Carla Gugino facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carla Gugino
Gugino in 2017
Born	(1971-08-29) August 29, 1971 (age 53) Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Partner(s)	Sebastián Gutiérrez (1996–present)
Relatives	Carol Merrill (aunt)

Carla Gugino (/ɡʊˈdʒiːnoʊ/ guu-JEE-noh; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress. After early roles in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989), This Boy's Life (1993), Son in Law (1993), and Snake Eyes (1998), Gugino received wider recognition for her starring roles in the Spy Kids trilogy (2001–2003), Sin City (2005), Night at the Museum (2006), American Gangster (2007), Righteous Kill (2008), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Sally Jupiter in Watchmen (2009), Sucker Punch (2011), Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), San Andreas (2015), Gerald's Game (2017), and Gunpowder Milkshake (2021).

Gugino also starred in the crime drama series Karen Sisco (2003), the science fiction series Threshold (2005–2006), the crime drama series Jett (2019), and the supernatural horror miniseries The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023).

Early life

Gugino was born in Sarasota, Florida, to Carl Gugino, an orthodontist of Italian descent, and a mother of English-Irish descent described as "Bohemian." Her parents separated when she was two, after which she travelled 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. She eventually came to support herself, and with her parents' support, was legally emancipated by the time she was 16.

Career

Gugino's television work during the late 1980s and early 1990s included appearances on Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell, Who's the Boss?, ALF, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Wonder Years, Webster and a recurring role on Falcon Crest. In film, Gugino appeared in the Shelley Long film Troop Beverly Hills (1989), and she co-starred with Pauly Shore in the romantic comedy Son in Law (1993). She 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. She played Ashley Schaeffer, Michael J. Fox's character's love interest, during the first season of the sitcom Spin City in 1996. She played opposite 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 final season of the television medical drama Chicago Hope (1999–2000).

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 film Night at the Museum as Ben Stiller's love interest.

Gugino made her Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Arthur Miller's play, After the Fall opposite 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 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.

From January 17 to February 17, 2009, Gugino starred as Abby in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms at the Goodman Theater in Chicago, Illinois. 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. .....

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.

Gugino at WonderCon 2015

In 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, she had a lead role in the disaster film San Andreas, in which she once again starred opposite Dwayne Johnson.

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Personal life

In 1996, Gugino began a relationship with her collaborator, Sebastián Gutiérrez. .....

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Troop Beverly Hills	Chica Barnfell
1990	Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael	Young Roxy
1992	Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story	Allison Connors	Television film
	Private Matter, AA Private Matter	Mary Beth	Television film
1993	This Boy's Life	Norma
	Red Hot	Valentina
	Son in Law	Rebecca Warner
1994	Motorcycle Gang	Leann Morris	Television film
1995	Miami Rhapsody	Leslie
1996	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Delilah	Voice
	War at Home, TheThe War at Home	Melissa
	Wedding Bell Blues	Violet
	Michael	Bride
1997	Lovelife	Amy
1998	Jaded	Megan 'Meg' Harris
	Snake Eyes	Julia Costello
	Judas Kiss	Coco Chavez
1999	Bonne Nuit	Carol Reeves	Television film
	Season for Miracles, AA Season for Miracles	Emilie Thompson	Television film
2001	Spy Kids	Ingrid Cortez
	The Center of the World	Jerri
	The Jimmy Show	Annie O'Brien
	The One	T.K. / Massie Walsh
	She Creature	Lily	Television film
2002	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams	Ingrid Cortez
2003	The Singing Detective	Betty Dark / Hooker
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Ingrid Cortez
2005	The Life Coach	Carla
	Sin City	Lucille
2006	Even Money	Veronica
	Night at the Museum	Rebecca
2007	The Lookout	Janet
	Rise: Blood Hunter	Eve
	American Gangster	Laurie Roberts
2008	Righteous Kill	Karen Corelli
2009	The Unborn	Janet Beldon
	Sparks	Robin	Short film
	Watchmen	Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
	Race to Witch Mountain	Dr. Alex Friedman
	The Mighty Macs	Cathy Rush
	Women in Trouble	Elektra Luxx
	Under the Hood	Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre	Short film
	Apocrypha	Woman	Short film
2010	Elektra Luxx	Elektra Luxx / Celia	Credited as "Taryn Gugino"
	Tell-Tale	Femme Fatale	Short film
	Every Day	Robin
	Faster	Cicero
2011	I Melt with You	Officer Boyde
	Girl Walks into a Bar	Francine Driver
	Hide	D.D. Warren	Television film
	Sucker Punch	Dr. Vera Gorski
	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Amanda
	New Year's Eve	Spiritual Dr. Morriset	Segment: "Maternity Ward"
2012	Hotel Noir	Hanna Click
2013	By Virtue Fall	Actress
	Man of Steel	Kelor	Voice
2014	Match	Lisa Davis
2015	San Andreas	Emma Gaines
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Ship	Voice
	Wolves	Jenny Keller
	Bling	Catherine	Voice
2017	The Space Between Us	Kendra Wyndham
	Gerald's Game	Jessie
2018	Elizabeth Harvest	Claire
2021	Zack Snyder's Justice League	Ship	Voice
	With/In: Volume 2	Writer	Segment: "20 Questions"
	Gunpowder Milkshake	Madeleine
2024	Orion and the Dark	Orion's Mom	Voice
	Lisa Frankenstein	Janet Swallows
TBA	Veo Veo A Family	Sandra	Short film; post-production
TBA	Heads of State	TBA	Post-production
TBA	The Friend	TBA	Filming

Television

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Music videos

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.

See also

In Spanish: Carla Gugino para niños In Spanish: Carla Gugino para niños