Michelle Dalila Schleiffer

Michelle is a multilingual Eurasian actor/actress, performing artist and freelance visual artist. They were born in Vienna, but spent a portion of their childhood travelling around the world, becoming accustomed to various different cultures and lifestyles from an early age.

At age six they started receiving consistent training in classical music, dance and a variety of sports, before attending V.E.T.’s SHOWTIME, where they took part in numerous musical productions (playing roles such as Toto in Wizard of Oz, Mal in Villains, Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Donkey in Shrek, and Babette in Beauty and the Beast), competed at the Anton Bruckner Choir Festival in Linz with the Vivid Voices team and found pleasure being on stage for twelve years.

Through SHOWTIME, Michelle was given the opportunity to enrol at VETA, where they’ve gained additional experience doing voice work for the film “Club Zero” (2023) and participating in an upcoming music video. At VETA, they especially appreciated playing Brooke in Noises Off, King Polymestor in Hecuba and studying the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and Bob Fosse.

After graduating, Michelle plans to move to Los Angeles to pursue their acting career in film, voice and television, while continuing their freelance work as a digital artist.