Connie Shi is a queer, mixed Chinese-American actor, filmmaker, and songwriter from Bucks County, PA.
She wrote, directed, and starred in The Rebirth, premiering at Tribeca 2025. She also produced The Looming Cloud (Sundance 2024), wrote, produced, and starred in Coming (Outfest Fusion 2023), and co-created and co-starred in New New (LA Film Festival in 2021). Her passion is female-led stories that explore vulnerability, identity, and shame.
She played Detective Violet Yee on “Law & Order” and has recurred on TV shows like HBO's “BETTY” and Netflix's “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. She was nominated Best Supporting Actress for her role originating Ivy in the off-Broadway play “The Year of the Solar Eclipse”, with her song “Broken" winning Best Original Music at the 2018 PCTF Awards. Her original music has also appeared on Gimlet's award-winning podcast Heavyweight, and she released her debut EP, Our World, in 2022.
She is based in Brooklyn, New York.