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Sasha Eden is an Actor and Producer; she is the recipient of The Harlequin More Than Words Award for being a "real life heroine" and was selected by The UTNE Reader as one of the 25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World. She graduated from Vassar College.
As an Actor, Sasha's work has been featured on stage, television and film. Select projects include the Off-Broadway premieres of I Stand Before You Naked II, Bold Girls, Scab, and BFF; The Women's Project and The Magic Theater's world premiere co-production of A Very Common Procedure by Courtney Baron; Moonworks' acclaimed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream; Film: Fall to Rise, Uggs For Gaza, Sunburn, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers, Canvas, Tonight at Noon; TV: Law and Order, Guiding Light, Kci and JoJo's All My Life (MTV video nominee); Web-series: Changing Gears (by Christian Finnegan). She has appeared in numerous commercials, voice-overs and print campaigns since she the age of ten, and has trained at The Neighborhood Playhouse, BADA, Circle in the Square Theater School, Upright Citizens Brigade, and with Ron Van Lieu and currently with Harold Guskin.
Sasha began her producing career working for advertising giant BBDO, producing national commercials for Pizza Hut, Snickers and Duracell. In 1999, she co-founded the critically acclaimed 501c3 non-profit organization WET Productions, with a mission to challenge female stereotypes and advocate for equality. Throughout her fourteen year tenure as WET's Artistic and Creative Director, Sasha created, developed and produced all of WET's productions, programs, and events, working with celebrated writers, directors and actors including: Julia Jordan, Rosemarie DeWitt, Adrienne Shelly, Lucy Thurber, Leigh Silverman, Laura Cahill, Alysia Reiner, Brooke Berman, Sheila Callaghan, Chris Messina, Anna Deavere Smith, Paul Rudd, Abby Epstein, Debra Messing, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lauren Ambrose, Carla Gugino and others. Additionally, Sasha co-created and produced WET's award winning educational program, WET's Risk Takers Series, a media literacy and leadership program, serving hundreds of teenage girls from over 80 participating New York City schools annually. Additionally Sasha has produced celebrity performance benefits for the non-profit organizations Choices in Childbirth, and The Adrienne Shelly Foundation. She is the co-producer of the independent feature Fall to Rise.
As a Public Speaker, Sasha served as the moderator for six years on WET's Risk Takers Series, facilitating discussions with guest Risk Takers including Ally Sheedy, Alison Lohman, Keri Russell, Frances McDormand, Mary-Louise Parker, Kelly McGillis, Lily Taylor, Kerry Washington, and Audra McDonald. Sasha regularly appears on panels and leads seminars on the subject of women in the entertainment industry, media literacy, girls' self-esteem, and producing your own work, and has been a guest speaker and teacher at HB Studios, UJA, The American Theater Wing, NYU, NYMF, Wagner and Berkley College. She has been featured in numerous books, including The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom by Camilla Webster, No Place Like Home: A Memoir In 39 Apartments, by Brooke Berman, and the popular lampoon book 50 Jobs Worse Than Yours, by Justin Racz.
A lifelong New Yorker, Sasha graduated from The Chapin School and Vassar College. She is a proud member of Actor's Equity, and SAG -AFTRA, and is a member of WET's Board of Directors and the Advisory Board for The Adrienne Shelly Foundation. Sasha lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.
