María José Ovalle

**Latina Melissa McCarthy meets the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel** ¡Hola hola! I'm María José Ovalle, a Chilean born, US bilingual actor, content creator, writer, stand-up and a PR strategist. I'm a 2022 Sony Pictures TV Diverse Actors Program alum and in 2018 I was a finalist for "Best Comedy Creator" at the Tecla Awards for my bilingual YouTube sketch comedy channel "la chilena gringa." I also wrote, produced and acted in a spec bilingual commercial as "Pau" the Latina "Flo" to pitch to Progressive—yep, the insurance peeps—after seeing that they have 8,500 bilingual agents but do not market to the U.S. Hispanic consumer. I mean, hello, who doesn't want to tap that...market?! So I created Pau, a bilingual agent who could serve her clients her customers in English and Spanish and of course, dance like Shakira. She loves her. And Karol G. Who doesn't? ***Progressive, I'm still waiting for that call. K, thanks*** I'm based in the Mid-Atlantic, but available to work as a local hire in LA, NYC and Atlanta.