News, Reviews, and Praise

Thrilled to announce we’ve wrapped production on Tubi’s latest original feature film, SECRET LIFE OF A DOMINATRIX, directed by Gabriela Revilla Lugo. I can’t wait to see the final result.

Get cozy and enjoy my short film, One Last Christmas. A heartwarming Christmas comedy following four friends (and one uninvited sibling) as they celebrate their last Christmas together before half the friend group moves across the country.

Watch here.

Another release for your spooky season, watch KEYS: a POV Horror Film, my latest short film.

After locking herself out the house, a young woman waits in her car for her partner to come home, while something sinister seems to wait outside for her…

Watch here.

Just in time for Spooky Season, watch Boundary a chilling short film made in coproduction with Brayvhouse.

While playing VR games alone, a young woman discovers there may be an unexpected presence in her play area.

Watch here.

Catch me in Ford’s latest ad spot. You can watch it here!

I am beyond thrilled to announce that I have signed with Brave Artists Management, to be represented by Tom Bixby. I could not be more excited to embark on this next stage of my career and I look forward to cultivating a fruitful partnership!

Catch me as Morgan in dr. candi dugas’ play wild + free as part of the 2022 Ethel Woolson Lab series with Working Title Playwrights. RSVP for the free virtual reading here.

Catch me on the latest episode of Hey Awesome Girl with Tivi Jones. I talk to Tivi about dreams that change, fulfillment, and tuning out the noise of others. Watch here.

This show is part business advice, part life coaching, and part real talk with girlfriends . If you're looking for a show that's real and relatable but also inspiring at the same time, Hey Awesome Girl with Tivi Jones is the one for you!

Catch me as Rose Marie in John Mabey’s play A Complicated Hope as part of the 2022 Graham Martin Unexpected Play Festival. Learn more and reserve free tickets to this virtual play festival here.

Happy to announce that we have wrapped production on my first film, One Last Christmas! A group of friends celebrates one last Christmas together before half their squad moves West – but the perfect night goes south when an unexpected guest arrives. Equal parts heartwarming, comedic, and raunchy, One Last Christmas is the perfect holiday film for people who want to get in the holiday spirit and drink some spirits while they do it. Coming winter 2022 — follow me on Instagram to stay updated!

Watch me star as Zayla on Ordinary Joe, Mondays at 10/9c on NBC, Peacock, and Hulu!

Catch me in the latest campaign for Stitch Fix Freestyle, currently available on Instagram Reels. To watch, click here.

My play Well-Intentioned White People will have a virtual reading on Monday, October 25th at 7:30pm with Theatre, Untitled. The event is free and you can get tickets here.

My play A Single F*cking Retweet will be featured as part of the 2021 Black Lives Black Words showcase. The virtual festival will run from October 22nd until October 31st. For more info, go here.

I’ll be working with Actors Express twice this month, first starring in a reading of Momma! by Quinn Xavier Hernandez, then in a reading of walls by Sofia Palmero. For performance info and tickets, go here.

Valencia has been sweeping up on the festival circuit. Decorations include:

• Gold Award Winner - Hollywood Gold Awards

• Best Short Script - New York Movie Awards

• Top 15 Best Screenplays Overall - Festigious Los Angeles

• Best Thriller Screenplay - Festigious Los Angeles

• Honorable Mention: Short Screenplay - Festigious Los Angeles

• Finalist - Independent Short Awards

• Quarterfinalist - Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards (Season 6)

I sit down with Shoutout Atlanta and discuss why I chose to be a creative, Black liberation through art, and my favorite spots to eat around Atlanta. Read here.

Over the course of three Sundays, I’ll be working together with Lee Osorio at All Saints Episcopal Church on a class titled “Shakespeare As Prayer.” Together, we’ll be exploring some of Shakespeare’s most famous monologues and soliloquies and drawing parallels between these private asides and prayer. As a classically trained actress, I’m hungry to break apart this text and find new meaning in this wizened work.

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have been selected as part of the inaugural class of Dihvinely Konnecked Fellows with Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company! You can read my bio, watch my Fellow introduction video, and read my commission You Asked Me here!

I have been hired as a panel judge for Outerbox Productions' Battle of the Screenplays and Logline competition. If you’re interested in entering the competition, details can be found here. Show me your best!

I speak with Hear Me Roar Theatre about my play Well-Intentioned White People, my inspiration, and my intentions for audience members. Watch here.

I talk about my work and purpose as an artist on the #TrueColorsPodcast with Jamil Jude of Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre. Listen here.

My play Well-Intentioned White People will be read virtually by Hear Me Roar Theatre Company. What’s best yet? I’ll be starring in the production as Nia - a role I wrote with dreams of one day filling. Event details can be found here.

Catch me this February in A Drinking Game - Minnesota’s virtual production of BLACK PANTHER. My favorite Marvel movie meets one of my favorite Minnesotan theatre companies to make an intoxicatingly good time. Event details can be found here.

I’ve been hired to mentor two young playwrights as part of Kennesaw State Unversity’s 2021 10-Minute Play Festival and its accompanying class TPS 3050. I’m looking forward to meeting my mentees and spending the semester cultivating their love for writing!

I’ve been asked to speak by the Georgia Working Families Party. I will be speaking with their phone and textbank volunteers on January 5th. I’ll be delivering a speech on the importance of voter turnout for the upcoming runoff election. Let’s finish this, Georgia!

Imani's play ‘Well-Intentioned White People’ has been selected as part of the Unexpected Play Festival, organized by Theatrical Outfit in partnership with Working Title Playwrights. For more information and tickets, click here.

Imani is thrilled to be partnering with the Black Lives Matter PAC and joining their GLEAM team to help turn up and turn out the vote this January in Georgia's runoff election. If you live in Georgia and have yet to make a voting plan, you can do so here: packthepolls.org

I speak with Broadway Bound about my play Well-Intentioned White People, my intentions as an artist and my takeaways for audience members. Watch here.