Ryan Nicole Austin is honored to make her debut at Marin Theatre Company in this fabulous production of Native Son. An Oakland, California-based actor, she has appeared in the Public Theater’s #BARS Mixtape Medley (a multimedia rap adaptation of classic literature); California Shakespeare Theater’s A Raisin in the Sun and Hamlet: Blood in the Brain; African-American Shakespeare Company’s Xtigone (by Nambi E. Kelley); and San Francisco Playhouse’s The Story. Her film and commercial credits include HBO’s Hemingway & Gellhorn and Bare Minerals foundation. Ms. Austin is a graduate of San Diego State University, where she earned distinctions as a champion track and field athlete while completing degrees in Sociology and Political Science. She is the proud wife of Michael Austin and mother of toddler Onyx Austin. She is grateful to her family for supporting her many adventures and endeavors.