Aya Cash is currently starring in and executive producing the much anticipated The Boys prequel series, Vought Rising, opposite Jensen Ackles for Amazon Prime. She can most recently be seen starring in Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes’ HBO comedy series, The Franchise. Aya’s major television credits include Amazon’s Emmy-nominated, hit series The Boys for which she won a Critics Choice Super Award; FX’s Emmy nominated mini-series “Fosse/Verdon” alongside Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams, and FXX’s critical hit comedy, You’re The Worst created by Stephen Falk, which earned her 2016 TCA and Critics Choice Award nominations. She also appeared opposite Elle Fanning in the Hulu limited series The Girl From Plainville alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, in the Showtime limited series The First Lady, and in the Fox comedy Welcome To Flatch. Aya’s upcoming film credits include Reykjavik with Jeff Daniels and Jared Harris, Kill Meopposite Charlie Day and Allison Williams, and Bruton with Theo Rossi and Tony Hale. Other notable film credits include starring alongside William Jackson Harper in We Broke Up, Tayarisha Poe’s The Young Wife which premiered at SXSW, the Shudder film Scare Me, which premiered at Sundance, Mary Goes Round, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and earned her the Excellence in Acting award at the Vail Film Festival and the Netflix comedy Game Over, Man! On stage, Aya played the role of Jessie Stone in the West End production of Giant this past summer. Cash got her start in NY theatre and has originated roles in many new plays Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Atlantic Theatre and The Rattlestick. Giant will mark her Broadway debut!
(Aya Cash, photo by Heather Hazzan)