Carla Gugino

Carla Gugino (/ɡʊˈdʒiːnoʊ/; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Sally Jupiter in Watchmen (2009), Dr. Vera Gorski in Sucker Punch (2011), and as the lead characters in the television series Karen Sisco, Threshold and most recently The Haunting of Hill House. Gugino's feature film work includes starring roles in Son in Law (1993), Sin City (2005), Night at the Museum (2006), Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), San Andreas (2015), The Space Between Us (2017), and Gerald's Game (2017), as well as the voice role of Kelor in the DC Extended Universe. Gugino has also had lead roles in the television series Political Animals (2012), Wayward Pines (2015), and Roadies (2016).
== Early life ==
Gugino was born in Sarasota, Florida, to Carl Gugino, an orthodontist of Italiandescent,[1] and a mother of English-Irish descent[2] described as "Bohemian".[3]Her parents separated when she was two,[4] after which she traveled between her father and half-brother Carl Jr.'s home in Sarasota, and her Paradise, California home, to which her mother moved her when she was four.
She has said of her upbringing, "I lived in a tepee in Northern California and a van in Big Sur. With my dad, I lived in a beautiful house with a swimming pool and a tennis court and went to Europe for the summers. So I feel like I lived two childhoods." She worked as a teenage fashion model, and took acting classes at the suggestion of her aunt, former Let's Make a Deal spokesmodel Carol Merrill.[3] She eventually came to support herself, and with her parents' support, was legally emancipated by the time she was 16.[1]
== Career ==
Gugino's television work during the late 1980s and early 1990s included appearances on Saved by the Bell, Who's the Boss?, ALF, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Wonder Years and a recurring role on Falcon Crest.
In film, Gugino appeared in the Shelley Long film Troop Beverly Hills, and co-starred with Pauly Shore in the 1993 romantic comedy Son in Law. She later appeared in the video to Bon Jovi's 1994 song "Always".
In 1995, Gugino appeared as Nan St. George (later the Duchess of Trevenick) with Greg Wise and James Frain in the BBC miniseries The Buccaneers, an adaptation of Edith Wharton's last novel.
After playing Michael J. Fox's love interest, Ashley Schaeffer, during the first season of the sitcom Spin City in 1996, Gugino starred with Nicolas Cage in Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes, and in Judas Kiss, which she also co-produced. She appeared 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 (as well as the 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: ABC's Elmore Leonard crime drama Karen Sisco in 2003, and CBS' science fiction series Threshold in 2005. 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 the movie Night at the Museum.
Gugino appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company play After the Fallopposite Six Feet Under's Peter Krause. In late 2006, she appeared in an Off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer opposite Blythe Danner.[5]
Gugino appeared as Amanda, Vincent Chase's agent, in a dozen episodes of the cable television series Entourage.[6] Gugino appeared nude in the May 2007 issue of Allure.[7] That same year she appeared in the action-horror film Rise: Blood Hunter and the feature film American Gangster. The following year, she played the female lead in the 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 Isherwood 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."[8] During the first three months of 2009, three feature films premiered featuring Gugino: the thriller The Unborn, the film Watchmen, in which she played Sally Jupiter,[9] 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[10] for Outstanding Actress In a Play for her performance in Desire Under the Elms. Later in November of that year, she appeared as a pornographic actress in the comedy film Women in Trouble, which spawned a sequel in 2010, Elektra Luxx, titled after her character.
In 2011, Gugino appeared as Madame Vera Gorsky in Zack Snyder's action-fantasy film Sucker Punch alongside Abbie Cornish and Emily Browning. Gugino sang a duet with co-star Oscar Isaac, which appeared in the end credits and in the film's soundtrack. She also guest starred on the fourth season of Californication as Abby Rhodes, Hank Moody's attorney and love interest.
In the mid-2012, Gugino had a lead role as Susan Berg, a Washington D.C.investigative reporter, on the USA Network's miniseries Political Animals.
