Awards and Nominations
Best Performance Award - Winner (with Ensemble Cast) Submittan Blue Planet Science Film Festival 2022
Best Ensemble Cast - Nomination Made Bed Indie Short Fest 2020
Best Performance by a Full Cast - Winner The Windphone Film Invasion LA 2019
Best Supporting Female Performance - Nomination BLOOD Stage Raw Theater Awards 2017
Japanese Cultural Award in Excellence - Winner (as a Japanese Classical Dance Performer) Orange County Japanese American Association -2014
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Reviews
"As Chase, Mia Ando gives a mesmerizing performance capturing all the inner turmoil of a mother struggling with a sense of duty and the inherent moral conflicts in the choices that she is making. Ando's facial expressions speak volumes, her silences as impactful as her bringing to life Kimura's disciplined and precise dialogue. "
-Richard Propes, The Independent Critic
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"Mia Ando quietly indelible as the apology-seeking child who emerges as the saga's hero."
-David C. Nichols, Los Angeles Times
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"Ando flawlessly balances all of this as Miko while still conveying a calm yet threatening demeanor that silently screams.”
- Brandon Long, Pophorror.com
"Of the many striking performances, perhaps none hits harder than Mia Ando’s turn as a bereaved woman, mourning her dead partner, who she knew was cheating on her while alive. Anger and loss mingle with each other almost explosively in her wringing performance. "
-Sristi Gayen, Indie Shorts Mag
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"The performance of this young woman as an AIDS victim is quite stirring.”
— Beverly Cohn, Santa Monica Mirror and LA West Media