Name : Carla Gugino
Birth Name : Carla N. Gugino
Date of Birth : 29 August 1971
Place of Birth : Sarasota, Florida, USA
Height : 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Zodiac Sign : Virgo
Profession : Actor, model, producer
Occupation : Actress
Years active : 1988–present
Partner : Sebastian Gutierrez
FAMILY
Aunt : Carol Merrill. Former spokesmodel for the TV game show Let s Make a Deal during its original run from 1963-1977
Father : Carl Gugino. Divored Carla s mother when she was two
BIOGRAPHY
she is looming in a frothy radio humerous entertainment or an heated movie drama, Carla Gugino creates engaging and plausible characters. A local of Sarasota, FL, Gugino outlayed many of her girl being shuttled by her mom to assorted locations in California. At age 15, she and her mom were vital in San Diego, when Gugino was assured to try a displaying career in New York City. She succeeded, though shortly found the quick gait of high-fashion displaying as well most for her and changed to Los Angeles, where she took recommendation from an aunt, indication Carol Merril, most appropriate well known for her work upon Let’s Make a Deal diversion show, and enrolled in behaving classes to investigate underneath fool around manager Gene Bua. Gugino fast found her job as an singer and she threw herself in to her studies. Because she was so young, her mom insisted which Gugino investigate usually 6 months in Los Angeles and afterwards lapse to San Diego. Just prior to the time duration ended, Gugino done her movie entrance in the humerous entertainment Troop Beverly Hills (1986). More facilities followed, until she got her initial ancillary vital role, which of Norma in the Robert De Niro/Leonardo Di Caprio fool around This Boy’s Life (1993). Her subsequent co-starring purpose came in Miami Rhapsody (1995). Gugino interrupted her movie career to fool around a co-starring purpose upon the Michael J. Fox sitcom Spin City. She found she longed for operative in drive-in theatre and left the series. Her alternative radio credits embody the British miniseries The Buccaneers and radio cinema for the HBO and Showtime wire networks. As her movie career progressed, Gugino kept alighting increasingly tasty roles. In 1998, she starred conflicting Nicolas Cage in Brian De Palma’s movement thriller Snake Eyes. Later following with purposes in both Spy Kids and The One (both 2001), Gugino one after another to benefit far-reaching exposure. Subsequently proof she had what it takes to disturb in the dual Spy Kids sequels, Gugino was after expel as the eponymous impression in the 2003 action/crime hybrid array Karen Sisco. Based upon the impression creatively essayed by Jennifer Lopez in the 1998 Steven Soderbergh movie Out of Sight, the uncover followed the exploits of a difficult though voluptuous US Marshal as she chased fugitives along Miami’s Gold Coast. That same year Gugino could additionally be speckled in a duel purpose in executive Keith Gordon’s The Singing Detective.
CAREER
Gugino's television work during the late 1980s and early 1990s includes appearances on Saved by the Bell, Who's the Boss?, ALF, Doogie Howser, M.D. and The Wonder Years.
Gugino co-starred with Pauly Shore in the 1992 romantic comedy film Son in Law. She subsequently appeared in the video to Bon Jovi's 1994 song "Always".
After playing Michael J. Fox's love interest, Ashley Schaeffer, during the first season of the sitcom Spin City in 1996, appeared in the 1997 art-house film Lovelife. Her 1998 film work includes co-starring with Nicolas Cage in Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes, and appearing in Judas Kiss, which she also co-produced. She appeared in as Dr. Gina Simon during the 1999-2000 final season of Chicago Hope.
In 2001, she appeared as family matriarch Ingrid Cortez in the first Spy Kids film by director Robert Rodriguez (as well as that film's two sequels in 2002 and 2003). That same year she appeared as Jet Li's love interest in the martial arts action thriller The One.
She starred in two short-lived TV series, the ABC crime drama Karen Sisco in 2003, and the CBS science fiction series Threshold in 2005 on CBS. That same year, Gugino appeared as Lucille in the feature film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, Sin City. The following year, she appeared in Night at the Museum.
Gugino appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company play After the Fall opposite Six Feet Under's Peter Krause. In late 2006, she began the Off-Broadway play by Tennessee Williams, Suddenly Last Summer opposite actress Blythe Danner.
Gugino appeared as Amanda, Vincent Chase's agent, in a dozen episodes of the cable television series Entourage. Gugino appeared nude in the May 2007 issue of Allure. That same year she appeared in the feature film American Gangster. The following year, she played the female lead in the serial killer thriller Righteous Kill, opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Gugino starred in Chicago's Goodman Theater production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms from January 17 to February 17, 2009, in the role of Abby. Charles Isherood of The New York Times praised Gugino's performance, saying, "Ms. Gugino displays a depth and range of expression that I cannot imagine any other actress achieving with such blazing honesty and wrenching truth. She is simply magnificent." During the first three months of 2009, three feature films premiered featuring Gugino: the thriller The Unborn, the feature film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, Watchmen, in which Gugino played Sally Jupiter, and the adventure remake Race to Witch Mountain, in which she starred opposite Dwayne Johnson. That April, she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actress In a Play for her performance in Desire Under the Elms. Later in November of that year, she appeared as pornographic actress Elektra Luxx in the comedy film Women in Trouble.
