diff --git a/pages/actors/@actorId/edit/+route.js b/pages/actors/@actorId/edit/+route.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e7d4e8e..0000000
--- a/pages/actors/@actorId/edit/+route.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export default '/actor/edit/@actorId/*';
diff --git a/pages/actors/@actorId/edit/+Page.vue b/pages/actors/edit/+Page.vue
similarity index 79%
rename from pages/actors/@actorId/edit/+Page.vue
rename to pages/actors/edit/+Page.vue
index b8b62b2..1ddf669 100644
--- a/pages/actors/@actorId/edit/+Page.vue
+++ b/pages/actors/edit/+Page.vue
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 			<template v-if="apply">Your revision has been submitted. Thank you for your contribution!</template>
 			<template v-else>Your revision has been submitted for review. Thank you for your contribution!</template>
 
-			<ul>
+			<ul v-if="actor">
 				<li>
 					<a
 						:href="`/actor/${actor.id}/${actor.slug}`"
 						class="link"
-					>Return to actor</a>
+					>{{ creating ? 'Go' : 'Return' }} to actor</a>
 				</li>
 
 				<li>
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@
 					>Make another edit</a>
 				</li>
 
-				<li>
+				<li v-if="!creating">
 					<a
 						:href="`/actor/revs/${actor.id}/${actor.slug}`"
 						class="link"
 					>Go to actor revisions</a>
 				</li>
 
-				<li>
+				<li v-if="!creating">
 					<a
 						:href="`/user/${user.username}/revisions/actors`"
 						class="link"
 					>Go to user revisions</a>
 				</li>
 
-				<li v-if="user.role !== 'user'">
+				<li v-if="user.role !== 'user' && !creating">
 					<a
 						href="/admin/revisions/actors"
 						class="link"
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@
 			v-else
 			@submit.prevent
 		>
-			<div class="editor-header">
+			<div
+				v-if="actor"
+				class="editor-header"
+			>
 				<h2 class="heading ellipsis">Edit actor #{{ actor.id }} - {{ actor.name }}</h2>
 
 				<a
@@ -59,6 +62,13 @@
 				>Go to actor</a>
 			</div>
 
+			<div
+				v-else
+				class="editor-header"
+			>
+				<h2 class="heading ellipsis">Add actor</h2>
+			</div>
+
 			<ul class="nolist">
 				<li
 					v-for="item in fields"
@@ -281,6 +291,7 @@
 							</select>
 
 							<input
+								v-if="item.hasDescription !== false"
 								v-model="edits[item.key].description"
 								class="description input"
 								placeholder="Description"
@@ -317,7 +328,7 @@
 
 				<div class="editor-actions">
 					<Checkbox
-						v-if="user.role !== 'user'"
+						v-if="user.role !== 'user' && actor"
 						label="Approve and apply immediately"
 						:checked="apply"
 						:disabled="editing.size === 0"
@@ -346,6 +357,7 @@
 <script setup>
 import { ref, computed, inject } from 'vue';
 import { format } from 'date-fns';
+import omit from 'object.omit';
 
 import EditSocials from '#/components/edit/socials.vue';
 import EditPlace from '#/components/edit/place.vue';
@@ -361,13 +373,15 @@ import {
 	post,
 } from '#/src/api.js';
 
+import events from '#/src/events.js';
+
 const pageContext = inject('pageContext');
 
 const user = pageContext.user;
-const actor = ref(pageContext.pageProps.actor);
+const actor = ref(pageContext.pageProps.actor || null);
 
