Valerie Buhagiar is a Toronto based actor and filmmaker. She first gained international recognition playing the leading roles in Bruce McDonald's Highway 61 and Roadkill. She has been a host for The Showcase Revue and has appeared as a guest star in various T.V. episodics and several independent features. She has written and directed five acclaimed short films, several of which have been awarded major prizes at various international film festivals, leading to a retrospective of her work at The Karlovy Vary film Festival in the Czech Republic. Her first feature film, The Anniversary, won best narrative feature comedy at Cinequest in San Jose.