Deanna graduated from Rutgers University, went on to train with Maggie Flanigan, and studied at the Actors Movement Studio.

She has been performing on stage and in film for five years and teaches acting and yoga.

Credits include Laughter on the 23rd Floor, As You Like It, and The Shape of Things.
Directing credits include the original productions of Pieces at the Public Theater and The Irish Wake at the American Theater of Actors.
Assistant directing credits include Fog, The Blessing, Stop Rain, The Sin-Eater, Blueberry Hill Accord, and Be the Hunter (Rutgers Theater Co.), the original production of Force Majeure (InViolet Theater Co.), and North of Providence (Studio 6 Theater Co.)

As a writer, her first play, Don’t Forget to Breathe, was first seen at The Public Theatre, went on to the Samuel French Festival, and was later produced at The American Theatre of Actors.

She is a founding member of InViolet Repertory Theater Company and a member of RCL Writer’s Workshop.