Stefané Zamorano is a native Mexican-American Californian.
“People usually think I’m Italian, cuz you know,
they like me!” She grew up in the Los Angeles area until
her family decided to get the hell out of town and moved to
Fullerton. Fullerton? Yep, it is next to Yorba Linda and Disneyland.
She attended Troy High School and continued her education
at U.C. Irvine. Most recently, she earned her Masters in Muliticultural
Education from Cal State Dominguez Hills.
While still in school Stefané had the opportunity to
attend the presitigious South Coast Repertory Theatre Conservatory.
They quickly recruited Stefané to be a part of their
youth theatre program and the Latino Lab which developed new
voices from the Hispanic Community. She began working with
Jose Cruz Gonzalez and Roy Conboy. This collaboration eventually
led to a new theatre company "Cucucueves" that work-shopped
and produced original plays. This experience inspired Stefané
to continue her formal training as a comedian, actress, and
writer.
While taking improvisational classes at the Groundlings, Stefané
auditioned for The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts and was
cast as the lead in several of their shows. She continued
working with the BFA and artistic director Carmen Zapata.
Ms. Zapata eventually produced two plays that Zamorano had
written. The Equity productions toured California for several
years. In the meantime, Stefané had completed training
with the Groundlings and became a Sunday Company member where
she worked with Phil Lamar (MAD TV) and Jennifer Coolidge
(Best of Show and Joey) and Kathy Griffin (Suddenly Susan).
After a couple years with the Groundlings Stefané landed
her first pilot "Twisted". The creators of "Tony
and Tina's Wedding" cast Stef as one of the sketch performers
in a new show produced by Fred Silverman (The Fred Silverman!)
The show was hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
Stefané continued to write and perform sketch comedy
and eventually became a main company member of ACME Comedy
Theatre. After one of the shows she was approached by the
advertisement agency for Head and Shoulders to audition for
a national print ad campaign. She was selected and her luscious
hair was seen for the next two years in magazines, billboards
and buses showing off her dandruff free hairstyle. Commercial
work, plays, comedy and pilots kept Stef on her toes for the
next year and then George Schlatter approached her to star
in "NBC's Primetime Comedy". Stefané was
a contributing writer and lead player in the ensemble.
Stefané also wrote and produced the play "Next
Stop Fluffer" and has worked on independent films such
as The Bar, First and Last, Chump Change, and Stealing Lies.
Stef just wrapped a new pilot entitled "The Strand"
with Dan Myrick (Creator and director of The Blair Witch Project).
Currently, Stefané is performing stand up comedy all
over Los Angeles. She is not your typical Mexican-American.
She combines her wit and intelligence and folds it into her
view on life as a Mexican, a teacher, and a comedian. Stefané
is currently working on her new comedy play "The Sidekick!"
which will make its debut at the end of the year. She has
performed at the Hollywood Improv, Laugh Factory, Comedy Store,
the Ice House and various other venues in Los Angeles and
the West Coast.