AMAARA is the multi-media moniker of musician, actor and filmmaker Kaelen Ohm. The project began as a solo effort and outlet for Ohm’s own ethereal dream pop sensibilities. With haunting vocals, reverb drenched guitars, soaring synths and expansive percussion. AMAARA released the ‘Black Moon EP’ in 2017 which followed by THE ‘Heartspeak EP’ in 2020. The sophomore effort was featured on NPR’s ‘All Tracks Considered’ with Bob Boilen, as well as Tower Records, Guitar Girl Mag, Exclaim! and more, to positive reviews. her debut Lp ‘child of venus’ was released on july 7th, 2023 independently.

As an actor, Ohm JOINED THE ENSEMBLE CAST OF MGM+ SERIES ‘FROM’, starring harold perrineau and catalina sandino moreno in season 2. she also starRED alongside Lior Raz and Sanaa Lathan in the Netflix original series Hit and Run, brought by the creators of ‘The Killing’, ‘Fauda’ and ‘The Handmaid’s TaLE’. SHE has appeared in American television series ‘Condor’ (MGM), ‘Taken’ (NBC) and ‘Hell on Wheels’ (AMC) and starred in Charles Wahl’s award winning short films ‘Little Grey Bubbles’, the mohel and paper, which have screened at dozens of film festivals worldwide.

SITE Photography by CLIFFORD USHER, CHRISTIAN SORENSEN HANSEN AND Heather Saitz