Alinca (pronounced uh-LINK-uh) Hamilton is a holistic creator working on stage and in film as an actor, writer, producer, and mood lifter. (M.F.A. – Acting, Columbia University). Much to the supposed delight of her Jamaican immigrant parents, she mines the authenticity of her own life to create socially relevant work that makes you laugh and reflect.

She is a founding member of Squeaky Wheelz Productions, whose interdisciplinary work has been seen on stage at Ars Nova, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Brooklyn Public Library. 

A hoarder of hypens, Alinca directed and edited the short film Black Girl Narrative, a visual poem she adapted from two choreopoems. The short showed at Venice Shorts, Lift-Off Film Festivals in New York and Amsterdam, Twin Cities Film Festival, International Black Theater Festival, and Berlin Indie Film Festival, where it won Best Artist Short. 

After several years of solely pursuing acting, Alinca decided to truly emerge herself in writing at the Sundance Collab TV Writing Program in 2021. There, she discovered the power of originating stories and building her own characters. Her writing work has been a semi-finalist for the NYSCA/NYSFA Artist Fellowship Program and Fresh Voices Competition.

A New Yorker to her core, please don’t ask her to drive or about the Mets.