". 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ dreamyreads (2016-04-11). "Meet the Author: Adriana Mather". The Sweet Sixteens. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "Adriana Mather". Goodreads. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "Actress Adriana Mather Launches Prod. Co Started By Two Women & A Native American - GirlTalkHQ". 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "Home - HoneyGlue Film". HoneyGlue Film. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ Coleman, Jason. "Adriana Mather Talks Tackling Scary With 'Honeyglue'". Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ Walsh, Katie (June 9, 2016). "LA Times Honeyglue Film Review".
- ^ Coleman, Jason. "Did You Catch These Great Movie Actor And Actress Performances In 2015?". Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "The Summer 2016 Kids' Indie Next List Preview | American Booksellers Association". www.bookweb.org. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ "Book Deals: Week of November 10, 2014". Retrieved 2016-06-25.
- ^ How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
- ^ "TSB interview: HONEYGLUE's Adriana Mather talks about her great new film coming to SIFF Film Center". The SunBreak. 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2016-06-25.