 const fields = computed(() => [
-	...(actor.value.photos.length > 0 ? [{
+	...(actor.value?.photos.length > 0 ? [{
 		key: 'avatar',
 		type: 'avatar',
 		value: actor.value.avatar?.id,
@@ -377,13 +391,13 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		? [{
 			key: 'name',
 			type: 'string',
-			value: actor.value.name,
+			value: actor.value?.name,
 		}]
 		: []),
 	{
 		key: 'gender',
 		type: 'select',
-		value: actor.value.gender,
+		value: actor.value?.gender || null,
 		options: [null, 'female', 'male', 'transsexual', 'other'],
 		inline: true,
 	},
@@ -391,7 +405,7 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		key: 'dateOfBirth',
 		label: 'date of birth',
 		type: 'date',
-		value: actor.value.dateOfBirth
+		value: actor.value?.dateOfBirth
 			? format(actor.value.dateOfBirth, 'yyyy-MM-dd')
 			: null,
 		inline: true,
@@ -399,28 +413,28 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 	{
 		key: 'socials',
 		type: 'socials',
-		value: actor.value.socials,
+		value: actor.value?.socials || [],
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'origin',
 		type: 'place',
 		value: {
-			country: actor.value.origin?.country?.alpha2 || null,
-			place: [actor.value.origin?.city, actor.value.origin?.state].filter(Boolean).join(', '),
+			country: actor.value?.origin?.country?.alpha2 || null,
+			place: [actor.value?.origin?.city, actor.value?.origin?.state].filter(Boolean).join(', '),
 		},
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'residence',
 		type: 'place',
 		value: {
-			country: actor.value.residence?.country?.alpha2 || null,
-			place: [actor.value.residence?.city, actor.value.residence?.state].filter(Boolean).join(', '),
+			country: actor.value?.residence?.country?.alpha2 || null,
+			place: [actor.value?.residence?.city, actor.value?.residence?.state].filter(Boolean).join(', '),
 		},
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'ethnicity',
 		type: 'string',
-		value: actor.value.ethnicity,
+		value: actor.value?.ethnicity || null,
 		suggestions: [
 			'Asian',
 			'Black',
@@ -433,20 +447,20 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		key: 'size',
 		type: 'size',
 		value: {
-			metricHeight: actor.value.height?.metric,
-			metricWeight: actor.value.weight?.metric,
-			imperialHeight: actor.value.height?.imperial || [],
-			imperialWeight: actor.value.weight?.imperial,
+			metricHeight: actor.value?.height?.metric || null,
+			metricWeight: actor.value?.weight?.metric || null,
+			imperialHeight: actor.value?.height?.imperial || [],
+			imperialWeight: actor.value?.weight?.imperial || null,
 		},
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'figure',
 		type: 'figure',
 		value: {
-			bust: actor.value.bust,
-			cup: actor.value.cup,
-			waist: actor.value.waist,
-			hip: actor.value.hip,
+			bust: actor.value?.bust || null,
+			cup: actor.value?.cup || null,
+			waist: actor.value?.waist || null,
+			hip: actor.value?.hip || null,
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -454,25 +468,25 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		type: 'augmentation',
 		note: 'Provide explicit evidence, such as social media posts, visible scarring, or before/after. Avoid "it\'s obvious".',
 		value: {
-			naturalBoobs: actor.value.naturalBoobs,
-			boobsVolume: actor.value.boobsVolume,
-			boobsImplant: actor.value.boobsImplant,
-			boobsPlacement: actor.value.boobsPlacement,
-			boobsIncision: actor.value.boobsIncision,
-			boobsSurgeon: actor.value.boobsSurgeon,
-			naturalButt: actor.value.naturalButt,
-			buttVolume: actor.value.buttVolume,
-			buttImplant: actor.value.buttImplant,
-			naturalLips: actor.value.naturalLips,
-			lipsVolume: actor.value.lipsVolume,
-			naturalLabia: actor.value.naturalLabia,
+			naturalBoobs: actor.value?.naturalBoobs || null,
+			boobsVolume: actor.value?.boobsVolume || null,
+			boobsImplant: actor.value?.boobsImplant || null,
+			boobsPlacement: actor.value?.boobsPlacement || null,
+			boobsIncision: actor.value?.boobsIncision || null,
+			boobsSurgeon: actor.value?.boobsSurgeon || null,
+			naturalButt: actor.value?.naturalButt || null,
+			buttVolume: actor.value?.buttVolume || null,
+			buttImplant: actor.value?.buttImplant || null,
+			naturalLips: actor.value?.naturalLips || null,
+			lipsVolume: actor.value?.lipsVolume || null,
+			naturalLabia: actor.value?.naturalLabia || null,
 		},
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'hairColor',
 		label: 'hair color',
 		type: 'select',
-		value: actor.value.hairColor,
+		value: actor.value?.hairColor || null,
 		options: [
 			null,
 			'black',
@@ -491,7 +505,7 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		key: 'eyes',
 		label: 'eye color',
 		type: 'select',
-		value: actor.value.eyes,
+		value: actor.value?.eyes || null,
 		options: [
 			null,
 			'blue',
@@ -506,8 +520,8 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		key: 'tattoos',
 		type: 'has',
 		value: {
-			has: actor.value.hasTattoos,
-			description: actor.value.tattoos,
+			has: actor.value?.hasTattoos || null,
+			description: actor.value?.tattoos || null,
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -515,14 +529,14 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		type: 'has',
 		note: 'Excludes earrings',
 		value: {
-			has: actor.value.hasPiercings,
-			description: actor.value.piercings,
+			has: actor.value?.hasPiercings || null,
+			description: actor.value?.piercings || null,
 		},
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'agency',
 		type: 'string',
-		value: actor.value.agency,
+		value: actor.value?.agency || null,
 		suggestions: [
 			'101 Modeling',
 			'Adult Talent Managers (ATMLA)',
@@ -540,25 +554,41 @@ const fields = computed(() => [
 		key: 'penis',
 		type: 'penis',
 		value: {
-			metricLength: actor.value.penisLength?.metric,
-			metricGirth: actor.value.penisGirth?.metric,
-			imperialLength: actor.value.penisLength?.imperial,
-			imperialGirth: actor.value.penisGirth?.imperial,
-			isCircumcised: actor.value.isCircumcised,
+			metricLength: actor.value?.penisLength?.metric || null,
+			metricGirth: actor.value?.penisGirth?.metric || null,
+			imperialLength: actor.value?.penisLength?.imperial || null,
+			imperialGirth: actor.value?.penisGirth?.imperial || null,
+			isCircumcised: actor.value?.isCircumcised || null,
 		},
 	},
 	{
 		key: 'dateOfDeath',
 		label: 'date of death',
 		type: 'date',
-		value: actor.value.dateOfDeath
+		value: actor.value?.dateOfDeath
 			? format(actor.value.dateOfDeath, 'yyyy-MM-dd')
 			: null,
 	},
-]);
+	{
+		key: 'allowGlobalMatch',
+		label: 'global match',
+		type: 'has',
+		note: 'Allow this actor to be assigned to scenes automatically, overriding single-name protections.',
+		hasDescription: false,
+		value: {
+			has: actor.value?.isGlobal || null,
+		},
+	},
+]
+	.filter((field) => (actor.value ? true : ['name', 'gender'].includes(field.key)))
+	.map((field) => ({
+		...field,
+		forced: true,
+	})));
 
