Anna Rose Hopkins is a professionally trained actor (NYU Tisch), interdisciplinary storyteller and chef.

Anna Rose found her way into the culinary arts while pursuing work on stage and screen. After 10 years in restaurants - front of house then back of house - Anna Rose began her journey as an autodidact in the food maker space. Through culinary apprenticeship and entrepreneurship, Anna Rose forged a non traditional path to making work in the kitchen.

Anna Rose continues to make work on film and on stage, effectively keeping all burners lit. She is an actor at large in LA, a member of the IAMA Theatre Company, chef and CEO of Hank and Bean, partner in their offshoot HBRD Studio, and Executive Director of LA non-profit Farm2People which she cofounded.

Highlights

As an actress, Anna Rose’s film/TV credits include High Maintenance (HBO), Orange is the New Black (Netflix), Dark Night (dir. Tim Sutton), Amos’ World (dir. Cécile B. Evans), Gregory Go Boom (dir. Janicza Bravo), and Shame (dir. Sir Steve McQueen).

As an interdisciplinary collaborator, immersive food collaborations have been produced by ICA San Diego, the Guild of Future Architects, the Rockefeller Foundation, FoodxFilm Festival, PBS, KCET, Tastemade, UCLA IoES, Rice University, Swissnex SF and the Barbara Seiler Gallery.