Ryan Michelle Bathé stars as Val Turner on the new NBC drama "The Endgame."In 2020, Bathé starred in the Emmy Award-nominated Amazon film "Sylvie's Love" and CBS' "All Rise." Since 2019, she has starred on the BET+ series "First Wives Club," based on the 1996 film. Her many television credits include "The Rookie," "Empire," "This Is Us," "Army Wives," "Retired at 35," "ER," "Boston Legal" and "How I Met Your Mother."On stage, Bathé has performed in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Old Guthrie Theatre and Old Globe Theatre, respectively. She also co-starred in the musical "The Hot Mikado" at the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C. Two years ago, Bathé launched Down on Maple Productions and signed a first-look deal with ViacomCBS MTV Entertainment Group. The partnership covers content created and/or developed for television and new media with the focus on identifying emerging talent and underrepresented voices. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, an organization whose members are dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship and service. Combining her passion for helping children and philanthropy, Bathé is also a passionate member of Alliance of Moms, a membership-based program that supports pregnant and parenting teens in foster care in Los Angeles County.Bathé was born in St. Louis and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. She graduated from Stanford University and earned her MFA in acting from New York University. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.