# Sheila Carrasco

Sheila Carrasco is an American actress known for her role as Flower in the CBS show Ghosts. She has also appeared in The Good Place, Jane the Virgin, and American Housewife, and has made appearances in films like the Donor Party.

## Early life and education

Carrasco was born in the South Side of Chicago. Her father was a pastor.
Her interest in acting started from making home movies as a youth. She began acting at age 7 in a theater production of Annie.
She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Directing and Set Design at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and received a Master of Fine Arts from Harvard University.

## Career

Carrasco's first acting credit was a guest star role in the television show The Untouchables in 1993.
She also performed at the American Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Garage, Court Theatre, Moscow Art Theatre, and the Groundlings. At Harvard's A.R.T Institute, she performed in The Discreet Charm of Monsieur Jourdain. At NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she performed in A Streetcar Named Desire, Life and Limb, Youth in Asia, Life is a Dream, Medea, The Merchant of Venice. At Steppenwolf Garage, she performed in The Philadelphia Story, Court Theater, Blue Window.
She is also a member of the theater company IAMA, where she performed a one-person show called Anyone but Me, which she wrote, about the Latin American experience and identity.
Carrasco wrote the short film, Piano Lessons, and wrote and starred in the short film, The Quake, about two L.A. residents whose lives were "destroyed" by a 1.1 magnitude earthquake.
She has made recurring appearances on shows including, The Beauty Inside, Get Lost, How to Survive High School, Me and My Grandma, Jane the Virgin, and #VanLife. She also appeared in podcast series the Carrier and The Edge of Sleep.
She stars in the hit CBS show Ghosts as a main character, Flower.

## Personal life

Carrasco grew up as a member of the United Methodist Church. She and her husband Josh have one child.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | One Night Stand | Karen | Short |
| 2012 | Monster Roll | Customer | Short |
| 2013 | Blue Bird Street | Regina | Short |
| 2013 | Ralphie | Mouse Girl | Video |
| 2016 | Trophy Wives | Stacey | Short |
| 2017 | Fox News Sexual Harassment Training Video | | Short |
| 2017 | In the Hole | Testimonial Woman | Short |
| 2017 | Killer Charm | Detective Jeanie | Short |
| 2018 | I F*cking Hate That Guy | Sheila | Short |
| 2019 | Finding the Asshole: Chapter 3 | Anna | Short |
| 2019 | Open House | Jane | |
| 2019 | Morning Harmonizers: Carpool | Cece Peniston | Video |
| 2020 | Good Luck with Everything | Ally | |
| 2021 | 5 Minutes | Sofia | Short |
| 2022 | A Lot of Nothing | Olivia | |
| 2022 | Superdead | Dr. Ellyn Salvadora | |
| 2023 | The Donor Party | Gia | |
| 2023 | Leo | Mrs. Wingo | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | The Untouchables | Sheila | First acting role |
| 1998 | Cupid | Young Claire | |
| 2010 | What Does Eco Mean? | Sheila | |
| 2012 | The Beauty Inside | Girl from the bar | TV Mini Series |
| 2013 | Boots | Juliana | TV Movie |
| 2013 | Dude, Where's My Chutzpah? | Jessie's sister | |
| 2014 | Get Lost | Sheila | |
| 2015 | How to Survive High School | Mom | |
| 2015 | Return to Sender | Dr. Carrasco | |
| 2016 | Marisol | Marisol Weaver | |
| 2016 | Life in Pieces | Beth | |
| 2017 | The Odd Couple | Lilias | |
| 2017 | Me and My Grandma | Agent | |
| 2017 | Jane the Virgin | Dana Peruzzi | |
| 2017 | American Housewife | Nurse Riley | |
| 2018 | My Future Self | Olivia | TV Movie |
| 2018 | Michael and Michael Are Gay | Sharon | TV Mini Series |
| 2019 | #VanLife | Jewel | |
| 2019 | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Vanessa | |
| 2019 | Carrier | Agent Torres / Police Dispatch #2 / Radio Host | Podcast Series |
| 2019 | The Good Place | Matilda | |
| 2019 | The Edge of Sleep | Lila Monroe | Podcast Series |
| 2019 | Johnno and Michael Try | Diane | |
| 2020 | Outmatched | Rachael | |
| 2021–present | Ghosts | Susan "Flower" Montero | |