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Dreya Weber
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Dreya Weber in 2007
Education Hunter College
Occupation Aerialist, Actress, Producer, Director

Dreya Weber is an American actress, producer, director, and aerialist.

Career

Dreya Weber as Cleopatra at Teatro ZinZanni
Dreya Weber as Cleopatra on aerial silks for Teatro ZinZanni in 2010

Weber toured with Cher during her Living Proof farewell tour and choreographed the performances by aerialists.

She produced and starred in The Gymnast (2006) which took home 28 festival awards, including Best Feature at Outfest, Newfest and Frameline, and demonstrated her aerialist skills. She also produced and starred in A Marine Story about the US Military policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and The Aerialist (2020), which is the sequel to The Gymnast.

Weber is currently represented by McDonald Selznick Associates.

Personal life

During her teenage years, Weber competed with the Mexican National Hurdling Team, ranking within the top ten. She returned from Mexico to attend Hunter College in New York City.

She performed aerial silk at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She is friends with Tony Horton and has featured in all three of his P90X home workout series.

In a 2006 AfterEllen interview, Weber described herself as omnisexual.

She is married to Ned Farr, who directed The Gymnast, A Marine Story, and The Aerialist.

She is closely associated with the actor Frank Ferrante, alongside whom she has collaborated on several projects including Teatro ZinZanni and various productions relating to the Marx Brothers.

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Masterpiece Pamela Mountbatten "Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy"
1996 Everything Relative Luce
1999 Practice, TheThe Practice Mrs. Henderson "Infected"
2000 Practice, TheThe Practice Sister Janice Murray "New Evidence", "Hammerhead Sharks"
2001 Lovely and Amazing Donna
2002 Contractor, TheThe Contractor Claire Stevenson Short film
2002 Dream a Little Dream for Me Pearl Short film
2005 Catcher, TheThe Catcher The Flyer Short film
2006 Gymnast, TheThe Gymnast Jane
2006 Company Town Jane Peroux TV film
2009 Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration, TheThe Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration Antigravity Performer
2010 Marine Story, AA Marine Story Alexandra Everett
2011 Water for Elephants Circus Performer
2015 Raven's Touch Raven Co-director (with Marina Rice Bader); screenwriter
2020 The Aerialist (film) Jane Hawkins

Awards

  • Outfest – Won, Dreya Weber – Outstanding Actress in a Feature, 2010.

See also

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