Carla Gugino Biography
Summary
"Carla Gugino" (born August 29, 1971) is an American actress known for her roles of Ingrid Cortez in the "Spy Kids" trilogy and the title character of the TV series "Karen Sisco".
Biography
Early life
Gugino was born in Sarasota, Florida, of Italian, Irish, and English ancestry. Her parents separated when she was two and her mother moved the family to Paradise, California, when she was four years old. Despite moving around California a great deal as a child, Carla Gugino remained a straight-A student and graduated valedictorian. At the age of 15 she was spotted by a modeling agency in San Diego and moved to New York. This was unusual as at only 5 feet 4 inches (1.65 meters) tall, she was considered too short for catwalk work. Finding the experience too much, Gugino moved back to California that summer. Partly at the suggestion of her aunt, game show model Carol Merrill, she subsequently studied acting.
Career
Gugino has starred in many films including art-house film "Lovelife" along with Saffron Burrows and Sherilyn Fenn, "Snake Eyes" (1998), "Judas Kiss" (which she also co-produced, 1998), the three "Spy Kids" films, "Son in Law", "The One" with Jet Li, and "Sin City". Her most recent role is in "American Gangster".
She also played Ashley Schaeffer in the television series "Spin City". Gossip suggested Gugino was removed after twelve episodes because Tracy Pollan-wife of star Michael J. Fox-felt her chemistry with Fox was too good. She starred in the short lived CBS science fiction series, "Threshold". In 2004, she starred in Roundabout Theatre Company's After the Fall opposite "Six Feet Under"s Peter Krause. In late 2006, she will begin the Off-Broadway play by Tennessee Williams, "Suddenly Last Summer" opposite actress Blythe Danner.
Gugino has also appeared in a wide range of TV programs including "ALF", "Doogie Howser, M.D.", "Saved by the Bell", "Who's the Boss?" and "The Wonder Years", and is featured in the video to Bon Jovi's 1994 song 'Always' and also on the last season of Chicago Hope as brain surgeon Dr Gina Simon. Gugino also frequently appears in films written and directed by her longtime boyfriend Sebastian Gutierrez, as they've worked together on several films in the past. Their latest collaboration is the vampire horror film "Rise: Blood Hunter" starring Lucy Liu as a reporter who is turned into a vampire against her will. She then pursues the vampire sect that turned her. Gugino plays a member of the vampire sect. The film was in limited release beginning on June 1, 2007.
Gugino played Vincent Chase's new agent, Amanda, in the second half of "Entourage"s third season for a couple of episodes. Gugino appeared nude in the May 2007 issue of "Allure". Gugino will play Sally Jupiter, the original Silk Spectre, in the upcoming "Watchmen" movie.
Filmography
"Troop Beverly Hills" (1989)
"Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael" (1990)
"Quantum Leap": 'Ghost Ship' (1992)
"This Boy's Life" (1993)
"Son in Law" (1993)
"Red Hot" (1993)
"The Buccaneers" (1995)
"Miami Rhapsody" (1995)
"Wedding Bell Blues" (1996)
"The War at Home" (1996)
"Michael" (1996)
"Jaded" (1996)
"Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco" (1996)
"Lovelife" (1997)
"Snake Eyes" (1998)
"Judas Kiss" (1998)
"Chicago Hope" (1999-2000)
"She Creature" (2001)
"Spy Kids" (2001)
"The One" (2001)
"The Jimmy Show" (2001)
"The Center of the World" (2001)
"Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams" (2002)
"Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" (2003)
"The Singing Detective" (2003)
"Karen Sisco" (2003-2004)
"Sin City" (2005)
"Threshold (2005-2006)
"Night at the Museum" (2006)
"Entourage" (2007)
"The Lookout" (2007)
"Rise: Blood Hunter" (2007)
"American Gangster" (2007)
"Our Lady of Victory" (2007)
"Righteous Kill" (2008)
"Watchmen" (2009)
"A Season for Miracles" (1999)
Credit
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