Acting Bio
Baily Hopkins has been acting on-camera for over fifteen years in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, and has a degree in Theatre from UC San Diego. She's worked with director Joe Robert Cole (Netflix: All Day And A Night), Academy Award-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (Pre-production VFX for Gravity), Academy Award-winning director Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master), Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins, and Emmy award-winning choreographer Mandy Moore. Her films have had screenings at festivals all over the world including the San Francisco International Film Festival, Filmapalooza, Cinequest, The Napa Valley Film Festival, Livermore Valley Film Fest, and many others. Commercially, she’s had principal roles in campaigns for over 60 nationally recognized companies including Comcast, Toyota, Rocket Mortgage, Uber, NerdWallet, Roku, Credit Karma, and Visa. When not in front of the camera, Baily can be found as a Casting Associate at Nancy Hayes Casting in San Francisco. She's also helped cast national SAG and non-union commercials with Kristen Beck, Gregg Cohen, Kristen Armstrong, and Cathi Carlton, so she has her finger on the pulse of what TV and commercial directors are looking for. Going back to her roots in the theater, she's had the opportunity to perform with The Shotgun Players, New Conservatory Theatre Center, We Players, The Speakeasy SF, UCSD/La Jolla Playhouse, American Conservatory Theatre YC, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, and Masquer’s Playhouse. Baily is on faculty at American Conservatory Theater in SF where she teaches On Camera, Audition Prep, and does Private Coaching for Studio A.C.T. and Young Conservatory, and she’s also the co-founder of Soft Hold Collective, an SF directory of women and nonbinary folks in film.
Music Bio
Baily has been playing the violin for over 20+ years in all sorts of musical settings; from Carnegie Hall, to Black Rock City, to Oakland's Fox Theatre. Currently, Baily performs with the Awesöme Orchestra, Oakland Civic Symphony, and is also an original member of the Black Rock Philharmonic at Burning Man. Baily studied classical violin with Wendy Reid, Janós Négyesy (most recognized for premiering John Cage’s works for violin), Orin Hilestad, and Georges Lammam (world-renowned Arabic violinist). She's a former member of the Young Peoples’ Symphony Orchestra which was invited to play in Carnegie Hall in 2003, and the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra (music director Steven Schick). In 2005 she was the recipient of the “Most Outstanding Member of the La Jolla Symphony” Award. Baily has also hopped into the recording studio for pieces by La Doña (recorded 2024 at 25th Street Studios), and UnderCover Presents (2016, 2018 at Fantasy Studios). Other credits include: SF Civic Symphony, current Director of Communications for Awesöme Orchestra, former Music Content Editor for SF Station, and a member of the pit orchestra for YMTC (Company, Carousel, Les Miserables, Sweeny Todd, and Sound of Music) and The Mountain Play (Beauty & The Beast) in the Bay Area.