Gugino co-starred with Pauly Shore in the 1992 romantic comedy film Son in Law. She subsequently appeared in the video to Bon Jovi's 1994 song "Always".
After playing Michael J. Fox's love interest, Ashley Schaeffer, during the first season of the sitcom Spin City in 1996, appeared in the 1997 art-house film Lovelife. Her 1998 film work includes co-starring with Nicolas Cage in Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes, and appearing in Judas Kiss, which she also co-produced. She appeared in as Dr. Gina Simon during the 1999-2000 final season of Chicago Hope.
In 2001, she appeared as family matriarch Ingrid Cortez in the first Spy Kids film by director Robert Rodriguez (as well as that film's two sequels in 2002 and 2003). That same year she appeared as Jet Li's love interest in the martial arts action thriller The One.
She starred in two short-lived TV series, the ABC crime drama Karen Sisco in 2003, and the CBS science fiction series Threshold in 2005 on CBS. That same year, Gugino appeared as Lucille in the feature film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, Sin City. The following year, she appeared in Night at the Museum.
Gugino appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company play After the Fall opposite Six Feet Under's Peter Krause. In late 2006, she began the Off-Broadway play by Tennessee Williams, Suddenly Last Summer opposite actress Blythe Danner.
Gugino appeared as Amanda, Vincent Chase's agent, in a dozen episodes of the cable television series Entourage. Gugino appeared nude in the May 2007 issue of Allure. That same year she appeared in the feature film American Gangster. The following year, she played the female lead in the serial killer thriller Righteous Kill, opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Gugino starred in Chicago's Goodman Theater production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms from January 17 to February 17, 2009, in the role of Abby. Charles Isherood of The New York Times praised Gugino's performance, saying, "Ms. Gugino displays a depth and range of expression that I cannot imagine any other actress achieving with such blazing honesty and wrenching truth. She is simply magnificent." During the first three months of 2009, three feature films premiered featuring Gugino: the thriller The Unborn, the feature film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, Watchmen, in which Gugino played Sally Jupiter, and the adventure remake Race to Witch Mountain, in which she starred opposite Dwayne Johnson. That April, she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actress In a Play for her performance in Desire Under the Elms. Later in November of that year, she appeared as pornographic actress Elektra Luxx in the comedy film Women in Trouble.
Milestones
1976 Moved to California with mother at age six
1986 Began modeling at age 15
1989 Was a regular on the CBS primetime serial Falcoln Crest
1989 Film debut in Troop Beverly Hills
1992 TV-movie debut, Murder Without Motive (NBC)
1993 First lead role in a feature film, Son-in-Law
1995 Played Sarah Jessica Parker s unhappily married younger sister in the comedy, Miami Rhapsody
1996 Acted in the fantasy feature, Michael
1996 Played Ashley Schaeffer in the first season of Spin City (ABC); left after several episodes, when show was revamped
1998 Cast opposite Nicolas Cage in Snake Eyes
1998 Produced and co-starred in Judas Kiss (aired on Cinemax in USA in lieu of a theatrical release before its debut on video)
1999 Joined the cast of Chicago Hope (CBS) as Dr. Gina Simon
1999 Headlined the Hallmark Hall of Fame production, A Season for Miracles (CBS)
2001 Co-starred with Antonio Banderas as a married couple who happen to be retired spies in Spy Kids
2001 Played the wife of Jet Li in the action film, The One
2002 Co-starred with and directed by Frank Whaley in The Jimmy Show
2002 Reunited with Banderas for Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dream
2003 Cast as the titled character in the drama series Karen Sisco (ABC)
2003 Rejoined the Spy Kids crew for the trilogy, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
2004 Appeared on Broadway in Arthur Miller s After the Fall as the naive, doomed sexpot based on Miller s ex-wife Marilyn Monroe
2005 Cast as a parole officer in Frank Miller s noir thriller, Sin City ; co-directed by Miller and Robert Rodriguez
2006 Cast opposite Ben Stiller in the action-adventure-comedy, Night at the Museum
2007 Joined the fourth season of the HBO series, Entourage playing Vince s new agent
2007 Played Russell Crowe s estranged wife in Ridley Scott s American Gangster
2008 Appeared opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the Jon Avnet-directed, Righteous Kill
