Victoria Labalme

Profile

For more than 20 years, Victoria Labalme has been entertaining, motivating and inspiring audiences, providing theatrical and comedic performances and programs on communication, life balance, and creativity.

Refreshing, animated, and thoroughly dynamic, Victoria's comedic-theatrical keynotes are filled with characters, comedy, and cutting edge commentary. Her live events are interlaced with original, witty film clips, making the event a true multimedia experience.

In her interactive programs, Victoria blends her professional acting, comedy, and movement backgrounds to engage audiences and offer commentary and insight. Through this dynamic approach, she teaches content-rich communication techniques that enlighten, uplift and encourage positive shifts in behaviour. People find themselves laughing, taking risks and reconnecting with their co-workers in an entirely new way. Audiences leave with invaluable new insights, practical and applicable communication tools, and an unforgettable, laughter-rich experience.

Personable, real, and down to earth, Victoria inspires audiences to connect, communicate, and come alive. After all, you only go around once.

A veteran of the stage and comedy world, Victoria graduated from Stanford University with Honours (BA, English & Creative Writing). She later graduated from Marcel Marceau's master training seminars in mime, and from Gately-Poole's 2-year Acting Conservatory. Since 1989, she has worked professionally in both the business & entertainment industries, producing corporate videos and performing her solo shows at hundreds of comedy clubs, theatres and corporate gatherings across the country.

As a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association, the Actor's Equity Association, and the Screen Actors Guild, Victoria is a unique presence in the speaking industry. She brings together her extensive experience in business and in show business to offer unusual insights into communication, human behaviour, and the challenges faced by managers, speakers and sales professionals.

Known for her ability to blend the spoken word with physical expressiveness, Victoria has won awards for both her movement work and her writing. In 1991, she was named a Finalist in NYC's New Voice Poetry Award, and was also awarded Stanford University's URO Grant for her Creative Writing.

Additional featured appearances include: HBO's "Sex & The City" NBC News, Fox News, ABC/Good Morning America More than 30 television commercials, including a 1998 Super Bowl spot NHK-TV's film with Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel, "Finding Oneself Through Acting" Gotham Comedy Club, Caroline's on Broadway, Catch a Rising Star, Stand Up NY NYC's Toyota Comedy Festival Chicago's Funny Women Festival HBO's Workspace Theatre in Los Angeles NYC's famous Bottom Line Off-Broadway debut of Mike O'Malley's "3 Years from 30" Philadelphia's Movement Theatre International PBS choreography documentary, "Bessie" by D.A. Pennebaker HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival / GRTV Interview

For her comedy work from 2000-2002, she was managed by David Steinberg of MBST in LA, the manager for Robin Williams & Billy Crystal.

As a presentation & performance skills expert, Victoria has coached hundreds of speakers, marketing executives, trainers, and CEOs across the country, helping them increase the authenticity, impact, and entertainment value of their presentations. She has been a guest teacher at New York University, the National Speakers Association, The New School University, NYC's Professional Performing Arts High School, The Actors Institute, National Dance Institute, & JetBlue University.

Clients Comments

"We first brought Victoria into our company to do a 1-day event for our regional meeting. Her energy immediately began to inspire our team member culture. As a result, I personally hired her on the spot for 2 more full-day events as well as our National meeting. She has since done 19 sessions for Bosley, impacting our entire company throughout North America. She is fun, entertaining, light, humorous, informative, and above all, very smart. Have no doubt. Bringing her on board will be a culturally changing event for your enterprise or business."
-- John Ohanesian, President & CEO, Bosley

"Your event was the talk and "WOW" of my Zone Sales Meeting. You inspired my entire team tremendously, and we have not been able to stop talking about your program. My entire sales team got some great working tools from your program that they can take into their daily lives and make a positive and measurable difference. Saying thank you just will not cover how truly thankful I really am. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for a great day, a great experience, and most of all, a great performance that we will never forget."
-- Rob Freeman, Zone Sales Director, Starbucks Coffee Company