Biography

Valorie started acting at the age of 3 when she dramatically threw herself down a staircase. When her mother discovered she was still alive she enrolled her in creative dramatics class where she has been acting ever since. She attended The Goodman School of Drama and migrated to New York where she spent the next 20 years. Some of her favorite credits in New York include The Crucible at The Roundabout Theatre, The Country Boy at Irish Rep, The Sweepers at Urban Stages and The Queen Bee's Last Stand also at Urban Stages. Regionally Valorie worked at NJ Shakespeare Festival, Delaware Theatre Co., The Wilma Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Missouri Rep and The Lab Theatre in Poland. Valorie was asked to be a member of the last international company to work at the Lab Theatre. She has also collaborated with an amazing range of acting professionals including John Guare, Joseph Chaiken, Toni Kotite, Neel Keller, Terry Schreiber and Zbigniew Cynkutis. Film credits include A Better Life directed by Chris Weitz, An American Christmas Carol with Beverly D'Angelo, Divorce Invitation where she plays Richard Kind's cougar wife, The Hannah Montana Movie, Smell of Success starring Billy Bob Thornton and Tea Leoni, Pennance starring Michael Rooker, Resident Evil: Extinction, Parasomnia directed by William Malone and starring Crispin Glover, Henry Fool directed by Hal Hartley, Wrestling with Alligators starring Adrienne Shelley and Joely Richardson, Gameday starring Richard Lewis and recent Hallmark Christmas movie, Help for the Holidays with Summer Glau. TV Credits include roles on How I Met Your Mother, Glee, American Horror Story, Workaholics, True Blood, 90210, ER, Desperate Housewives, Zeke and Luther, Good Luck Charlie, I'm In the Band, a recurring role on Kickin It, Huge, The Job, Missing Persons and Comedy Central's American Body Shop. Valorie runs her own company Actor's Fast Track and lives in Jersey with her Husband Gill Boyd and her dog Gracie
- IMDb mini biography by: AFT Team