Mehaa Mekala

Biography

Mehaa Mekala is an actress, singer, and writer born and raised in the Bay Area. Growing up with a theatrical background performing in plays, musicals, and dance performances, she works now primarily in on-camera storytelling. Recently she’s started in a multitude of diverse short films ranging from (but not limited to) heartwarming love stories, coming of age retellings, and wacky satirical horror comedies. She has trained for years in classical and contemporary acting methods through the teachings at many renowned theaters in Berkeley and SF. With an undergraduate degree in Psychology, Mehaa’s deeper understanding of human emotion and her fascination with the brain have lent to her intuitive ability to breathe life in characters. She believes that the beauty of film lies entirely on how it aims to influence and hopes one day to collaborate on stories that deepens audiences’ communal sense of empathy towards each other and people of the world.