VALERI BATES | @valgalbates

Valeri is a seasoned actress, as well as a writer and director, with more than a decade of industry experience and multiple Best Actress accolades, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Digital Filmmaking & Video Production. She is currently signed in three markets: Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta.  She is best known for her role as Valentina in the Christian family feature film Vincent's Vow (available on Prime Video, Pure Flix, iTunes and more).  Several of her most recent feature titles are set to release in 2024: including the found-footage vampire flick The Night is Young; a dramatic character piece entitled Aging Predators; as well as her own writing and directorial debut Finding Joy (@findingjoyfilm), a thriller-drama about buried childhood trauma resurfacing in the form of sleep conditions.  

Valeri signed with Hoffman International Model & Talent Agency in 2010 as a commercial and lifestyle model, and she would go on to work on staff for a decade as the Broadcast Specialist, a Booking Agent, and teaching acting lessons in the Hoffman Professional Course.  Around 2014, Valeri decided to seriously pursue acting as a career and to seek professional training on a deeper emotional level.  She was enrolled in Gately/Poole Acting Studio's immersive "Acting Intensive" program between 2015-2017, which was the catalyst to help launch her career and find her niche as an artist. Through the very layered work of the Meisner Technique, she learned what it truly means to live in the moment, as well as the importance of specificity. 

Valeri's focus as a coach is to help aspiring artists step into their greatness by learning to experience each moment truthfully, to tap into their dramatic imagination, and to utilize emotional preparation.  While this more advanced work is geared toward seasoned talent, Valeri also works with new talent to impart her knowledge of the casting process and acting basics.  

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

- Casting & Acting basics

- Self-Tape submissions

- Voice & Movement

- Advanced Meisner Technique

PREFERRED AGE RANGE

- Ages 8 and older