Carla Gugino is an American actress who has worked in many hit television series and movies. She is best known for her role as Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy and the title character of the TV series Karen Sisco. She started her career with modeling and later shifted her focus on the small and big screen alike; both of them earned her fame and recognition.
Carla was born on August 29, 1971 in Sarasota, Florida to an Irish-Italian father and a mother of English descent. The family relocated to Paradise, California, when Carla was just four years old. She was a straight-A student and graduated as a valedictorian. When she was just 15 years old, she was approached by a modeling agency in San Diego which made her shift base to New York. Despite, her short height of just 5’4’’, she walked the ramp for many labels. But the experience of living life in fast lane was too much for her and she moved back to California to finish her studies. Here she got a good piece of advice from her aunt; model Carol Merril who is best known for her work on Let's Make a Deal game show. She asked Carla to get herself enrolled in acting classes and she promptly prepared herself under drama coach Gene Bua in Los Angeles.
