Lina Esco
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Lina Esco is an American actress, producer, director, and activist. Esco is perhaps most well-known for her series regular role on the SONY/CBS television series S.W.A.T created by Shawn Ryan. She can most recently be seen in the independent features DOORS and FULL-DRESS with Christopher Abbott. She began acting in 2005 with the debut of independent feature film LONDON in which she acted alongside Chris Evans and Jessica Biel. Esco's debut television role was as Jimmy Smits' daughter in the series CANE in 2007. Some of her other credits include LOL, FREE THE NIPPLE, KINGDOM and FLAKED.
Esco also helped produce and direct two PSA's for the 2009 dolphin documentary THE COVE which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010.
Her activism and desire to fight for gender equality led her to launch the largest online movements of the century, FREE THE NIPPLE. In 2014, Esco directed and starred in a film titled FREE THE NIPPLE which was acquired by IFC and Netflix in 2015. She has been featured in Time, Variety, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Huffington Post and CNN for the global outreach the campaign has successfully achieved.
Esco also helped produce and direct two PSA's for the 2009 dolphin documentary THE COVE which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010.
Her activism and desire to fight for gender equality led her to launch the largest online movements of the century, FREE THE NIPPLE. In 2014, Esco directed and starred in a film titled FREE THE NIPPLE which was acquired by IFC and Netflix in 2015. She has been featured in Time, Variety, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Huffington Post and CNN for the global outreach the campaign has successfully achieved.
