Alba

Alba was born in Brooklyn, New York to Brazilian and Italian parents with a multi-cultural heritage. At the age of six, she was chosen to display her art at the Art Exhibit Salute for Creative Youth in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York and the storytelling champion of her district. Alba is a graduate of the Sanford Meisner Conservatory programs in New York City, she trained with William Esper 2001-2005, Maggie Flanigan 2007-2010 and Terry Knickerbocker 2020. She studied classical theater at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, Shakespeare at The New School in New York and at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum with Ellen Geer in Los Angeles. She trained with Alec Baldwin at South Hampton College. She is a graduate of The Actors Movement Studio program and is a tango and flamenco dancer.

2004 Graduate of The William Esper Studio in New York City.Trained with William Esper.

New York City: In a show called Tangle. Grant given by the 9/11 Fund to support lower Manhattan. [September 2006]

2010 Graduate from The Maggie Flanigan Conservatory. Trained with Maggie Flanigan.

While in New York, she created and performed her character in the Off-Broadway show, Sleep No More from 2011-2017. She wrote the book and lyrics and is the creator, writer, and lead actor in the Off-Broadway immersive musical, Serenade, which was featured in The New York Times and The New York Times Explorer.

Alba's muse is Edgar Allan Poe She creates theater and films based on Poe's works and wrote a TV series inspired by his characters. In 2019, she played Edgar Allan Poe in a one woman show called The Raven, which was an official selection of Lincoln Center's New York Film Festival. She was credited as Ava Lee Scott.

Performed in Snowpiercer (2020) live virtual premiere.