
Before Overcompensating star Wally Baram became the rising screenwriter, stand-up comedian, and actress she is today, she had an entirely different career path in mind: to be a cowboy. With no prior horseback-riding experience to speak of and just a love for the great outdoors and rural activities, she convinced her parents to let her attend a high school where you learn how to be a cowboy. But Baram’s stint as a skilled ranch worker was short-lived. There was no quieting the voice in the back of her head touting her other pipe dream—comedy. In retrospect, comedy was always a deep-seated desire for the young creative, but as she tells me with a chuckle over Zoom, “a woman’s whims cannot be explained!”
