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Carla Gugino
at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007
Born	Carla N. Gugino August 29, 1971 (1971-08-29) (age 38) Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present

Carla N. Gugino (born August 29, 1971) is an American actress known for her roles of Sally Jupiter in Watchmen, Vincent Chase's agent, Amanda, in season 3 of Entourage, Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids film trilogy, and as the lead characters of the television series Karen Sisco and Threshold.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links

Biography

Early life

Gugino was born in Sarasota, Florida, of Italian, English, and Irish ancestry.¹² Her parents separated when she was two.³ Her father, Carl Gugino, is an orthodontist. 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 5 inches (1.65 m) 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.⁴

Career

Gugino has starred in many films including art-house film Lovelife along with Saffron Burrows and Sherilyn Fenn, Snake Eyes with Nicolas Cage (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 roles came in box office hits such as Night at the Museum (2006) and American Gangster (2007).

She played Ashley Schaeffer in the first season of the Michael J. Fox television series Spin City. She also starred in the short lived CBS science fiction series Threshold and in ABC's Karen Sisco, in which she recreated the law-enforcement role of Jennifer Lopez from the film Out of Sight.

Gugino appeared 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 an Aerosmith video 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.⁵

Gugino played Vincent Chase's new agent, Amanda, in the second half of Entourage's third season for a couple of episodes and reprised that role in the fifth season. Gugino appeared nude in the May 2007 issue of Allure.⁶ after a previous on-film semi-nude appearance in Sin City as Lucille (2005).

She played Sally Jupiter, the original Silk Spectre, in the Watchmen movie,⁷ and had roles in The Unborn and Race to Witch Mountain (opposite Dwayne Johnson).

She played the female lead in the serial killer thriller Righteous Kill opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. She also stars in a new film directed by Gutierrez, Women in Trouble, as a pornographic actress named Elektra Luxx.

Gugino starred in Chicago's Goodman Theater production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms January 17-February 17, 2009, in the role of Abby. The New York Times lauds, "She [Gugino] is simply magnificent...it is impossible to look away."⁸ On April 20, 2009, Gugino received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actress In a Play for her performance in Desire Under the Elms.

Personal life

Her partner is writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez, with whom she has worked on Karen Sisco and Rise: Blood Hunter. The couple live in Los Angeles, where she spends her spare time practicing yoga. Her aunt is Carol Merrill from Let's Make a Deal (1963-1977) -- the first game show model who was elevated from simple staff to co-star status as a game show hostess. Carla credits her with getting started in show business.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1989	Troop Beverly Hills	Chica Barnfell
1990	Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael	Young Roxy
1993	This Boy's Life	Norma Hansen
	Red Hot	Valentina
	Son in Law	Rebecca ' Becca' Warner
1995	Miami Rhapsody	Leslie Marcus
1996	Jaded	Megan 'Meg' Harris
	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Delilah	Voice Role
	The War at Home	Melissa
	Wedding Bell Blues	Violet
	Michael	Bride
1997	Lovelife	Amy
1998	Snake Eyes	Julia Costello
	Judas Kiss	Coco Chavez
2001	Spy Kids	Ingrid Cortez
	The Center of the World	Jerri
	The Jimmy Show	Annie
	The One	T. K. Law/Massie Walsh
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Ingrid Cortez
2003	The Singing Detective	Betty Dark/Hooker
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Ingrid Cortez
2005	The Life Coach	Carla
	Sin City	Lucille
2006	Even Money	Veronica
	Night at the Museum	Rebecca Hutman
2007	The Lookout	Janet
	Rise: Blood Hunter	Eve
	American Gangster	Laurie Roberts
2008	Righteous Kill	Det. Karen Corelli
2009	The Unborn	Janet Beldon
	Sparks	Robin	Short film
	Watchmen	Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre
	Race to Witch Mountain	Dr. Alex Friedman
	Women in Trouble	Elektra Luxx
	Under the Hood	Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre	Direct-to-Video Release
	Every Day	Robin	post-production
2010	The Mighty Macs	Cathy Rush	awaiting release
	Elektra Luxx	Elektra Luxx	post-production
2011	Sucker Punch	Mrs. Schulz	filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Who's the Boss?	Jane	Episode: Prom Night II
	Good Morning, Miss Bliss	Karen	Episode: Summer Love
1989	ALF	Laura	Episode Standing in the Shadows of Love
1989–1990	Falcon Crest	Sydney St. James	11 episodes
1990	Ferris Bueller	Ann Peyson	Episode: Stand-In Deliver
1991	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Sara Newman	Episode: Dueling Divas
	The Wonder Years	Sandy	Episode: Triangle
1992	Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story	Allison Connors	TV-Movie Alternative title: Best Intentions
	Quantum Leap	Michelle Temple Cutter	Episode: Ghost Ship
	Davis Rules	Kathi	Episode: A Father Makes All the Difference Episode: Someone to Watch Over Them
	A Private Matter	Mary Beth	TV-Movie Alternative title: Miss Sherri
1994	Motorcycle Gang	Leann	TV-Movie
1995	The Buccaneers	Nan St. George	Miniseries
1996, 1998	Spin City	Ashley Schaeffer	12 episodes
1998	Alexandria Hotel
1999	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Emilie Thompson	Episode: A Season for Miracles
1999–2000	Chicago Hope	Dr. Gina Simon	23 episodes
2001	Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature	Lily	TV-Movie Alternative title: She Creature
2003–2004	Karen Sisco	Karen Sisco	10 episodes
2005–2006	Threshold	Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey	13 episodes
2007–2008	Entourage	Amanda Daniels	9 episodes

Awards and 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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carla Gugino

External links

• Carla Gugino at the Internet Movie Database
• Carla Gugino at the Internet Broadway Database
• Carla Gugino photos and profile at Details.com