Person
Bernadette Santos Schwegel
Acting · Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Biography
Bernadette Santos Schwegel is an actress, writer, and filmmaker from Chicago, Illinois. She is a two-time recipient of the JASNA Young Filmmakers award, and was a member of the Chi-Local SAG-AFTRA Short-Film Series (2023). In 2024, she joined the cast of the U.S. Premiere of "The Lord of the Rings—A Musical Tale" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, later premiering the show in Auckland, New Zealand to begin the show's International Tour. Her credits include Disney Channel's "Saturdays" (2023), NBC's Chicago Fire & Chicago Med, and films such as Ghostlight (2024) and The Ladies Almanack (2017). She is a professional musician and trained ballet dancer.
Known for
Chicago Fire
Gum Chewing Girl
Chicago Med
Kyra Wray
Saturdays
Zora
Ghostlight
Additional Vocal
Debaters
Representative Yang
Darling Child
Director
Adult Children
2025
Austen's Least Romantic
Director
I Don't Speak Italian
Director
The Ladies Almanack
Joella Loy
Filmography
- 2026Austen's Least RomanticDirector
- 2025Adult Children
- 2025DebatersRepresentative Yang
- 2024GhostlightAdditional Vocal
- 2023SaturdaysZora
- 2017The Ladies AlmanackJoella Loy
- 2015Chicago MedKyra Wray
- 2012Chicago FireGum Chewing Girl
- —I Don't Speak ItalianDirector
- —Darling ChildDirector
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