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VALERIE RENE SHEPPARD SAG |
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| Dynamic | Versatile |
Thinking Actress |
| VOICE OVER | ||
| The Wheels on the Bus | Guest Star (Cat) | Our Happy Child Productions |
| Mentors for Youth PSA | Lead (Self) | Producer Steven G. Lowe |
| Unity of Tustin Ticket Line | Lead (Announcer) | Unity of Tustin School of Light |
| TELEVISION | ||
| Hip Hop Harry | Recurring Guest Star (Mail Carrier Carla) | Discovery Kids/ C to the E Productions |
| Girlfriend's Night In | Guest Star (Rotor Woman) | Lifetime Television |
| Double Trouble | Star (Angela) | PBS/WNVETA |
| HOSTING | ||
| Focus - A Special Report | Co-Host | WCET-48 |
| Action Auction | Co-Host | WCET-48 |
| COMMERCIAL | ||
| USC Promo | Principal (Mom) | Eute Rutherford Entertainment |
| Pristiq | Supporting (Ballroom Dancer) | Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Corporate Campaign Kick-Off | Principal (Office Executive) | United Way |
| Smoking Cessation - "Mural" | Supporting (Bus Stop Woman) | Tobacco Use Prevention Foundation |
| Gilkey Windows | Principal (Woman D) | Holland Communications |
| INDUSTRIAL | ||
| Diabetes Grand Rounds | Principal (MD Trainer) | Innovative Direct Response |
| Rose Hills Infomercial | Principal (Customer Testimonial) | Innovative Direct Response |
| Working With You is Killing Me | Supporting (Office Girlfriend) | Gravity Video Productions |
| Bariatric Treatment Centers | Principal (Mammotome Woman) | GSW & Associates |
| Preventing Abuse of the Elderly in Nursing Homes | Supporting (Director of Nursing) | Heartland Centers - Oak Ridge |
| STAGE | ||
| The Imaginary Invalid | Supporting (Toinette) | Patriot Players |
| The Great Nebula in Orion | Lead (Louise) | Fairfax Thespians |
| Once Upon a Playground | Co-Lead (Wanda) | Arlington Players |
| TRAINING | ||
| MBA, Marketing: The Whitman School, Syracuse University, NY; BA, Speech Communication: George Mason University, VA | ||
| The Acting Center (Current) | School for Film & Television NYC (w/Scholarship) | Professional Actor's Studio |
| 8-Week Character Development Workshop | 4-Week Intensive | Weekly Intermediate TV & Film Workshop |
| The Actor's Room (2005 to Date) | The Actor's Intensive w/Kirk Baltz | Playhouse in the Park |
| Weekly Advanced TV/Film Workshop | Professional Actor's TV/Film Workshops | Adult Acting |
| TV and Commercial Acting | ||
| Warren B. Meyers Studio | Acting Academy | Afrta Conservatory Workshops |
| Advanced Voice Over Performance | Advanced TV and Commercial Acting | Mastering the Cold Read |
| Acting for TV and Film | ||
| SPECIAL SKILLS | ||
| Expert marketer and business strategist. Experienced public speaker, host, bowler, educator, soccer player, swimmer, snorkeler, runner, horseback rider (English seat), weight-lifter, dog obedience trainer w/own Golden Retriever/German Shepherd. Works well with animals and children. Proficient with ear and teleprompter, and cue cards. Beginning level stage combat. Current passport. Drives stick shift. | ||
| RECOGNITION | ||
| 2007 Celebrity Judge, 31st Annual Mrs. America Competition; 2007 Parent’s Choice Award: Hip Hop Harry; 2007 Daytime Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series: Hip Hop Harry; 2006 Intn’l Modeling & Talent Association Competition: 2nd Runner Up, Monologue; Top Ten Finalist, Cold Read, Sitcom, and Soap Opera. 2004-05 Ms. American Queen; 2004-05 Ms. Georgia American Queen; 2004-05 Barbizon Modeling Scholarship | ||