About: a bio-ish thingy

Kinga Suto is a Los Angeles based writer/performer who has appeared in several national commercials and voice overs (Home Depot, Bailey’s Irish Cream, Best Buy, Southwest Airlines) as well as the ABC episodic series “10-8: Officers on Duty.” She recently wrote and directed her first film, “The D-Monster,” through the AFI Directing Workshop for Women; a quirky part animated part live action comedy. She has performed improv, stand-up and her own brand of one-person character shows across the United States, but mostly here in Hollywood: Improv, iOwest, Groundlings, UCB and Haha Cafe.  Her comedy is based on real life people and her own personal stories. Her name is Hungarian, because everyone asks. LA’s Metromix Magazine recently said, “put Kinga on your to do list!”

roots

A first generation Hungarian-American, Kinga began performing as a child at the nationally acclaimed McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey.  Of Eastern-European decent she was always encouraged to dance, sing, and tell stories.

education

While attending NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in Drama, Kinga studied at the Atlantic Theater under David Mamet and Felicity Huffman. A production opportunity landed Kinga in San Francisco where she graduated from SFSU with a BA in Cinema.

the trenches

Upon graduation, Kinga moved to Hollywood where after working for several years as a reader for various studios, Kinga landed a dream job as director of development for Penny Marshall’s company, Parkway Productions. Some of the projects Kinga developed while there are BEWITCHED, CINDERELLA MAN and HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS STORY.

the writer years

In 2002 Kinga left feature film development to pursue writing and was given a first look deal by director Martin Campbell (CASINO ROYALE) where she co-created an episodic entitled GUARDIAN ANGELS.  From there, Kinga co-wrote a feature spec, THE DONOR, which garnered attention from production companies such as Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions. Kinga also co-created a quirky teen movie, MR. PERFECT 6.0.  She is currently writing the feature version of THE D-MONSTER.

working actor

In 2003 Kinga landed a role on ABC’s  10-8: OFFICERS ON DUTY.  Since then, she has appeared in several national commercials (Zantac, Best Buy, Home Depot) including her most famous, the first girl geek in the hugely successful, Geek Squad Best Buy Ads.  Her fav to date, opposite Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall), in the Orange Box Home Depot ads.  Most recently she was cast in a series of funny spots for Southwest Airlines and got to work with English director Peter Care (The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys).

writer/director

Her latest project, which she wrote and directed, THE D-MONSTER, a quirky animated/live action film based on her experiences as a Hollywood development executive, is currently in post production.

comedy

A regular presence in the Los Angeles comedy scene, Kinga has performed at: The Groundlings, Upright Citizen’s Brigade (UCB), iO West and The Improv. In 2006, she co-wrote and performed a two person sketch show, I’M JUST NOT THAT INTO ME. The infamous sketches, addressing a myriad of taboo social issues, earned Kinga an invitation to perform the show in NYC at The UCB Sketch Fest.

American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women

Kinga’s solo show, THE D-MONSTER, which ran at iO West for over a year, was written into a film and selected out of hundreds of applicants for the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, a prestigious institution dedicated to launching female artists into successful television and feature film directing careers.

upcoming performances

When she’s not working on her film you can find her on stage doing stand-up, performing a character monologue or doing improv with her Los Angeles based improv troop Wonder Jackson.  Check out her Calender page to see her live.

upcoming screenings

Check out her calendar page for upcoming screenings of THE D-MONSTER.