I’m Paulie Rojas, an actress, classical enthusiast, and lover of life, adventure, dogs, and a good Russian novel. I spent my childhood in Mexico City learning the ways of the world and acquiring my first found loves of art, ranging from Diego Rivera to Kate Hepburn.
My appreciation of acting stems from my grandfather, who was the legendary leading man, Roberto Cañedo, one of the most prolific actors in the history of Mexican Cinema. As a young girl, I knew it would be my life’s work to do what granddad did: tell stories that matter, while expressing myself to the world.
I’m happy to say I’ve worked on network TV, off-Broadway in a one-woman show about Mozart's sister, and starred in award winning films for which I’ve been recognized. Dearest to my heart, I had the honor of playing Audrey Hepburn in the completely fictional, but historically possible story, "Before Breakfast." This short film has been accumulating awards and praise, but none as meaningful and profoundly special as getting a charmed nod from the Audrey Hepburn Foundation, (be still my heart). This last February I got to co-lead with Audrey Hepburn AS Audrey Hepburn in a reprisal of Moon River-Audrey's Letter to Henry Mancini, alongside Gustavo Dudamel, the L.A. Philharmonic and Master Chorale, and Stevie Wonder.
Even though I got my BFA in theatre from the prestigious University of Southern California, I decided to move to New York City and enroll in the first ensemble of The Tom Todoroff Conservatory.
Notable passions of mine range from languages, (I speak English, Spanish, Italian, and French), dancing as a classically trained ballerina, being a trained black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and having studied classical piano since the age of four.
Behind closed doors, I spend my time looking up silly trivia and reading classic literature, dreaming of one day being on the big screen, portraying the heroines of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, and Shaw.
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
― Henry Miller"