Hannia Guillen engaged in an acting career at Miami Dade College. There she performed in several plays including "Falsa Alarma" by Virgilio Pinera and Jean Anouilh's "The Traveler." She garnered attention from casting directors Lori Wyman and Ellen Jacoby, who helped cast Hannia in her first SAG motion picture, Mysterious, The show "Burn Notice" and as a series regular in The Los Angeles based CBS/NBC soap "Passions" respectively. Before leaving to L.A. she starred in Lorca's "Yerma" at the Hispanic Theater Festival. In 2008 Hannia would return to Miami to star in the U.S premiere of Anton Arrufat's "La Repeticion" directed by Nilo Cruz and presented at the Actor's Playhouse. She returned to Los Angeles and was soon cast as Conan O'Brien's damsel in distress in his "Tonight Show" sketch comedy. Hannia was introduced to Bobby Moresco by Nilo Cruz and is currently enrolled at his workshop "The Actor's Gym."