Susan Ateh
Acting
Biography
Susan is a self proclaimed 'mish mash of continents'. Her mother hails from Ireland in Europe and her father from Cameroon in West Africa. Adding to her truly international flavour, her early schooling was in the French education system followed by High School and further study at 'The Conservatory of Music and Drama' in Dublin. In 2007, Susan was chosen to be one of the top ten participants on the critically well received Irish documentary series 'Hollywood Trials' selected by audition coach Margie Haber, award-winning director Declan Lowney ('Little Britain', 'Father Ted', 'Cold Feet', 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa') and casting director Ros Hubbard ('The Bourne Ultimatum', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'The Commitments', 'Lara Croft'). Following the series, Susan was signed to the prestigious management company 'Vincent Cirrincione Associates' who represent A-listers such as Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez and Taraji P Henson. Susan has been involved in numerous screen roles including 'In Bruges', by Martin McDonagh, 'Following Footsteps', '50k and a Call Girl' directed by Seth Grossman with whom she has had the pleasure of collaborating with once again on 'Inner Demons'. Her TV work includes the BBC's 'Holby City', RTE's award winning 'The Clinic' in which she starred opposite Aidan Turner ('Being Human', 'The Hobbit'). On the very popular Irish TV series 'Fair City' fans may recognise her as Kim, the lap dancer-with-a-conscience who led detectives to the first illegal brothel in the soap. She has performed in many plays including the acclaimed 'Plays in the Park' also starring Ed Asner, Mark Rydell, George Segal and Beege Barkette at the Santa Monica Playhouse. In 2012, Susan wrote and starred in her first short Film 'Closer Apart' produced and edited by Pitof ('Alien: Resurrection', 'Catwoman') screened at numerous film festivals ('Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival', 'Women's Independent Film Festival'). Susan is in post-production with her second short yet to be titled co-produced with Dollkiller Films.
Known For
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
In Bruges
When mother Marie mysteriously leaves the family home, the repercussions are enormous.
Come Home
The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
INNER DEMONS follows an 'Intervention'-style reality show crew that films an episode about a sixteen-year old girl, a former A-student, who is fighting addiction but may in fact be suffering from something even more destructive: demonic possession. The movie is an inquiry into the truth about her - with symptoms that straddle the disturbing and scary intersection between insanity, addiction and true possession.
Inner Demons
When party-girl Nora is forced to move back home with her aging father, it seems life can't get any worse. But inside her childhood home the ghosts of her past begin to haunt her, until the secret she has buried for so long is finally revealed.
Solitary
Former actor Jules works her way up to the top of the cutthroat world of Los Angeles commercial real estate, surrounded by an assortment of chauvinists, buffoons, and sharks. But as she rises through the ranks, Jules begins to understand just how intoxicating dealmaking can be.
Broker
Under the public eye, a troubled detective races to solve a series of high-profile murders that are "predicted" when published online.
Gossip to Die For
An irreverent, modern, non-traditional re-telling of Ulysses, told rapidly by a succession of over 75 international actors. The film maintains the rhythm of the novel's stream of consciousness with intimate, minutely nuanced provocative performances.
The Ulysses Project
When a black teenager avenges his cousin's dignity by stabbing her would-be drug dealing sex buddy in a moment of panic, he sets off a chain of bloody events that leads to his own death.