Marcia Lopez
Hi there! I’m Marcia López actor, producer, and storyteller based in New York City. I’ve traversed over 60 countries and called Dubai, Texas, Florida, Maine, California—and now New York—home, a patchwork of experiences that fuels my complexity. A shapeshifter by nature—genre, accent, medium—all in service of letting truth roam free. I seek out women who refuse tidy endings—raw, untethered, and alchemizing their scars into strength. My work lives in those cracked-open spaces: psycho-erotic suspense, femme-noir tension, and the social edges most dare not explore. Psychology is my secret weapon—I study it to deepen every character and arm others with the tools I once needed.
Right now, you can catch me as Marie in East Bay Confidential (NYC premiere Aug 7) and serving as executive producer on The Fruit of Our Womb, a thriller powered by the female gaze.
My Journey
1940s – Tango Roots
Grandpa founded one of Uruguay’s first tango orchestras: 'La Orquesta Tipica de Don Horacio'. He represented us around the globe and was a major musical influence alongside my dad growing up.
Childhood: Curiosity & Performance
Dad on sax & guitar taught me how to find comfort in music. Having lived in the US during the 70s and 80s, his taste was broad and rich, with The Carpenters, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and Marvin Gaye being some of our favorites. As years went by, I pursued piano & solfège.
14 - Introduction to the Stage Somewhere in between my Johnny Depp portrayals and Hannah Montana performances at home, I was encouraged by my parents and peers to enter the theatre program in my city, debuting at 14. Being an underdog at school, this was the first place I felt comfortable being different.
19 – Private Pilot
I took the cockpit because I wanted to be set free from the limitations people put on me based on where I was geographically, but also the circumstances from which I came. When people hesitated, I affirmed to them that it was possible. When there's a will, there's a way, and the sky is not the limit.
21 – Dubai as a global hub of humanity
Three continents a week, ten nationalities per crew—global exposure as accelerated life 101. An experience that shaped me at an early age, going anywhere from Jakarta to Rome in any given day. I traveled to ovr 60 countries in the span of three years and grew exponentially as a person. My cosmopolitan mindset was cultivated profoundly during this time.
24 - Return to Acting
Lady Capulet in *Romeo & Juliet* reignited my voice after years in the sky. My first ever show in the United States, landing in Texas to do my first ever English-speaking role. The pleasure of a lifetime.
25 - Entrepeneurship: Brand & Story**
Co-founded a female-led & diversity-driven marketing agency, then switched gears and refocused over the years on producing and performing stories that matter. With a focus on the fashion, entertainment, and culinary industries, this experience gave me the structure I sought everywhere.
27 - California Dreaming as Rebirth
A divorce that shaped my persona, and moving to California to learn from the moguls and pursue a degree in Psychology to add layers to my characters. A transformation and healing practice that left no crumbs but all the endurance to last me til I set foot on the East Coast.
28 - Femme Fatale for an audience
Marie as the role that embodied the female diaspora of power, survival, and seduction. This marked my feature debut in a supporting role, contingent of past-present-and future versions of women I have always admired.
29 - The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Setting roots in NYC - the city my father lived and performed in for 20 years before I was born. Between the chaos and the everlasting momentum the city provides, the projects I wanted to be a part of became more visible.
29 - Advocacy: Project Blackbird
Mental health and eating disorders have their own chapter in my life. Uniting with Project Blackbird to amplify voices in underrepresented communities and provide tools I once needed has been one of my most fulfilling moments in my career.
30 - Producing as a way to take control
Using my skillset to further amplify stories that must be told, championing the female gaze above all, and diversifying the spectrum of people whose voices need to be heard. Similarly to entrepreneurship, when there are no clear solutions, we create new alternatives and execute with precision.
My Why
Humanity and unity. I’ve been an outcast my whole life—never fitting in only made me determined to make others feel seen, heard, and valued. My academic study of psychology and personal journey through therapy taught me that our challenges don’t define us; they strengthen us. I’m here to rewrite that narrative and prove that if I could overcome, so can you. I choose stories where words aren’t enough and experience becomes the bridge from page to heart.