Linda Maria Girón (they/them) is an actor, playwright, theater maker creating live art to inspire queer joy, empathy, and collective liberation. Most recently starring in back-to-back roles onstage at Shotgun Players’ (Carolina in BEST AVAILABLE, Betty 3 in COLLECTIVE RAGE), Lin returns to Cinnabar Theater in as Shelby in STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Feb 2025), then makes their professional acting debut performing at Marin Theater in the regional premiere workplace comedy, DO YOU FEEL ANGER? (May 2025). On film, Lin is known for appearing in queer-ky indie roles including the bi-curious ghost girl Sophia in DEAD IN LOVE; manic-pixie Portia in BFF love story GOLDEN and flirty florista Vera in the award-winning spanglish series, AMOR EN CUARENTENA. An emerging playwright, their plays include: amémonos//let us love each other (Blue Ink Award and BAPF semi-finalist) and MEMORIA DEL SILENCIO EN EL PAÍS DE LA ETERNA PRIMAVERA (BAPF finalist). They hold new play commissions from Crowded Fire Theater, Alternative Theater Ensemble, City Street Artists, Town Hall Theater and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. By day, Lin works on staff at Golden Thread Productions and is a resident artist with Word for Word/YouthArts at ZSpace and Berkeley Rep School of Theater’s 2025 Young Writers of Color Cohort. Performance and writing awards include the Michael Mansfield & Randy Sweringen Social Justice Award (UC Berkeley), the Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prize for Acting & Playwriting (UC Berkeley), Best Female Lead Actor - Golden (NAFCo Rock n’ Reel Summer Film Fest) and Finalist Playwright (Playwrights Foundation Residents Playwrights Program).

BA: Theater & Performance Studies - UC Berkeley. Lin lives in Oakland with their inspiring partner and their competitively inspiring cat.