2009 Played a discredited astrophysicist, opposite Dwayne Johnson in Race to Witch Mountain
2009 Portrayed Sally Jupiter, the original Silk Spectre, in the film adaptation of Watchmen
2009 Starred in Chicago s Goodman Theater production of Eugene O Neill s Desire Under the Elms
Spent part of her childhood living in a teepee in Northern California with her mom
FILMS & TELEVISION SERIES
I Melt With You (2011)
Actor
Film
Sucker Punch (2011)
Actor
Film
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) -Dr. Alex Friedman
Actor
Film
Watchmen ( 2009) -Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre
Actor
Film
The Unborn (2009) -Janet Beldon
Actor
Film
Righteous Kill (2008) -Karen Corelli
Actor
Film
American Gangster (2007) -Laurie Roberts
Actor
Film
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007) -Eve
Actor
Film
Even Money (2007) -Veronica
Actor
Film
The Lookout (2007) -Janet
Actor
Film
Night at the Museum (2006) -Rebecca
Actor
Film
Sin City (2005) -Lucille
Actor
Film
The Singing Detective (2003) -Betty Dark, Hooker
Actor, Actor
Film
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) -Ingrid Cortez
Actor
Film
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) -Ingrid Cortez
Actor
Film
The Jimmy Show (2002) -Annie
Actor
Film
The One (2001) -Massie, T.K., Walsh
Actor, Actor, Actor
Film
The Center of the World (2001) -Jerri
Actor
Film
Spy Kids (2001) -Ingrid Cortez
Actor
Film
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) -Young Roxy
Actor
Film
Troop Beverly Hills (1989) -Chica Barnfell
Actor
Film
A Season For Miracles -Emilie Dalton
Actor
Film
Every Day
Actor
Film
A Season for Miracles -Emilie
Actor
TV
Chicago Hope -Dr. Gina Simon
Actor
TV
Team Play (1999) -Dr. Gina Simon
Actor
TV Episode
Doogie Howser, M.D. -Sarah
Actor
TV
Entourage (2007) -Amanda
Actor
TV
Return of the King (2007) -Amanda
Actor
TV Episode
Gotcha! (2007) -Amanda
Actor
TV Episode
Manic Monday (2007) -Amanda
Actor
TV Episode
Dog Day Afternoon (2007) -Amanda
Actor
TV Episode
Less Than 30 (2007) -Amanda
Actor
TV Episode
Karen Sisco 2003-2004 -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV
He Was a Friend of Mine (2004) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
No One's Girl (2004) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
Nobody's Perfect (2003) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
Dear Derwood... (2003) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
Nostalgia (2003) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
Justice (2003) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
The One That Got Away (2003) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
Dumb Bunnies (2003) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
Blown Away (2003) -Karen Sisco
Actor
TV Episode
Motorcycle Gang -Leann
Actor
TV
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story -Allison Connors
Actor
TV
Quantum Leap -Michelle
Actor
TV
She Creature -Lily
Actor
TV
Spin City 1996-1999 -Ashley Schaeffer
Actor
TV
Klumageddon (1999) -Ashley Schaeffer
Actor
TV Episode
Klumageddon (1999) -Ashley Schaeffer
Actor
TV Episode
Bye Bye Love (1996) -Ashley Schaeffer
Actor
TV Episode
Women in Trouble (2009) -Elektra Luxx
Actor
Film
Snake Eyes (1998) -Julia Costello
Actor
Film
Lovelife (1998) -Amy
Actor
Film
Wedding Bell Blues (1997)
Actor
Film
The War at Home (1996) -Melissa
Actor
Film
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) -Delilah
Voice
Film
Jaded (1996) -Megan
Actor
Film
Miami Rhapsody (1995) -Leslie Marcus
Actor
Film
Son-In-Law (1993) -Rebecca Warner
Actor
Film
Red Hot (1993)
Actor
Film
This Boy's Life (1993) -Norma
Actor
Film
Under the Hood -Sally Jupiter
Actor
Film
Judas Kiss -Coco Chavez
Actor, Co-Producer
Film
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story -Allison Connors
Actor
Film
Sparks
Actor
Film
She Creature -Lillian
Actor
Film
Motorcycle Gang -Leann
Actor
Film
A Private Matter -Mary Beth
Actor
Film
Faster (2010) -Cicero
Actor
Film
Elektra Luxx -Elektra Luxx
Actor
Film
Our Lady of Victory
Actor
Film
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Actor
Film
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
In 2009, Gugino was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). During the Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., she received NIAF's Special Achievement Award for Entertainment, presented by her close friend actress Connie Britton.
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
1999: Nominated, "Favorite Supporting Actress in a Suspense" - Snake Eyes.
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2008: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture" - American Gangster.
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