Margarita Valderrama

Margarita is a Colombian actor, writer and producer based in Tkaronto (Toronto). Some backstory: she was born in Guaraní and Querandí territory (Buenos Aires), raised in Bacatá (Bogotá) and Tenochtitlan (Mexico City).

As an actor she works in voice-over (Bakugan: Battle Planet, Paw Patrol), on-camera (Mrs. America, Homemade Christmas), and theatre where she’s had the pleasure of working with companies like Aluna Theatre, Studio 180 Theatre, Tarragon Theatre and Factory Theatre on new play development. Recent and notable theatre credits include: Rochdale (SummerWorks) written by David Yee and directed by Nina Lee Aquino and she’s grateful to have been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her work in Meet Cute (Roseneath Theatre).

Margarita’s first short film Date Night won the ACTRA Toronto Shorts Competition last summer and has since received official selection from film festivals across Turtle Island. She also completed Factory Theatre’s Playwriting Unit (the Foundry) for her play One Perfect Day | Un dia perfecto and was selected as part of the 2020 Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Initiative Professional Development Program, where she will continue to pitch the bilingual series Eyes Open | Ojos Abiertos.

For more information go to www.margaritavalderrama.com

Instagram: @margarita.vald
Twitter: @MargaritaValdy