# Lyndsy Fonseca

Lyndsy Marie Fonseca (born January 7, 1987) is an American actress. She began her career by appearing as Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, on which she starred between 2001 and 2005. Thereafter, she had a series of other recurring roles, including Penny Mosby on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, Donna on HBO's Big Love, and Dylan Mayfair on the fourth season of the ABC television series Desperate Housewives.
From 2010 to 2013, Fonseca starred as Alex Udinov on The CW's Nikita, and from 2015 to 2016 she played Angie Martinelli on ABC's Agent Carter. She has also appeared in a variety of film roles, including Jenny in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and Katie Deauxma in Kick-Ass (2010) and its 2013 sequel.

## Early life

Lyndsy Marie Fonseca was born on January 7, 1987, in Oakland, California, United States, the daughter of Lima Lynn (née Bergmann) and James Victor Fonseca. She has described her ethnicity as "half Portuguese". Her paternal grandmother was an artist who made quilts, doll clothes, and stained glass. Fonseca's parents married in 1985 and divorced when she was two years old. Lima, a psychologist, later married attorney Reid Dworkin, through whom Fonseca has a half-sister. Fonseca completed a course at Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in San Francisco and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 12. She soon made her screen debut as Colleen Connelly-Carlton on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

## Career

In 2005, Fonseca played a recurring role as Ted Mosby's future daughter on How I Met Your Mother and as Donna on HBO's Big Love. She starred in the 2005 Hallmark TV film Ordinary Miracles, as a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent who goes to live with a judge (Jaclyn Smith). In late 2007, Fonseca played Dawn in the film Remember the Daze.
She joined the cast of ABC's Desperate Housewives in the series' fourth season as Dylan Mayfair, the daughter of Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany), a character moving onto Wisteria Lane. In 2008, she was nominated for the Actor award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives, shared with the cast.
Fonseca played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass, followed by appearances in three more American films in 2010, including Hot Tub Time Machine. In 2010, Fonseca was cast in a starring role in the CW television series Nikita as Alex, a new recruit, a role she played throughout the series' four seasons. During its run, the Nikita cast included her Kick-Ass co-star Xander Berkeley and her future husband, co-star Noah Bean.
Fonseca starred in the 2021 Disney+ series Turner & Hooch, a remake of the 1989 film of the same name.

## Personal life

Fonseca married Matthew Smiley in April 2009. The couple separated in July 2012, and Fonseca filed for divorce in 2013, citing "irreconcilable differences".
In February 2016, Fonseca announced her engagement to her Nikita co-star, actor Noah Bean. She and Bean married on October 2, 2016, in Connecticut. Fonseca and Bean have a daughter, born in February 2018. A second daughter was born to the couple in June 2022.
Fonseca was listed at No. 62 on the 2010 Maxim Hot 100 and No. 88 on the 2011 list.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2006 | Intellectual Property | Jenny |
| 2007 | Remember the Daze | Dawn |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Katie Deauxma |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | Jenny |
| 2010 | The Ward | Iris |
| 2011 | Fort McCoy | Anna Gerkey |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Katie Deauxma |
| 2015 | The Escort | Natalie |
| 2016 | Moments of Clarity | Danielle |
| 2017 | Curvature | Helen |
| 2023 | Spinning Gold | Joyce Biawitz |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001–2005 | The Young and the Restless | Colleen Carlton | Regular role |
| 2003 | Boston Public | Jenn Cardell | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Malcolm in the Middle | Olivia | Episode: "Lois' Sister" |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Madison Bernstein | Episode: "Colonel Knowledge" |
| 2004 | Switched! | Herself | Episode: "Lyndsy/Jessie" |
| 2005 | I Do, They Don't | Sandy Barber | Television film |
| 2005 | Ordinary Miracles | Sally Anne Powell | Television film |
| 2005 | Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life | Amy | Television film |
| 2005–2014 | How I Met Your Mother | Penny Mosby | Recurring role |
| 2006 | Waterfront | Annabelle Marks | Unaired CBS series |
| 2006–2009 | Big Love | Donna | Recurring role (seasons 1–3) |
| 2006 | Phil of the Future | Kristy | Episode: "Not-So-Great Great Great Grandpa" |
| 2007 | Close to Home | Jessica Conlon | Episode: "Hoosier Hold Em" |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Megan Cooper | Episode: "Fallen Idols" |
| 2007 | House | Addie | Episode: "Resignation" |
| 2007 | Heroes | April | Episode: "Four Months Later..." |
| 2007–2009 | Desperate Housewives | Dylan Mayfair | Recurring role (season 4); guest role (season 6) |
| 2010–2013 | Nikita | Alex Udinov | Main role |
| 2011 | Five | Cheyanne | Television film |
| 2015–2016 | Agent Carter | Angie Martinelli | Recurring role (season 1); guest role (season 2) |
| 2015–2016 | Grandfathered | Frankie | Episodes: "Sexy Guardian Angel", "The Sat Pack" |
| 2016 | RePlay | Allison | Web series (go90); main role |
| 2016 | The World's Biggest Asshole | Sarah | Television short |
| 2016 | Pitch | Cara | Episode: "Wear It" |
| 2017 | The Haunted | Juno Bradley | Unsold television pilot (Syfy) |
| 2020, 2023 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Iris Blake | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | You Can't Take My Daughter | Amy Thompson | Television film |
| 2021 | Turner & Hooch | Laura Turner | Main role |
| 2021 | Next Stop, Christmas | Angie | Television film |
| 2022 | North to Home | Posy | Television film |
| 2023 | Where Are You Christmas? | Addy | Television film |
| 2024 | The Magic of Lemon Drops | Lolly | Television film |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives (shared with rest of cast) | Nominated |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Desperate Housewives (shared with rest of cast) | Nominated |
| 2010 | Scream Awards | Breakout Performance – Female | Kick-Ass | Nominated |
| 2011 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actress: Action | Nikita | Nominated |
| 2012 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actress: Action | Nikita | Nominated |
| 2013 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actress: Action | Nikita | Nominated |