Dorie Barton

After growing up partly in Iowa and Virginia, Dorie Barton studied theater at the California Institute of the Arts and became an American actor, writer, and director. She made her screen debut on One Life to Live, playing the runaway teenage mother Beth Garvey from 1993 to 1994, and later played Tess Farraday on the sitcom Stark Raving Mad from 1999 to 2000. Her film work includes God Bless America (2011), Down with Love (2003), and Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001), along with voice-over work for films, video games, and commercials. On stage she has appeared in Sophistry, Pentecost, and Lobster Alice. Barton's feature debut as writer and director, Girl Flu., premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2016 and won the New Director audience award at the Nashville Film Festival. She teaches theater at Virginia Commonwealth University.