In 2015, Gugino had a lead role in the disaster film, San Andreas, where she once again starred opposite Dwayne Johnson.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1989	Troop Beverly Hills 	Chica Barnfell 	
1990	Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael 	Young Roxy 	
1993	This Boy's Life 	Norma 	
1993	Red Hot 	Valentina 	
1993	Son in Law 	Rebecca Warner 	
1995	Miami Rhapsody 	Leslie 	
1996	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Delilah 	Voice role
1996	The War at Home 	Melissa 	
1996	Wedding Bell Blues 	Violet 	
1996	Michael 	Bride 	
1997	Lovelife 	Amy 	
1998	Jaded 	Megan 'Meg' Harris 	
1998	Snake Eyes 	Julia Costello 	
1998	Judas Kiss 	Coco Chavez 	
2001	Spy Kids 	Ingrid Cortez 	
2001	The Center of the World 	Jerri 	
2001	The Jimmy Show 	Annie 	
2001	The One 	T.K. Law/Massie Walsh 	
2001	She Creature 	Lily 	
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 	Ingrid Cortez 	
2003	The Singing Detective 	Betty Dark/Hooker 	
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 	Ingrid Cortez 	
2005	The Life Coach 	Carla 	
2005	Sin City 	Lucille 	
2006	Even Money 	Veronica 	
2006	Night at the Museum 	Rebecca Hutman 	
2007	The Lookout 	Janet 	
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter 	Eve 	
2007	American Gangster 	Laurie Roberts 	
2008	Righteous Kill 	Det. Karen Corelli 	
2009	The Unborn 	Janet Beldon 	
2009	Sparks 	Robin 	Short film
2009	Watchmen 	Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre	
2009	Race to Witch Mountain 	Dr. Alex Friedman 	
2009	Women in Trouble 	Elektra Luxx 	
2009	Under the Hood 	Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre	Short film
2010	The Mighty Macs 	Cathy Rush 	
2010	Elektra Luxx 	Elektra Luxx 	
2010	Every Day 	Robin 	
2010	Faster 	Cicero 	
2011	I Melt With You 	Laura 	
2011	Girl Walks into a Bar 	Francine Driver 	
2011	Sucker Punch 	Dr. Vera Gorski 	
2011	Mr. Popper's Penguins 	Amanda Popper 	
2011	New Year's Eve 	Dr. Morriset 	
2012	Hotel Noir 	Hanna Click 	
2013	By Virtue Fall 	Actress 	
2013	Man of Steel 	Kelor[11] 	Voice role
2014	Match 	Lisa 	
2015	San Andreas 	Emma 	
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 	Kelor 	Voice role
2016	Wolves 	Jenny Keller 	
2016	Bling 	Catherine 	Voice role
2017	The Space Between Us 	Kendra 	
2017	Gerald's Game 	Jessie Burlingame 	
2018	Elizabeth Harvest 	Claire 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1988 	Who's the Boss? 	Jane 	Episode: "Prom Night II"
1988 	Good Morning, Miss Bliss 	Karen 	Episode: "Summer Love"
1989 	ALF 	Laura 	Episode: "Standing in the Shadows of Love"
1989–90 	Falcon Crest 	Sydney St. James 	Recurring role (season 9)
1990 	American Dreamer 	Young Jessica 	Episode: "Pilot"
1990 	Ferris Bueller 	Ann Peyson 	Episode: "Stand-In Deliver"
1991 	Doogie Howser, M.D. 	Sara Newman 	Episode: "Planet of the Dateless"
1991 	The Wonder Years 	Sandy 	Episode: "Triangle"
1992 	Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story	Allison Connors 	Television film
1992 	Quantum Leap 	Michelle Temple Cutter 	Episode: "Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956"
1992 	Davis Rules 	Kathi 	Episodes: "Someone to Watch Over Them", "A Father Makes All the Difference"
1992 	A Private Matter 	Mary Beth 	Television film
1994 	Motorcycle Gang 	Leann Morris 	Television film
1995 	The Buccaneers 	Nan St. George 	5 episodes
1996, 1998	Spin City 	Ashley Schaeffer 	Starring role (season 1), Episode: "It Happened One Night"
1999 	Hotel Alexandria 	Unknown 	Italian miniseries, 6 episodes
1999 	Bonne Nuit 	Carol Reeves 	Television film
1999 	A Season for Miracles 	Emilie Thompson 	Television film
1999–2000 	Chicago Hope 	Dr. Gina Simon 	Main role in season 6 (23 episodes)
2001 	She Creature 	Lily 	Television film
2003–2004 	Karen Sisco 	Karen Sisco 	Lead role (10 episodes)
2005–2006 	Threshold 	Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey 	Main role (13 episodes)
2007–2010 	Entourage 	Amanda Daniels 	12 episodes
2010 	Californication 	Abby 	10 episodes
2011 	Hide 	Warren 	Movie
2012 	Justified 	Karen Goodall 	Episode: "Cut Ties"
2012 	Political Animals 	Susan Berg 	Miniseries; main role
2012 	New Girl[12] 	Emma 	3 episodes
2013 	Doubt 	Linda 	Pilot
2015–2016 	Wayward Pines 	Kate Hewson 	Main role in Season 1 (11 episodes)
2015 	The Brink 	Joanne "Jo" Larson 	6 episodes
2016 	Supergirl 	Kelor (voice) 	Episode: "Solitude"; uncredited[citation needed]
2016 	Roadies 	Shelli 	Main role (10 episodes)
2017 	Nashville 	Virginia Wyatt 	Episode: "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
2018 	Robot Chicken 	Joyce Byers / Meg Altman	Voice role; episode: "Mr. Mozzarella's Hamburger Skateboard Depot"
2018 	The Haunting of Hill House 	Olivia Crain 	Main role
== Accolades ==
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.[13]
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result
1999	Blockbuster Entertainment Award 	Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense 	Snake Eyes 	Nominated
2005	Golden Schmoes Award 	Best T&A of the Year 	Sin City 	Nominated
2006	Gold Derby Award 	Ensemble Cast (with cast) 	Sin City 	Nominated
2007	Capri-Hollywood Film Festival Award 	Capri Italian-American Award 	N/A 	Won
2007	Online Film & Television Association Award 	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series 	Entourage 	Nominated
2008	Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award 	Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest (shared with Robert De Niro)	Righteous Kill 	Nominated
2008	Screen Actors Guild Award 	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 	American Gangster	Nominated
2009	Scream Award 	Best Supporting Actress 	Watchmen 	Nominated
2011	Teen Choice Award 	Choice Movie Actress - Action 	Faster 	Nominated
2015	Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Award	Best Actress 	Tell-Tale 	Nominated
2017	Fright Meter Award 	Best Actress 	Gerald's Game 	Won
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