Connie Shi is a queer, mixed Chinese-American actor, filmmaker, and songwriter from Bucks County, PA.
She 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). She served as writer, director, and producer of her latest film, The Rebirth, which is currently in post-production. Her passion is female-led stories that explore vulnerability, identity, and shame.
She currently plays 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 recently released her debut EP, Our World.
She is based in Brooklyn, New York.