-const editing = ref(new Set());
+const editing = ref(new Set(actor.value ? [] : ['name', 'gender']));
 const edits = ref(Object.fromEntries(fields.value.map((field) => [field.key, field.value])));
+const creating = !actor.value;
 const comment = ref(null);
 const apply = ref(user.role !== 'user');
 const submitting = ref(false);
@@ -609,13 +639,54 @@ const groupMap = {
 	weight: 'size',
 };
 
+async function submitCreate() {
+	submitting.value = true;
+
+	try {
+		const newActor = {
+			actor: Object.fromEntries(Array.from(['name', 'gender']).flatMap((key) => {
+				if (!edits.value[key]) {
+					throw new Error(`Missing ${key}`);
+				}
+
+				if (edits.value[key] && typeof edits.value[key] === 'object' && !Array.isArray(edits.value[key])) {
+					return Object.entries(edits.value[key]).map(([valueKey, value]) => [keyMap[key]?.[valueKey] || valueKey, value]);
+				}
+
+				return [[key, edits.value[key]]];
+			})),
+			comment: comment.value,
+		};
+
+		const { actor: createdActor } = await post('/actors', newActor, {
+			successFeedback: 'Actor has been added.',
+			appendErrorMessage: true,
+		});
+
+		actor.value = createdActor;
+	} catch (error) {
+		events.emit('feedback', {
+			type: 'error',
+			message: error.message,
+		});
+	}
+
+	submitting.value = false;
+	submitted.value = true;
+}
+
 async function submit() {
+	if (!actor.value) {
+		submitCreate();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	try {
 		submitting.value = true;
 
