Born in the Downriver suburbs of Detroit, Valerie Meachum grew up an Air Force brat, logging fifteen addresses by age twelve. Now based in the Chicago suburbs, she's equally at home in new plays on storefront stages, musicals and classics in the burbs, and the vibrant independent film scene of "Hollywood Midwest."Audiences have recently seen Valerie on stage with GreenRoom Productions in the heartwarming musical Little Women and as Lady Macbeth in GreenMan Theatre Troupe's highly successful first Shakespeare outing.Forthcoming film releases include Rose White, Words Like Knives, and Witchfinder.When not on stage or in front of the camera, Valerie can be found in her sewing room, blogging at divababble.blogspot.com, or (when she can get into writing gear) working on a one-woman show about Pre-Raphaelite icon Elizabeth Siddal.