Valeria Cotto

Actress

September 30, 2010 (15 years)

Orlando, Florida, USA

Biography

Valeria Cotto (born on September 30, 2010) is an American actress and filmmaker from Orlando, Florida. Her breakout role was in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project (2017). She is also known for the Backup Plan (2019), Over/Under (2022) and Paper Tiger (2025).

Filmography

7.4

The Florida Project

Jancey

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

N/A

Unplugged

Violet / Hope (voice)

Dayna flees her tour and finds solace in South Dakota's Badlands, connecting with nature and locals, healing from abuse. Her disappearance fuels fame, leaving her stranded in the wilderness she loves, saved from suicide but risking death.

N/A

Puddysticks

Penelope

Burned-out video game designer Liz joins a society of traumatized adults that meet in secret and play like they are little kids. Led by the alluring Sylvester Cromwell, each member has a dark past, a deep-rooted shame that drew them to the group, and when they feel it is their time, they share their secret and accept Sylvester's promise of healing through play.

8.3

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

Self

An interesting featurette which has some good behind the scenes footage, including early location scouting, table reads and interactions with the often near out of control kids.

N/A

She Said So

Emerson

Precocious 15-year-old Emerson is woken by her hysterical mother because her best friend Layla is unconscious and there’s an incriminating video found on Emerson’s iPhone from the night before.

N/A

Paper Tiger

Ronnie

When thirteen-year-old Ronnie gets her first period on September 11th, she struggles with her newfound womanhood as the world crumbles around her.

10.0

Over/Under

Gaby

Violet and Stella spend idyllic summers at camp and the beach. As time passes, personalities and bodies evolve in this thoughtful and elegiac indie drama about the everlasting bond of female friendship. Following the girls’ formative years from ages 9 through 13, we observe intimate details of their lives together and apart on vacations in New England and at home in California. At times, they struggle with body image, peer pressure, social awkwardness, and parental bonds. Yet at the end of the day, the girls have each other to lean on.

N/A

Backup Plan

Isabel

Fired for being trans, a devoted grade school teacher decides the only solution is suicide, but an unexpected visit complicates her plan.

N/A

Astro

Jenny

A girl visits her father as he prepares for space travel.

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