Mandy Bruno
Mandy Bruno (born September 20, 1981 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress. Career. Mandy Bruno played the role of Marina Cooper on the television show "Guiding Light" from May 2004 to September 2009, and received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2006 for Outstanding Younger Actress. Bruno also has a BFA in Theater from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, and was hired straight out of college for the role of Marina. Bruno has also previously made headlines when she was attending Jesuit High School, a Catholic school in Portland, Oregon, and the school's administration  refused to allow her to appear in the title role of Jesus the school's production of "Jesus Christ Superstar". The story garnered national media attention. Bruno eventually appeared in the production in the role of Pilate. She performed the role of Eponine in the Broadway revival of "Les Misérables" at the Broadhurst Theater from April 24, 2007, through June 17, 2007. On October 26, 2012 she played the role of Antonia Salducci in "Risk and Reward" in season 3, Episode 5 of the CBS crime drama "Blue Bloods". Mandy has recently taken up a love of directing theatre as  well. She had a two year stint at the Creative and Performing Arts Academy (CaPAA) in Scranton, Pennsylvania and now serves as the Artistic Director of the Foundry Theatre Company run out of Foundry42+ in Port Jervis, New York which is owned and operated by Cooper Boone. Personal life. Mandy married her former "Guiding Light" co-star Robert Bogue on March 26, 2011. She gave birth to their son, Flynn Zachariah Bogue, on January 13, 2012.