Mina Tobias, actress, writer, host, and singer/songwriter, signed a record deal with Sony Music Discowax in 2019, garnering over 12.5 million streams and 635,300 listeners across 178 countries on Spotify in 2022 alone. Her covers of Smooth Operator and Wicked Game are top hits on Sirius XM Chill Radio and her original song, Come By, was featured in The CW/Netflix’s Riverdale. After growing an online fanbase of over 220,000 followers on social media, Mina became a popular attraction at top nightclubs in Los Angeles, southern California, and New York City such as; Hotel Cafe, The Coach House, Peppermint Club, Sayers Club, The Victorian, The Whitley Outdoor Theater, and Rockwood Music Hall. Across the pond, she made a big splash in London at Genesis Cinema, opening for the legendary Julee Cruise in 2015. As an actress, Mina recently appeared in Patrick Meaney’s festival favorite The Brink Of, DJ Wooldridge’s Broke Luck, Ethan Allen’s Deathwell, James Ackers’ Subtext, and is in pre-production of Patrick Meaney’s musical feature film The Many Faces of Zae Wilde as the lead.

Due to the nature of her family’s jet-setting careers, she attended schools in Santa Barbara, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York, and Connecticut. An elite high school athlete, Mina won the ‘Track & Field National Championship’ in the high hurdles, ultimately accepting an offer to attend Cornell University. She went on to become captain of their ‘Ivy League Championship’ winning team, and holds Cornell’s all-time record in shuttle hurdles. Graduating in 2015 with a degree in Psychology (specializing in cognitive neuroscience and biological psychology) and Music, Mina left Cornell having served as Editor-in-Chief of The Wastebasket, President of the Spiked Shoe Society, founding member of Cornell’s Athlete Ally, and a leading member of the Red Key Society and Quill and Dagger Honors Society.  

After her athletic career, Mina moved to L.A. and pursued a career in the arts. She polished her acting skills studying at the acclaimed American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, Zak Barnett’s Adult Intensive Workshops, and Brain Reise’s Adult Master Classes in Los Angeles. She went on to become a ‘National Songwriting Contest Finalist’ and an ‘International Grammy U® Songwriting Finalist’ for her songs Freedom and Before You. To further broaden her knowledge of the entertainment industry, she interned at the acclaimed Gersh Talent Agency, assisted touring musicians, and worked for Quincy Jones Productions.  

Along with her music and acting endeavors, Mina is currently penning screenplays inspired by her unique perspective in the arts, athletics, academics, and upbringing in the industry, with a project titled The Takedown currently in development with Les Espoirs Pictures and The Sunshine Company.

Mina is the co-founder of the mental health foundation Don’t MIND Me, and host of the mental health podcast by the same name, both created as a collaborative effort by Mina and her family to help end the stigma around mental illness and implement direct impact for those most urgently in need of health care.