 		await post('/revisions/actors', {
 			actorId: actor.value.id,
-			edits: {
+			edits: omit({
 				...Object.fromEntries(Array.from(editing.value).flatMap((key) => {
 					if (edits.value[key] && typeof edits.value[key] === 'object' && !Array.isArray(edits.value[key])) {
 						return Object.entries(edits.value[key]).map(([valueKey, value]) => [keyMap[key]?.[valueKey] || valueKey, value]);
@@ -629,15 +700,16 @@ async function submit() {
 					penisLength: penisUnits.value === 'imperial' ? edits.value.penis.imperialLength : edits.value.penis.metricLength,
 					penisGirth: penisUnits.value === 'imperial' ? edits.value.penis.imperialGirth : edits.value.penis.metricGirth,
 				}).filter(([key]) => editing.value.has(groupMap[key] || key))),
-				metricHeight: undefined,
-				metricWeight: undefined,
-				imperialHeight: undefined,
-				imperialWeight: undefined,
-				metricLength: undefined,
-				metricGirth: undefined,
-				imperialLength: undefined,
-				imperialGirth: undefined,
-			},
+			}, [
+				'metricHeight',
+				'metricWeight',
+				'imperialHeight',
+				'imperialWeight',
+				'metricLength',
+				'metricGirth',
+				'imperialLength',
+				'imperialGirth',
+			]),
 			sizeUnits: sizeUnits.value,
 			figureUnits: figureUnits.value,
 			penisUnits: penisUnits.value,
diff --git a/pages/actors/edit/+onBeforeRender.js b/pages/actors/edit/+onBeforeRender.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62f1c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/actors/edit/+onBeforeRender.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { redirect } from 'vike/abort'; /* eslint-disable-line import/extensions */
+
+import { fetchActorsById } from '#/src/actors.js';
+import { fetchCountries } from '#/src/countries.js';
+
+export async function onBeforeRender(pageContext) {
+	if (!pageContext.user) {
+		throw redirect(`/login?r=${encodeURIComponent(pageContext.urlOriginal)}`);
+	}
+
+	const [actor] = pageContext.routeParams.actorId
+		? await fetchActorsById([Number(pageContext.routeParams.actorId)], {}, pageContext.user)
+		: [];
+
+	const countries = await fetchCountries();
+
+	/*
+	if (!actor) {
+		throw render(404, `Cannot find actor '${pageContext.routeParams.actorId}'.`);
+	}
+	*/
+
+	return {
+		pageContext: {
+			title: actor
+				? `Editing '${actor.name}'`
+				: 'Adding actor',
+			pageProps: {
+				actor,
+				countries,
+			},
+		},
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pages/actors/edit/+route.js b/pages/actors/edit/+route.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f7ccdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/actors/edit/+route.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// export default '/actor/edit/@actorId/*';
+// import { redirect } from 'vike/abort'; /* eslint-disable-line import/extensions */
+import { match } from 'path-to-regexp';
+
+const path = '/actor/(edit|new)/:actorId?/:actorSlug?';
+const urlMatch = match(path, { decode: decodeURIComponent });
+
+export default (pageContext) => {
+	const matched = urlMatch(pageContext.urlPathname);
+
+	if (matched) {
+		return {
+			routeParams: matched.params.actorId ? {
+				actorId: matched.params.actorId,
+			} : {},
+		};
+	}
+
+	return false;
+};
diff --git a/src/actors.js b/src/actors.js
index abb0e2c..2996352 100644
--- a/src/actors.js
+++ b/src/actors.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { differenceInYears } from 'date-fns';
 import { unit } from 'mathjs';
 import { MerkleJson } from 'merkle-json';
 import moment from 'moment';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import omit from 'object.omit';
 import convert from 'convert';
 import unprint from 'unprint';
@@ -521,6 +522,27 @@ export async function fetchActors(filters, rawOptions, reqUser) {
 	};
 }
 
+function curateActorEntry(actor, context) {
+	return {
+		name: actor.name,
+		slug: slugify(actor.name),
+		entry_id: nanoid(), // allows for manual creation of multiple actors with the same name
+		gender: actor.gender,
+		comment: context?.comment,
+	};
+}
+
+export async function createActor(newActor, context, reqUser) {
+	if (!reqUser || reqUser.role === 'user') {
+		throw new HttpError('You are not permitted to create actors', 403);
+	}
+
+	const curatedActorEntry = curateActorEntry(newActor, context);
+	const [actorEntry] = await knex('actors').insert(curatedActorEntry).returning('*');
+
+	return curateActor(actorEntry);
+}
+
 export async function fetchActorRevisions(revisionId, filters = {}, reqUser) {
 	const limit = filters.limit || 50;
 	const page = filters.page || 1;
diff --git a/src/web/actors.js b/src/web/actors.js
index b8d8bec..788bc2c 100644
--- a/src/web/actors.js
+++ b/src/web/actors.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import Router from 'express-promise-router';
+import omit from 'object.omit';
 
 import {
 	fetchActors,
 	fetchActorsById,
+	createActor,
 	fetchActorRevisions,
 	createActorRevision,
 	reviewActorRevision,
@@ -169,6 +171,12 @@ export async function fetchActorsByIdGraphql(query, _req, _info) {
 	return curatedActors[0];
 }
 
+export async function createActorApi(req, res) {
+	const actor = await createActor(req.body.actor, omit(req.body, ['actor']), req.user);
+
+	res.send({ actor });
+}
+
 async function fetchActorRevisionsApi(req, res) {
 	const revisions = await fetchActorRevisions(Number(req.params.revisionId) || null, req.query, req.user);
 
@@ -190,6 +198,7 @@ async function reviewActorRevisionApi(req, res) {
 export const actorsRouter = Router();
 
 actorsRouter.get('/api/actors', fetchActorsApi);
+actorsRouter.post('/api/actors', createActorApi);
 
 actorsRouter.get('/api/revisions/actors', fetchActorRevisionsApi);
 actorsRouter.get('/api/revisions/actors/:revisionId', fetchActorRevisionsApi);