Mika Boorem

Mika Boorem is an actress, director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles. Boorem is well-known for her acting career, which includes over 40 major motion pictures and network television series roles. She has recently completed her first narrative feature-length film, "Hollywood.Con", as a director. "Hollywood.Con" stars Tom Arnold ("True Lies"), Mika Boorem ("The Patriot", "Blue Crush", "Along Came a Spider") Devin Ratray (HBO's series "Mosaic", "Nebraska", "Masterminds", "Blue Ruin", Netflix's series "Russian Dolls"), Brian Krause ("Blue Lagoon", "Charmed"), Cody Kasch ("Desperate Housewives"), and Paige Howard ("Adventureland"). Boorem was involved with the financing, producing, writing, directing, and acting of this film. "Hollywood.Con" is a commercial adventure comedy which includes locations in Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and Guatemala. Mika's other producing and directing experience include a documentary series titled "Gem Hunter" about gemstone quests internationally. Her short films have played Academy qualifying film festivals and won several awards. Mika has built up a respectable filmography as an actress. She has worked with many of the industry's most highly-regarded players: Lawrence Bender, Brian Grazer, Penny Marshall, Scott Hicks, Drew Barrymore, Shirley MacLaine, Roland Emmerich, John Carpenter, Rodrigo Garcia, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Lee Tamahori, and Morgan Freeman, to name a few. Her work has received critical acclaim, and she has won several awards. Her feature-film credits include "Smile" (Beau Bridges, Linda Hamilton, Sean Astin, Cheri Oteri), "Sleepover" (Steve Carrell, Jane Lynch), "Blue Crush" (Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez), "The Patriot" (Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs), "Along Came a Spider" (Morgan Freeman), "Hearts in Atlantis" (Sir Anthony Hopkins), "The Ward" (John Carpenter, Jarrod Harris, Amber Heard), "Good Day For It" (Hal Holbrook, Robert Patrick), "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" (John Slatterly, Sela Ward, Diego Luna), "Jack Frost" (Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston), "Carolina" (Shirley MacLaine, Julia Stiles), "Riding in Cars with Boys" (Drew Barrymore, Brittany Murphy), "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (Cameron Diaz, Glenn Close), "Mighty Joe Young" (Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton), and others. She has been a regular and/or featured on TV series including "The Tom Show", "Dawson's Creek", "House M.D.", "Ghost Whisperer", "Touched by an Angel", "Walker:Texas Ranger", "The Waltons", "Initiation of Sarah", "Augusta Gone", and others. Boorem is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors (AWD), New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG, since 1997).