Bertila Damas is a Cuban-born, American-raised actress. 　　Damas began her career in Miami, where she worked in Spanish-language theater while in college. She was later accepted at the Circle in the Square Theater School in New York City. There, she met Terry Hayden, who got her interested in The Actors Studio, where she resided until Lee Strasberg's death. Afterward, she studied with Stella Adler. 　　Bertila has worked on Broadway and Off-Broadway & the Regional theater scene, including her Broadway debut playing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet for Joseph Papp's NYSF on Broadway, directed by Estelle Parsons; Yerma in Yerma at the Arena Stage;[citation needed] Clemencia in Electricidad at the Mark Taper Forum; and Marta in Eduardo Machado's Fabiola at Theatre for the New City in NYC, and many other productions. She is a Garland Awards Recipient.