Gianna Palminteri

Actor/Writer/Producer, MGRP Productions

Gianna Palminteri is ecstatic to be a part of the 2nd WESTCHESTER WOMEN’s SUMMIT as the Evening Master of Ceremonies.  As last year’s host of the successful inaugural summit, Gianna is happy to continue to support WWS, it’s founder Rose Cappa Rotunno and all the women that we highlight & celebrate. Supporting women and their causes are of great importance to Gianna as is mentoring young women and actors. In her career Gianna began her production company MGRP Productions after producing and acting in her first feature Ghetto Dawg in 2002 which was subsequently sold to several cable networks.  As an Actor her resume can be found on IMdB. After Ghetto Dawg she began developing, producing and acting in several independent short films, The Obscure Brother, Tracks of Color, and the Student Academy Award nominated The Bronx Balletomane and her directed her latest short film – Blended.

Creating original content and working with young film makers became a passion as MGRP Prod became the springboard for working with & mentoring new and student writers, directors, producers and actors.  Gianna then helped develop and co- produced the feature A Fish Story, a successful film festival entry and now on Netflix. It is her passion to nurture and produce the next generation in film, tv and theatre. She was also by her husband Chazz Palminteri’s side during the development and production of A Bronx Tale the Musical.  Some projects currently in development are television series Hollywood Mom and Dream, the films SAFE  and The Club Kids.

Gianna is a mentor and teacher with Broadway Theatre Project and is the director and coach for her college consulting company – College Audition Coaching. It is with great pleasure that she joins The Westchester Woman’s Summit 2021.