Talley LaFlamme

Talley Laflamme was born Talley Jo Combs in Purcell, Oklahoma. In 1989, she moved to Conway, Arkansas. She attended Conway High School, and she was active in Drama Club, Literary Magazine, and was a majorette in the marching band. It was in Drama Club where she went to New York City for a club trip, and it was on this trip she fell in love with performing arts. She attended the University of Central Arkansas. At UCA, she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1998, and she was selected to be a Russian Linguist. After separating from the Army for parenthood, she worked at various agencies in the Department of Defense. Additionally, she completed a Master of Arts in International Relations and Security Policy from St. Mary's University in San Antonio. She also served in the Navy Reserve as a Russian and Spanish linguist, and she held the rank of CTI3 (Crytpologic Technician- Interpretive). She also holds an Associate of Arts in Russian from the Defense Language Institute. After working as a seamstress on a local short film, she rekindled her love for performing and enrolled in a local acting school. And it was after being passed over for a government position she decided to actively pursue acting in the Southeast U.S. Aside from her home city of Huntsville, AL, she has worked on film and TV projects in Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, Nashville, Knoxville, TN and even Orlando, Florida. She also performs live in a nation-wide dinner murder mystery company. She is married to Roland, who is also an Army vet. She has two sons, Jeremiah and JohnMichael, as well as a stepdaughter, Kari, and a godson, Malachi. She loves giant fighting robots, Star Wars, International Relations, pugs and being a mother.