Biografi
Carla Valentine, a native New Yorker of Honduran descent, began her artistic training at HB Studios, New Conservatory Theatre, and NYU's Creative Arts Team. She has performed on numerous New York stages, including Henry St. Settlement, Intar-53, PS 122, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Carla appeared in several national commercials and had roles on the TV shows "Love" and "Arrested Development."
Her film credits include "Lady Bird," "Stronger Than Pretty," "Night of the Dead," "Gone," "Dust," "The Pill," "Amexica," "Bad," and "Traces of Tragedy."
Her Los Angeles theater work includes "Cumbia DE mi Corazon" and "La Casa De Bernarda Alba" at the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts; the West Coast premieres of Charles Busch's "Our Leading Lady" and Sarah Bewley's "Power in The Blood"; "Kissinup to Mr. Bliss" and "A Hill Too High" by Susan C. Hunter; Josefina Lopez's "The Cleaning Lady" at Casa 0101; Suzan-Lori Parks' "365 Days/Plays Festival" with the Mad Scene Theatre Company; "The Chinese Massacre" with Circle X Theatre Company; "Splendor in the Grass" with the Underground Theatre Company; and she originated the lead role of Emma in Meme Kelly's "Shout out Above Life's Storms, I Have Wings to Fly." Carla has also participated in the Hollywood Fringe Festival with "Don't Talk About It, Spit About It" by Alex Alpharaoh and "Life's A Bitch And So Am I" by Touch Brandon, the latter of which she starred in, produced, and co-directed.
Carla often performs a one-woman historical presentation portraying Biddy Mason (1818–1891), a show she developed in collaboration with the Pasadena Museum of History.
