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”’Valerie Brandy”’ is an American [[actress]], [[Film director|director]], and [[screenwriter]]. She is best known for her recurring role as Trixie on [[FX (TV channel)|FX’s]] ”[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]”, and for her performance as Lola in the feature film [[Lola’s Last Letter]], which she also wrote and directed. The film premiered at the [[TCL Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood as a competition feature at [[Dances with Films Festival]], and earned Brandy a Best Principal Actress Nomination from the Los Angeles Film Review.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lafilmreview.com/lafr-independent-film-awards/lafr-award-winners-2015/|title=Los Angeles Film Review|accessdate=15 June 2015|date=2015-06-11}}</ref> |
”’Valerie Brandy”’ is an American [[actress]], [[Film director|director]], and [[screenwriter]]. She is best known for her recurring role as Trixie on [[FX (TV channel)|FX’s]] ”[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]”, and for her performance as Lola in the feature film [[Lola’s Last Letter]], which she also wrote and directed. The film premiered at the [[TCL Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood as a competition feature at [[Dances with Films Festival]], and earned Brandy a Best Principal Actress Nomination from the Los Angeles Film Review.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lafilmreview.com/lafr-independent-film-awards/lafr-award-winners-2015/|title=Los Angeles Film Review|accessdate=15 June 2015|date=2015-06-11}}</ref> |
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American actress, director and screenwriter
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Valerie Brandy |
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| Born | (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990
Santa Barbara |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Director, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Valerie Brandy is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She is best known for her recurring role as Trixie on FX’s Justified, and for her performance as Lola in the feature film Lola’s Last Letter, which she also wrote and directed. The film premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as a competition feature at Dances with Films Festival, and earned Brandy a Best Principal Actress Nomination from the Los Angeles Film Review.[1]
Valerie Brandy had a recurring role in season 3 of Justified as Trixie, a drug addict and informant for the villain Limehouse. Trixie had a family connection to Noble’s Holler, as her mother had taken up refuge there.[2] Brandy’s story arc on the show ended when her character was shot by Tanner Dodd.
Brandy’s first original feature screenplay Dying with Daisy was a quarterfinalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, administered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3]
In 2015, Brandy made her directorial debut in the independent feature film Lola’s Last Letter, which she also wrote and starred in. The film co-starred Annamarie Kenoyer and Travis Quentin Young. The movie was released in 2016 after its World Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as a Competition Feature at Dances with Films Festival.[4][5] She was nominated by the Los Angeles Film Review for a Best Principal Actress Award for her role as Lola.[6][unreliable source?]
In 2016, Women & Hollywood chose Lola’s Last Letter as a VOD pick of the month.[7]
Awards and nominations
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