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Carla Gugino

Carla Gugino will next be seen starring opposite Danny DeVito and Kim Basinger in the crime drama Even Money and in the thriller Rise starring Lucy Liu, written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez. She recently wrapped a role in Scott Frank's directorial debut, The Lookout, starring opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which will be released in 2007. Additionally, Gugino will have a six-episode arc on the upcoming season of HBO's hit comedy Entourage. She most recently appeared in the Robert Rodriguez adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel series, Sin City, alongside Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke.

Gugino's film credits include her role in all three installments of Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids series, opposite Antonio Banderas; The Singing Detective, opposite Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn and Jeremy Northam; the Wayne Wang art house film The Center Of The World; and The One, opposite Jet Li and Delroy Lindo. She also starred in Sebastian Gutierrez's Creature Feature Part 1: She Creature, opposite Rufus Sewell for Cinemax, as well as Frank Whaley's film The Jimmy Club, opposite Whaley and Ethan Hawke.

Gugino has starred opposite Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage in Snake Eyes, directed by Brian DePalma. She served as a producer and starred in the independent film, Judas Kiss, opposite another Academy Award winner, Emma Thompson. She also starred in The War At Home with Martin Sheen, Kathy Bates and Emilio Estevez; Michael with John Travolta and William Hurt; Miami Rhapsody opposite Sarah Jessica Parker; This Boy's Life with Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio; and Son In Law. Additionally she has appeared in the films Lovelife, HBO's A Private Matter, Showtime's The Motorcycle Gang and Troop Beverly Hills, her first feature film.

Gugino's television credits include her critically acclaimed performances in the CBS series Threshold and as the title character in the series, Karen Sisco, based on the character from the Elmore Leonard novel Out Of Sight. She also appeared opposite Michael J. Fox on Spin City; as a neurosurgeon on Chicago Hope; and in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie A Season for Miracles, starring opposite Kathy Baker, Laura Dern and Lynn Redgrave. She received rave reviews as an American girl who finds her way into aristocratic British society in the BBC/PBS mini-series The Buccaneers. Gugino made her Broadway debut in the summer of 2004 at the Roundabout Theater's revival of Arthur Miller's After the Fall. She received many accolades, including an Outer Critics' Circle Award nomination and a Theater World award for Outstanding Broadway Debut.


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Carla Gugino Facts

OccupationActress, Model
BirthdayAugust 29, 1971 (52)
SignVirgo
BirthplaceSarasota, Florida, USA
Height5' 5" (1m65)  How tall is Carla Gugino compared to you?

Selected Filmography

American Gangster
San Andreas
Night at the Museum
Lovelife
Wolves
Michael
Faster
Monkey Business
Watchmen
Sucker Punch
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