Carla Gugino
Acclaimed screen and stage beauty Carla Gugino has enjoyed both critical and commercial success as an actor. Most recently, Gugino was seen starring in the 2023 Netflix mini series The Fall of the House of Usher. Gugino stars opposite Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Rahul Kohli, and Zach Gilford. Gugino will next be seen in Focus Features’ Lisa Frankenstein which follows a misunderstood teenager and a reanimated corpse on a murderous journey to find love, happiness and a few missingbody parts.
Her recent projects include Peacock’s series Leopard Skin, the Apple podcast series, American Hostage, the Navot Papushado-directed action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake, Spectrum Originals’ anthology series Manhunt, and Cinemax’s action-packed drama, Jett.
On the small screen, Gugino recently starred in Netflix’s popular drama horror mini-series The Haunting of Bly Manor. Also, on the small screen, Gugino was seen in Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House and Gerald’s Game, J.J. Abrams’ Roadies for Showtime, the HBO comedy series The Brink, and the M. Night Shyamalan mini-series for FOX, Wayward Pines.
Gugino has also appeared in IFC Films’ Elizabeth Harvest, the Peter Chelson-directed feature The Space Between Us, the indie film Wolves with Michael Shannon, the summer tent pole blockbuster San Andreas,
Some of her iconic roles include Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, Dr. Vera Gorski in Suckerpunch, Lucille in Sin City, Amanda Daniels in HBO's Entourage, Sally Jupiter in Watchmen. Her other feature film work includes starring roles in Match, American Gangster, Night at the Museum, Race to Witch Mountain, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Women in Trouble, Elektra, and The Son In Law.
Gugino's Broadway work includes turns as Maggie in Arthur Miller's After The Fall (for which she received a Theater World Award and an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Actress in a play), Catherine in Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer with Blythe Danner (Outer Critics Circlenomination) and the role of Abbie Putnam in Eugene O’Neill's Desire Under The Elms (also nominated bythe Outer Critics Circle), opposite Brian Dennehy.
Other television work includes notable lead roles in NBC’s crime drama Karen Sisco and CBS’ science fiction drama Threshold. Gugino also starred in USA miniseries Political Animals, opposite Sigourney Weaver and Ellen Burstyn, as well as having memorable roles in New Girl (as Schmidt's racy, unstable boss), Justified (as Raylan Givens' female counterpart) and as David Duchovny's razor-sharp lawyer and love interest on Californication.