American actress based in LA. Recent graduate of UCLA's School of Theatre, Film and Television. Trained professionally in ballet and contemporary dance (Merce Cunningham Dance Studio New York), and graduated with highest honors from the University of Oxford. Long began her acting career in Japan with the Seinendan Theatre Company. Her first film role was in "Hospitalite" by Fukada Koji, which won awards at the Tokyo International Film Festival and Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival. She went on to star in "Sayonara" by Fukada Koji, based on the play by the same name, in which she acted opposite a real android robot. "Sayonara" premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival and IFF Rotterdam, and was released in cinemas in Japan and France to critical acclaim. Long is the first foreign actress to have appeared on stage in Japan both in contemporary theatre and in Yoshimoto's "Shinkigeki", a popular form of Japanese sketch comedy. She is fluent in French, German, English and Japanese, and has performed on stage across Asia, Europe, North America and Australia.
