Mehaa Mekala
Acting
Biography
Mehaa Mekala is an actress, singer, and writer born and raised in the Bay Area. Growing up with a theatrical background performing in plays, musicals, and dance performances, she works now primarily in on-camera storytelling. Recently she’s started in a multitude of diverse short films ranging from (but not limited to) heartwarming love stories, coming of age retellings, and wacky satirical horror comedies. She has trained for years in classical and contemporary acting methods through the teachings at many renowned theaters in Berkeley and SF. With an undergraduate degree in Psychology, Mehaa’s deeper understanding of human emotion and her fascination with the brain have lent to her intuitive ability to breathe life in characters. She believes that the beauty of film lies entirely on how it aims to influence and hopes one day to collaborate on stories that deepens audiences’ communal sense of empathy towards each other and people of the world.
Known For
Juno is a celestial being who experiences human lives by touching discarded objects that hold memories. As she navigates a mystical graveyard, touching these items, her isolation deepens, revealing the contrast between the vividness of memories and her own detachment.
Juno: The Graveyard of Memories
Years after their falling out, two ex-best friends coincidentally get into the same Uber share.
Fuck Instagram
A broody, yet clever teen is on the rocks with her long-distance girlfriend when she discovers she can touch a photograph and travel back to the moment it was taken.
After All
Dreaming of Carhartt is a playful and introspective short film that follows Soren, a wide-eyed dreamer whose obsession with a Carhartt jacket pulls him into a dream world where memory, imagination, and reality intertwine. As Soren loses himself in musical sequences and personal identity, the film becomes both a critique and a celebration of brand culture.