Malea

Malea McGuinness (known professionally as Malea) is an American film producer, actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. Malea began her music career in opera, receiving her degree in Opera Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. She understudied and played the role of Tuptim in Broadway revival of The King and I at the Neil Simon Theatre. In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles, where she continued to focus on songwriting, recording and performing music. She also expanded her creative activities to include film work. As a musician, (under the name Malea) has recorded four albums and toured throughout the United States. She is known for her 2014 single "Give", which reached the Billboard Top 20 Dance Club Songs chart in 2014. In 2015, her song "One Hot Mess" went to number one on the Billboard Dance Club charts.She was Executive Producer of the short film Trump's America (2017), which won Best Screenplay by Peter Iliff at Malibu Film Festival (January 2018). Malea also Executive Produced the film Modern American Artists (2017) which won Best Documentary at the 18th Hollywood Film Festival.Her acting roles include an on-screen performance in the 2018 biographic film Frank & Ava, about the lives of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner