Victoria Beltran is a New York-based transgender actress most known for her role as the non-speaking Virgin Guard in the hit 2012 comedy, The Dictator but what you may not know is that Beltran is also a screenwriter and promising talent! If only producers allowed her character to speak in The Dictator who knows where she'd be now? With visibility in the transgender community becoming a recent topic in today's society, Victoria was a trailblazer; being cast in a big-budget Hollywood film! (And you probably didn't even know she was trans!)
Despite being on screen for only maybe one minute out of the film's 83 minutes, Beltran has done numerous featured extra roles (prior and after) The Dictator for shows such as: 30 Rock, Royal Pains, Lights Out, Rescue Me, White Collar, and Law and Order to name a few!
It was only time before she went on to write and star in her own short film, (alongside handsome hunk, Dean Dempsey) in the comedy, Earle and Fat Rhonda, about a young couple expecting a child, but will Earle refuse parental duties to go off into the rodeo? The short won Best Comedy Duo at the 2015 iPhone Short Film Festival. Other awards won by the pair that night include: Best Comedy, Best Actress (Runner Up, Beltran), and Best Actor (Runner Up, Dempsey).Pictures courtesy of Victoria Beltran
