Carla Gugino (born August 29, 1971) is an American actress known for her roles of Ingrid Cortez in the
Spy Kids film trilogy, and as the lead characters of the television series
Karen Sisco and
Threshold.
Biography
Early life
Gugino was born in
Sarasota, Florida, of Italian, English, and Irish ancestry.
[threshold star carla gugino - Celebrity and Entertainment News | TVGuide.com][_Karen_Sisco_.shtml Floridian: Take 2, 'Karen Sisco'] Her parents separated when she was two
[A Woman We Love: Carla Gugino - Esquire] Her father Carl Gugino is an orthodontist. Her mother moved the family to
Paradise, California, when she was four years old. Despite moving around California a great deal as a child, Carla Gugino remained a straight-A student and graduated valedictorian. At the age of 15 she was spotted by a
modeling agency in
San Diego and moved to New York. This was unusual as at only 5 feet 4 inches (1.65 m) tall, she was considered too short for catwalk work. Finding the experience too much, Gugino moved back to California that summer. Partly at the suggestion of her aunt, game show model
Carol Merrill, she subsequently studied acting.
[Profile - at Hollywood.com]
