Lydia Castro is an actor and writer currently living in Atlanta, Georgia.
Her past projects include a web series that she created titled LIVIN’ THE DREAM, which can be seen at
She produced a Sketch Comedy Show in which she also acted, that was accepted into the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. Her comedy troupe, Friends With Benefits, went on to become finalists in the Lost Angeles International Sketch Competition.
She wrote and produced the short film, Truth Be Told, which premiered at the Reel Rasquache Latino Film Festival and screened during the annual conference of NALIP (the National Association of Latino Independent Producers) and at a panel on diversity held by the Screen Actors Guild at the New York Latino Film Festival.
She also directed and produced the five minute trailer of the documentary Dignity, about the Work For Food Program that is part of the charity Food on Foot, which assists the homeless in Los Angeles.
Bloody Snow
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Film
(Horror)
Actress Sara Snow, an awkwardly lonely and nervous girl, is being targeted by a serial killer whose thirst for death cannot be quenched.
Gold Rush
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Film
(Horror, Mystery and Thriller)
Actress Paranormal investigators from a controversial ghost hunting television show are terrorized by an evil presence at an estate filled with antiques from the gold rush era in the heart of Gold Country, California. Jaded and accustomed to staging fake ghostly encounters for the cameras, the team sets out to investigate paranormal activity when they go missing one by one. Terrified and confused, they wonder if their losing their minds, but when one team member is killed, the ghost hunters realize something is hunting them. After a series of horrifying events at the eerie property isolated in the legendary haunted hills of Gold Country, the terror escalates in a showdown that keeps everyone guessing. Written by Anonymous
La La
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Film
(Comedy)
Actress Tre McCree and his brother have their friend document their lives as they move from Texas to Hollywood to become big stars together. On their way there, they pick up a hitchhiker who happens to be a witch. She senses the innocence in Tre, curses him, and tells him that all his ambitions will fail. Will his quest for fame see fruition? Or is he doomed to be another lost actor in La La Land? Written by Anonymous
Grey's Anatomy
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Television
(Drama and Romance)
Actress A Medical-Based drama centered around Meredith Grey, an aspiring surgeon and daughter of one of the best surgeons, Dr. Ellis Grey. Throughout the series, Meredith goes through professional and personal challenges along with fellow surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital.
Livin' the Dream LA
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Video
(Short and Comedy)
Actress Life for struggling artist Bell and her friends is exactly like The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills... Minus the house, the wives, the hills and everything in between. But hey, they're Livin' The Dream! In this episode Bell and her friends are excited to watch Tony's first paid directing gig. Written by Anonymous
Magandang Umaga
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Film
(Short and Action)
Actress A CIA Agent wakes up to an unexpected visitor wanting blood.
Stupid Chicken
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Film
(Short and Action)
Stunts A Burglar enters a home with the door left open to find a humanoid duck.
The Real Basketball Wives
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Film
(Short)
Actress Add a Plot »
Private Practice
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Television
(Comedy, Drama and Romance)
Actress A spin-off of the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" centering on the life of neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery.
Bulletface
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Film
(Thriller)
Actress Horror and Revenge drive this thriller set in the sex and human trafficking underbelly of a nightmarish city where spinal fluid has become the drug of choice...with frightening consequences.
Lie to Me
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Television
(Crime, Drama, Mystery and Thriller)
Actress Dr. Cal Lightman teaches a course in body language and makes an honest fortune exploiting it. He's employed by various public authorities in various investigations, doing more when the police etc. fail to go the extra mile. So he can afford to constitute a team of his own, which like clients and others has to put up with his mind-games. Written by KGF Vissers
The Essence of Depp
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Film
(Comedy)
Actress Add a Plot »
Till We Stop Having Fun
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Film
(Short and Comedy)
Actress Willa Renee Brackett couldn't make a decision if her life depended on it; from the right outfit to the right job or even the right boyfriend. But when her perfect on paper boyfriend Jordan sets up the perfect morning of pampering, she feels like finally everything is...perfect. That is, until her best friend Caroline Pohl gets overly excited at Willa finally finding "the one" sending Willa into a whirlwind of panic and fear. Til We Stop Having Fun is an indecisive romantic comedy about life with, but preferably without, commitment. Written by Louisa Kendrick
Truth Be Told
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Film
(Short and Comedy)
Actress Actor Kelly Lopez simply wants to be told the truth when auditioning in Hollywood. She has a psychic cast a spell on Hollywood insiders so that they must unwittingly tell her the truth about what they think of her. These "truths" have Kelly begging to be lied to again. Written by Lydia Castro
Marsha Potter Gets a Life
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TV Movie
(Comedy)
Actress Add a Plot »
Passions
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Television
(Drama)
Actress In the world of power and money, the wealthy and powerful Crane family rule the town of Harmony from their mansion on Raven Hill. But behind the money are many lies and secrets. Most of what the Cranes do affects the other core families: the working class Bennets, the Russells, and the Lopez-Fitzgeralds. The wealthy Hotchkiss family cause's a lot of problems in Harmony. They are heavily involved with the much wealthier Crane family. And everyone must watch out for Tabitha Lenox, who is thought to be the crazy neighbor of the Bennets, but is actually a 300 year old with who plays god with everyones life.
The L Word
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Television
(Drama and Romance)
Actress 'The L Word' follows the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles. The main character, Jenny, is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, who moves to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend Tim and begin a professional writing career. Jenny's life is turned upside down when she attends a party hosted by Tim's next-door neighbors, Bette and Tina, a lesbian couple who are about to take the step into parenthood after being together for seven years. A brief encounter at the party with Marina, the owner of the local coffeehouse, suddenly has Jenny thrust into a whole new world that makes her question her own sexual orientation. Other friends of Bette and Tina include Dana, a professional tennis player who is shy but eager to meet the right woman; Alice, a magazine writer who has a brief relationship with a self-identified "lesbian" man; and Shane, a hairstylist who can't stick to just one woman, and Kit, Bette's half sister who struggles with alcoholism. Written by Anonymous
The Inside
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Television
(Crime, Drama, Mystery and Thriller)
Actress In this psychological thriller, rookie FBI Agent Rebecca Locke joins the Bureau's Los Angeles Violent Crimes Unit, unaware that she's been hand-picked for the dangerous job by its imposing leader, Supervisory Special Agent Virgil "Web" Webster. Web is among the few who know that Rebecca was abducted and held captive as a young girl, a traumatic experience that affords her a unique insight into the mindset of villain and victim alike. Written by Anonymous
Swallow
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Film
(Short)
Actress Lacking the grades and money for college, a Florida high school senior takes assignment as a cocaine mule.
Strong Medicine
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Television
(Drama)
Actress Dr. Luisa Delgado ran the South Philly Women's Clinic so that poor women could get the medical help they needed. Dr. Dana Stowe did medical research on cancer to help women. Together they now run a women's clinic at Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Hospital to help all women. Written by Dr. Jekyll
100 Girls
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Film
(Comedy and Romance)
Actress This sexy, teen-comedy is about a freshman, Matthew, at college who meets his dream girl in a dorm elevator during a blackout. He never sees her face, but instantly falls in love. In the morning, the power is restored, but the "dream girl" has vanished. All Matthew knows is that she lives in an all-girls dorm. He sets out on a semester-long journey to find his mystery girl amongst a hundred female suspects. Could it be Wendy? Dora? Arlene? Patty? Cynthia? Or the 95 other girls, any of whom could have been in that elevator with Matthew. Written by Anonymous
The Date
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Film
(Comedy and Short)
Actress A teenage girl prepares for a date with the class hunk only to have a fight with an embarrassing bout of gas...