Profile: Carla Gugino
Birth Date: August 29, 1971
Birth Place: Sarasota, Florida, USA
Occupation: Actress
Height: 5' 5"
Quote: "Most often in Hollywood, actors play parts that represent their own personalities wonderfully. My roles try to reach outside my own personalities and my own projects to better define my acting career as a whole. As my career is better defined, the roles I take on as an actress lead to bigger and better projects."
Carla Gugino Biography
Carla and her mother relocated to Paradise, California, when Carla was just five years old. Throughout her childhood, they moved many times within the state, enabling Carla to experience "so much of life so quickly," she says. Though frequently on the move, Carla's schoolwork never suffered, and she remained a straight-A student throughout high school and graduated as valedictorian.
During this time, a major modeling agency discovered Carla in San Diego and sent her to New York to begin a new career when she was just fifteen. New York was more than she could handle at that young age, so she returned to Los Angeles in the summer, modeling and enrolling in an acting class at the suggestion of her aunt, Carol Merril, of "Price is Right" fame. During her first class with drama coach Gene Bua, Carla fell in love with acting. That prompted her to strike a deal with her mom to continue her studies and acting lessons in Los Angeles for the next six months. Just days before the six months ended, she was cast in her first feature film, "Troop Beverly Hills," with Shelley Long.
Carla consistently chooses a wide variety of roles, having appeared in movies such as "This Boy's Life" opposite Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio, and the critically acclaimed cable movie, "A Private Matter," opposite Aidan Quinn and Sissy Spacek. Carla was also seen in the cable "Drive-In Classics" series in an episode directed by John Milius, entitled "Motorcycle Gang," as well as the box-office hit, "Son-In-Law," opposite Pauly Shore.
Recently, Carla has appeared in Spy Kids and The Center of the World. She can soon be seen in the newest Jet Lee film, The One.
Carla Gugino Filmography
Sin City (2005)--Lucille
"Karen Sisco" (2003) TV Series--Karen Sisco
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)--Ingrid Cortez
Singing Detective, The (2003)--Betty Dark/Hooker
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)--Ingrid Cortez
The Jimmy Show (2001)--Annie
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature (2001) (TV)--Lily
One, The (2001)--T.K. Law/Massie Walsh
Jimmy Show, The (2001)--Annie
Center of the World, The (2001)--Jerri
Spy Kids (2001)--Ingrid Cortez
A Season for Miracles (1999) (TV)--Emilie Thompson
Chicago Hope (1999-2000) TV Series--Dr. Gina Simon
Judas Kiss (1998)--Coco Chavez
Snake Eyes (1998)--Julia Costello
Lovelife (1997)--Amy
Jaded (1996)--Meg Harris
Michael (1996)--Bride
Wedding Bell Blues (1996)--Violet
Spin City (1996, 1998) TV Series--Ashley Schaeffer
The War at Home (1996)--Melissa
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) (voice)--Delilah
The Buccaneers (1995) (mini) TV Series--Nan St. George
Miami Rhapsody (1995)--Leslie Marcus
Motorcycle Gang (1994) (TV)--Leann
Red Hot (1993)--Valentina
Son in Law (1993)--Rebecca
This Boy's Life (1993)--Norma Hansen
A Private Matter (1992) (TV)--Mary Beth
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (1992) (TV)--Allison Connors
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)--Young Roxy
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)--Chica Barnfell
Falcon Crest (1989-1990) TV Series--Sydney St. James
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