On June 10, 2025, comedian and actress Wally Baram shared a distressing account involving her mother, who was struck in the head by a rubber bullet during peaceful protests in Los Angeles. The demonstrations erupted in response to immigration raids authorized by U.S. President Donald Trump, which targeted Latino-heavy neighborhoods, per BBC reports.
Wally Baram, a 22-year-old artist of Mexican-Syrian heritage, began her journey in entertainment as a stand-up comic, appearing on major platforms such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. She later ventured into screenwriting and currently stars in Amazon Prime Video’s Overcompensating.
Taking to her Instagram stories on Tuesday, Wally revealed that her 70-year-old mother sustained a head injury after being hit by a rubber bullet, turning what had been a nonviolent demonstration into a chaotic scene. She posted a graphic photo of her mother’s injury.
“Warning, next story graphic. They hit my mom—70-year-old Mexican woman—in the back of the head with a rubber bullet. If there’s ever evidence they are bringing violence to peaceful protest,” Wally wrote.
She assured followers that her mother received immediate medical attention and even returned to protest the following day. Responding to critics who questioned her mother’s presence at the rally, Wally replied with humor:
“A lot of people asking me, why is a 70-year-old woman (my mother) at a protest? Fwiw a lot of you are new here and don’t know I have an absurdly hot mom, she has abs, does a ton of salsa, it’s like a whole thing. I told her people thought she was too old to protest and she said, ‘I boutta be out here getting sooo many more smooches than them even with a little chunk of head missing.’”
More about Wally Baram
In a May 15, 2025 interview with Elle, Wally reflected on her childhood dream of becoming a cowgirl. That changed when she realized horse riding wasn’t for her:
“My body’s clearly not built for lifting and riding, and my legs don’t fit around a horse quite so much.”
Wally took a gap year before college to explore stand-up, screenwriting, and acting. Her plan was to fall back on economics if things didn’t work out. After starting college, she dropped out a year and a half later to pursue writing full-time.
Her early credits include writing on the 2023 series Shrinking and the 2019 comedy What We Do in the Shadows. She later joined the writers’ room of Overcompensating, where she was also cast as the character Carmen.
In a Marie Claire interview (May 2025), Wally shared how naturally she connected with Carmen’s role. Series creator Benito Skinner reportedly told her, “You are kind of this girl.”
“I related to her so much that when I had my meeting with Benny over writing, he was like, ‘You are kind of this girl.’ When Benny told me, ‘I want it to be you,’ my mind was tremendously blown. Even now, I’m still like, What the heck?”
Speaking with Vanity Fair on May 22, 2025, Wally elaborated on how closely Carmen’s awkward, heartfelt personality mirrored her own:
“This curly-, frizzy-haired girl from New Jersey who’s awkward and can’t seem to do the same social sparring that people do to establish themselves in a community. She wants to be a part of something so badly. So much of my life was overcompensating romantically – not even successfully. I just wanted to be loved.”
Overcompensating premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 15, 2025. The eight-episode comedy-drama centers around Benny, a college football player, as he navigates life, love, and identity.
