Lío Mehiel, Award-winning Actor, Artist, and Filmmaker

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4.8 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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On this episode we talk to Lío Mehiel, a Puerto Rican and Greek actor, artist, and filmmaker who stars in the Netflix feature film, Mutt. The film tells the story of Feña, a trans man that has a wild day including running into an ex, dealing with estranged family, and the overall challenges of being a young person navigating life and transitions. Lío’s critically acclaimed performance in Mutt earned them the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award in Acting, making them the first trans actor to ever win the award. Most recently, Lío returned to Sundance 2024, starring opposite Leslie Grace, Sasha Calle, and Residente in In the Summers, which won the festival’s top honor of Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. In this powerful and vulnerable conversation, we learn Lío’s career trajectory, what it was like to portray such complex and multidimensional Latine and trans characters, and the projects and themes that speak to them as an artist. Lío is a phenomenally talented actor and someone we know we’ll see continue earning accolades. Watch them right now on Netflix’s Mutt. Tamarindo is a lighthearted show hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval talking about politics, culture, and self-development. We’re here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Brenda Gonzalez and Delsy Sandoval are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Karina Riveroll of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. SUPPORT OUR SHOW Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast Right now, you can get an exclusive 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/TAMARINDO Make sure you type TAMARINDO in all caps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6	Search for Adobe Express to find out more. On this episode of Tamarindo, we talked to Leo Mille, a Puerto Rican and Greek actor, artist and filmmaker, who stars in the Netflix feature film Mutt.
0:51.3	Leo's performance in Mutt earned the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award in acting,
0:56.5	making them the first trans actor to ever win the award. Most recently, Leo returned to Sundance
1:02.4	this year, starring opposite Leslie Grace, Sasha Calley and Residente, in In the Summers,
1:08.5	which won the festival's top honor for Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. dramatic competition.
1:13.3	In this powerful and vulnerable conversation, we learned Leo's career trajectory
1:16.8	and what it was like to portray such complex and multidimensional Latin and trans characters. Welcome to the Amarindo podcast.
1:38.5	Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a fitness coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity
1:43.7	builder. And me, Delcy Sandoval, a Guatem coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity builder.
1:49.9	And me, Delci Sandoval, a Guatemalan American licensed therapist and passionate creativity advocate.
1:56.6	Together, we're here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with changemakers, creatives, and healers. Each week on the pod, we talk politics, culture, and personal development.
2:00.6	Listeners called Tamarino, the advocacy and self-love podcast.
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