- María José Ovalle is a Chilean born American actor. She spent her life living between the U.S. and Chile allowing her to be fully bilingual and bicultural. She is a comedic actor, online content creator (find her on Instagram @themariajoseovalle) writer and stand-up.
In 2022 she was one of the eight actors selected (out of 13,000 submissions) to participate in the 2022 Sony Pictures TV Diverse Actors Showcase.
In 2018 she was a finalist for "Best Comedy Creator" at the Tecla Awards for her bilingual YouTube sketch comedy channel "la chilena gringa" during Hispanicize conference in Miami. The same year she wrote, produced and acted in a spec bilingual commercial as "Pau" a Latina "Flo" to pitch to Progressive, the insurance giant. Seeing that they have 8,500 bilingual agents but do not market to the U.S. Hispanic consumer, she took it upon herself to create the perfect agent who could serve her customers in both languages.
She lived in London for six years and there began her acting career - taking classes from West End pros and performing in community theatre despite having another career. María José (which is a combined name) is based in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband and three kids.
- IMDb mini biography by: María José Ovalle
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