Valentina Olarte

JESS

Valentina Olarte is a bilingual Colombian actress based in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Colombia with a lifelong passion for performance, she moved to Houston, Texas in high school before earning her BFA in Acting from the University of Houston and making Los Angeles her home. A Houston Press Best Actress nominee for Blackbird, with extensive on-set experience across major film and television productions in Los Angeles, she has led multiple independent films including Good Morning Outsiders, La Mano Peluda, 6 Degrees of Ella, and others.

Her voice over work includes dubbing credits for Netflix (La Casa de las Flores, Street Food Latin America, La Catedral del Mar) and Apple TV’s Echo 3, and her voice was featured on 600K Network — winner of the Cannes Lions Titanium and Grand Prix for Good 2026, a project connected to the Nobel Peace Prize honoring the Venezuelan people. She received a SOVAS 2024 nomination for Best Spanish Voice Over. Beyond performing, Valentina actively develops and produces her own work, bringing stories to life both in front of and behind the camera.