Rena Grady
- Make-Up Department
- Producer
Rena Grady was born Rena Mamiya on November 26, 1988 in Kyoto-shi,
Kyoto Japan. Rena is one of the film and television industry's most
sought after makeup artist specializing most in glamour & natural
makeup. Rena was born to father Katsuji Mamiya, a Japanese real estate
mogul and mother Misae Mamiya, an English teacher. She has one younger
sister. Rena started her career at the age of 20 while still in college
at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. She has done makeup work for
numerous magazines, commercials, movies, and television shows making
her a household name in the Japanese film market and an emerging
household name in the U.S. Although fluent in her native Japanese
language, Rena's family expressed a need early on for Rena to learn
English first making Rena fluent in both English and Japanese dialect
with no accent whatsoever. After marrying American
screenwriter/director Willie Grady in late 2011 Rena moved to the U.S.
where she is a frequent contributor to the New Orleans film industry
and performs frequent travels to other on-location shooting. She and
her husband started her company, Leyna nVision Makeup Artistry.