AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS
AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS
Kristi Ray is an award-winning actress whose work as a leading woman in independent film has earned international recognition for more than fifteen years. Based in the Southeast, she has starred in over 30 narrative features and shorts that have collectively received dozens of awards, including Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Outstanding Performer of the Year, and multiple Grand Jury Prizes.
Kristi Ray has never been very good at waiting for permission. An award-winning producer, TEDx speaker, and educator; she co-founded Honey Head Films to amplify underrepresented voices and drive meaningful change in the industry.
She's spent the last decade proving that actors and filmmakers can, in fact, build their own path. Her debut feature as a producer - the award-winning A SONG FOR IMOGENE (Prime), premiered at Geena Davis' film festival and was awarded the Sundance Institute's ReFrame Stamp for gender-balanced hiring.
She's happiest on set, bringing strong female characters to life and reveling in the alchemy of building a production from the ground up. A passionate advocate for independent film, Kristi recently helped lead the effort to pass North Carolina's new Microbudget Film Incentive and co-founded Shoot Like a Girl Summer Camp in 2022 to inspire the next generation of female filmmakers. She is producing and starring in Honey Head's latest feature, JOJO AND THE FREAKS which wraps production in the early Fall of 2026.
