Carla Gugino

**Carla Gugino** is an American actress who portrays Shelli on the Showtime original series Roadies. She is known for her roles as Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, Sally Jupiter in *Watchmen* (2009), Dr. Vera Gorski in *Sucker Punch* (2011), and as the lead characters of the television series *Karen Sisco* and *Threshold*. Her feature film work includes starring roles in *Son in Law* (1993), *Sin City* (2005), *Night at the Museum* (2006), *Mr. Popper's Penguins* (2011) and *San Andreas* (2015), as well as Kelor in the DC Extended Universe. Gugino has had lead roles in the television miniseries *Political Animals* (2012) and *Wayward Pines* (2015).

## Acting 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) 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's 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 Fall* opposite *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.

Gugino appeared as Amanda, Vincent Chase's agent, in a dozen episodes of the cable television series *Entourage*. Gugino appeared nude in the May 2007 issue of Allure. 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." 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, 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 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*.

## External Links

* Carla Gugino @ Wikipedia
* Carla Gugino @ IMDB

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Carla Gugino @ Wikipedia