Biography
Briana Walden is an Irish-American actress, writer and producer. After spending nearly a decade in the Business Development and Commercial Lending space, Walden decided to turn her sights to storytelling after experiencing first hand the common mistreatment of females in the workplace. In an effort to build a platform and use her voice to advocate for equality and proper representation on screen and off, Walden began pursuing a career in Entertainment in 2016. Walden quickly began to make a name for herself in Hollywood, landing her first television role opposite Chris Brown on the series "Black-ish". She continued building her resume, co-starring on the series "Return of the Mac", "Castle" and "Bad Jobs". In 2018, she landed her first series regular role on "Oishi: Demon Hunter" on Verizon GO90, a spin off of the SMOSH Fan Favorite "Oishi: High School Battle". Soon after, Walden portrayed the lead role of Nancy in the short film "NDL: National Date League", which won multiple awards during its festival circuit. Walden was also nominated in the Best Actress Category for the role. Throughout this time, Walden began gaining experience behind the camera in a Producing capacity. In 2016, she partnered with female aviatrix Jessica Bauman and together they built the brand "FlyGirls". After gaining endorsement from the Camarillo Historical Society in 2017, they launched their annual calendar, honoring the past and highlighting the future of aviation by featuring female pilots alongside WWII Aircraft. The company gained popularity, being featured in multiple news publications including an interview with KTLA 5 Morning News. Today, "FlyGirls" has grown into an international brand, with a presence in six countries. Walden progressed in fine tuning her voice, and in 2018 began developing a new television series "Polyester" with two fellow actors, Sarah Chang Tadayon and Veronica Sixtos. In 2019 she appeared in multiple projects, including co-starring alongside Peter Gilroy and Kane Hodder in the feature film "Knife-Corp", which is set for theatrical release in 2020. In 2020 she signed on as Supervising Producer of "Los Angelez", a queer coming out Pilot written and directed by Louisa Hill. Walden continues to bring her passion and vision to her work, recently making her directorial debut in the short "Lineage", which explores the inter-generational bind between matriarchal ancestors. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her senior puggle, Brodie.
