Nana
Ponceleon
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT
& COLUMBIA PICTURES
Presents CLIKA
In theaters Nationwide
January 2026
Photograph by Mariana Martinis
The TALK
"Masculine and Feminine Energy is a Balance"
AWARDS
ATI Awards New Yok
2021 - 2022
Award for Acting & Special Recognition
Nana Ponceleon
My Mother’s Severed Head Produced by
Bruce Willis and The Burgess Group (2021)
Premios Arte 2021
New York
Best Actress
Nana Ponceleon
My Mother’s Severed Head Produced by
Bruce Willis and The Burgess Group (2021)
by Joel Benjamin in Off-Broadway Plays
THEATER SCENE.NET
“…the most vivid character in a cast of four wounded characters is the eponymous head (acted with fearless panache and humor by Nana Ponceleon)…”
“None of the other performances measure up to her vivid vocalizations and sense of loss,…” Posted on September 16, 2021
WHAT CRITICS SAID ABOUT
MY MOTHER'S SEVERED HEAD
By Peter Filichia in Broadway Radio 09/19/21.
“Nana Ponceleon is simply a head...”, “...and I tell you the two women in this play stand out very, very, very, very well…”
Peter has been a theater critic for newspapers, television station and online theater publications and podcasts for decades.
He is a playwriting, author of books like "Let's Put on a Musical!", "Broadway Musicals: the Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of the Season.", among others. He has appeared on television with Sally Jessy Raphaël, Phil Donahue, and on Saturday Night Live & has been on the panel of reviewers heard on the podcast "This Week on Broadway" produced and hosted by James Marino.
by Carole Di Tosti in
Theater Pizzazz.
“My Mother’s Severed Head is one that should be seen, ... the mother - the wonderful Nana Ponceleon has fun with the role- …”
Sep 13, 2021
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ABOUT
ME!
Nana Ponceleon is what happens when a corporate powerhouse meets a theatrical firecracker, delightful chaos ensues!
This “reformed masculine-energy hustler” (yes, that’s a thing) juggles being a speaker, an Integration & Synergy coach, and an actress with either superpowers or a very strong espresso machine.
Her TEDx talk has over 80,000 views, when most barely hit 10,000. Clearly, people are curious about balancing feminine and masculine energy with a little sass and salsa.
Armed with degrees in Business and Computer Science from Pace University, Nana conquered the corporate jungle at Philip Brothers (Salomon Brothers) and spent 12 years charming clients at Microsoft. Then she ditched spreadsheets for spotlights because, well, Excel wasn’t dramatic enough.
Now she’s an award-winning actress with 45+ films and theater productions under her belt. Her claim to fame? Starring in My Mother’s Severed Head (yes, that’s the title), produced by Bruce Willis at Theatre Row in NYC. Next up: the Columbia Pictures film CLIKA, hitting 1,500 theaters nationwide in January 2026.
From Microsoft Office to box office!
When she’s not memorizing lines, she’s helping people navigate life’s beautiful chaos. Nana founded Act Feminine, now evolving into WoMen (We, Women, Men), because she’s also on a mission to revolutionize gender collaboration.
She advises the Florence Belsky Charitable Foundation, mingles with the League of Professional Theatre Women in NYC and volunteers with the Isha Foundation.
Basically, Nana proves you can have multiple professional personalities and still stay mostly sane.
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