whose work blends cinematic storytelling with a taste for the gothic and the uncanny. She is the founder of Demivoula Studios, a New York based production company creating stories with darker toned narratives. Her film noir short and directorial debut Clock Shop won Best Director and Best Indie Short on the 2025 International Film Festival circuit.

She’s known for starring in and writing the short film The Urban Ghost Story: MATILDA, produced by Academy Award Winner Christine Vachon. Other notable credits include: playing Ava in the pioneering web series The Louise Log, a Best Actress award for her portrayal of Betsy in The Rise of Whore Betsy, “Sir” in the sci-fi drama Data Management, and guest-starring on FBI: Most Wanted. Her recent screen work includes The Cutting Room Floor, an indie feature starring Alec Baldwin (alongside Karen Allen and others); and The Wingers, co-written and directed by Tina Alexis Allen.

Beyond performance, Skliás-Gahan’s authorship carries an equally atmospheric signature. Her gothic tale The House in the Middle of the Street—written and narrated by her and distributed worldwide by Simon and Schuster—follows Rebecca and her husband as they inherit an old home, only to find the year changing, visitors arriving, and family history tightening into a cycle of debt, desire, and generational haunting. With prose shaped like a spell and described by Kirkus Reviews as “capturing the premodern weirdness of Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm”, her book expands her creative voice into dark contemporary myth making—an extension of the same instincts she brings to film and character-driven storytelling.

The House in the Middle of the Street is available worldwide in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. Exclusive editions from publisher Rare Bird Lit also include a video storybook, illustrated by Myles Mullen, and an abridged vinyl, both narrated by the author. thehouseinthemiddleofthestreet.com
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