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Critically acclaimed, award-winning actress

Meet Valentina Izarra

“Izarra expressed these changes with a radiant positivity and joie de vivre that couldn't help but ripple outward to the audience. It would be reductive to say Julie Johnson is a feel-good play, but if you didn't feel good watching Izarra hilariously and sweetly stumble and fumble and awkwardly navigate these life-changing choices, then you may not be human."

New Times

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Valentina Izarra is an award-winning actress, dancer and podcaster.

She speaks English, Spanish and French fluently. She is also conversational in Italian and German.

You might have seen her recently in the romantic comedy, Finding Love in San Antonio, the Lifetime thriller, Secrets in the Basement, in one of the many commercials she’s done or in her viral YouTube video ballroom dancing at 35 weeks pregnant.

She was named Best Actress (New Times 2014) for her performance in Julie Johnson at Kutumba Theatre Project and was awarded the Silver Palm Award and nominated for a Carbonell Award for her performance in Savage in Limbo at Alliance Theatre Lab.

Valentina Izarra is also the host and producer of the Mamas Con Ganas Podcast, a bilingual self-improvement podcast for Latinas. Her motivational YouTube channel has a following of over 66K.

She also co-authored an Amazon Bestseller book titled Ignite Love.

Valentina Izarra currently resides in Miami, Florida but she travels back and forth to Atlanta and Los Angeles.

What Makes Her Awesome

MULTI-LINGUAL

Fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Conversational in Italian and German.

Can also imitate different global accents.

AWARD-WINNING

NAMED BEST ACTRESS NEW TIMES (2014 FOR JULIE JOHNSON)

AWARDED PREMIO TEATRO FOR BEST COMEDY (2015 FOR TARTUFO)

AWARDED SILVER PALM AWARD FOR BEST ENSEMBLE

(2014 FOR SAVAGE IN LIMOBO)

NOMINATED CARBONELL AWARD FOR BEST ENSEMBLE (SAVAGE IN LIMBO)

PODCASTER AND DANCER

Valentina Izarra is the host and producer of the bilingual self-improvement podcast, Mamas Con Ganas, with a following of over 70K on social media.

She is also a competitive ballroom dancer. Valentina dances the rumba, chacha, salsa, samba, jive, Paso Doble, bolero, swing, Argentine tango, bachata...