CAST/crew

  • Gabriella Kessler

    WRTIER/DIRECTOR/ELLA

    I Don’t marks Gabriella’s debut as a filmmaker. She has appeared Off-Broadway in the new musical Rose’s War and on the final season of Succession. Other acting credits include The Beast in Me (Netflix, upcoming), Long Bright River (Peacock), The Life List (Netflix). NYU Tisch BFA, receiving the Outstanding Achievement in Studio Award.

    Represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners as a performer and a writer.

    When not doing this, she can be found singing along to Stevie Nicks and burning chocolate chip cookies. 

    @gabikessler

  • Jens Austin Astrup

    CHARLIE

    Jens Austin Astrup, raised in Los Angeles, began performing at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, receiving the Darren Appel Award for Excellence in Theater. He graduated from Vassar College, where he pursued acting and literature.

    He recurred on HBO Max’s reboot of Gossip Girl, and recently starred in Pasadena Playhouse’s Cyrano De Bergerac.

    He is currently a series regular on General Hospital, as Kai Taylor.

    He gives special thanks to his manager, Lexy Alvarez as well as Samantha Crisp, and the rest of the team at Kohner.

    @yenzss