Gia Mantegna

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Gia Mantegna
Born
Gina Cristine Mantegna

(1990-04-17) April 17, 1990 (age 34)
Other namesGina Mantegna
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Parent
Websitegiamantegna.com

Gia Cristine Mantegna (born Gina Cristine Mantegna; April 17, 1990)

.

Personal life

While growing up Mantegna was a trained

ballerina.[3] She plays piano and saxophone and is a skilled singer.[3]
Gia's older sister, Mia, works as a makeup artist. Mia was diagnosed with autism as a toddler, but her parents took the advice of a teacher and put her in a regular school, which helped her develop important social skills.[4]

Career

Mantegna made her acting debut at age 13 in the 2003 film

Michele Laroque and Ed Quinn
.

She turned 18 in 2008, and decided to change her professional name to Gia.

In 2008, Mantegna made a guest appearance in the Season 3 episode, for television show Criminal Minds, in which her father stars, wherein she portrayed an abducted teen named Lindsey Vaughn, who witnesses her best friend's death. She also appeared on The Secret Life of the American Teenager in a recurring role as Patty Mary.

In 2010, Mantegna starred in the independent feature And Soon the Darkness. She also appeared in the TeenNick television series Gigantic.

On December 9, 2010, Mantegna was announced as the 2011

Golden Globe Award Ceremony.[5]

In 2011, Mantegna starred in the found footage feature Apartment 143 and in the independent romantic comedy, Getting That Girl. In addition to film roles, she played recurring characters on The Middle and Under the Dome.

In 2017, Mantegna reprised her Criminal Minds guest starring role "Lindsey Vaughn", now operating as a drug cartel hit woman.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Uncle Nino Gina Micelli Credited as Gina Mantegna
2004
13 Going On 30
Gina
2006 Unaccompanied Minors Grace Conrad
2007 In the Land of Women Teenage Girl #3
The Neighbor Ally
2010 And Soon the Darkness Camila
2011 Apartment 143 Caitlin White
Getting That Girl Mandy Meyers
2013 Empire State Vicky
The Frozen Ground Debbie Peters
Jake Squared Sarah
2014 California Scheming Chloe
Ask Me Anything Jade
Squatters Stephanie Direct-to-video
The Prince Beth

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Murder Book Claire Gilroy Television movie, Credited as Gia Mantegna
2007 All I Want for Christmas Mary Television movie (Hallmark), Credited as Gia Mantegna
2008, 2017 Criminal Minds Lindsey Vaughn/Carol Atkinson Recurring role; 4 episodes (Seasons 3 & 12)
2008–2009 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Patty Mary Episodes: "What Have You Done to Me?"; Credited as Gia Mantegna, "Ciao", "Summertime"
2009 Medium Devin Mitchell Episode: "Who's That Girl"
2010–2011 Gigantic Vanessa King Main role; 18 episodes
2013 Perception Erica Beecher Episode: "Asylum" (Season 2 Episode 9)
2014–2017 The Middle Devin Levin Recurring role (Seasons 6–7), Guest (season 8); 8 episodes
2015 Cheerleader Death Squad Grace Unsold television pilot[6]
Under the Dome Lily Walters Recurring role; 5 episodes (Season 3)
2019 Magnum P.I. Karen McDowell Episode: "Black is the Widow"

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Life After First Failure Christina CW Seed Series
2018–? The Dead Girls Detective Agency Charlotte Feldman "Snap Originals" on Snapchat

References

  1. ^ "Happy Birthday, @GiaMantegna! What a talented and kind human being she is! 🎂🍰🧁👏👏👏😻". twitter.com.
  2. ^ "Happy Birthday Gia Mantegna!". twitter.com.
  3. ^
    Hollywood Foreign Press (HFPA). December 12, 2010. Archived from the original
    on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  4. ^ "A Father's Love: Actor Joe Mantegna on his Daughter's Autism » Brain World". Brainworldmagazine.com. 2 September 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  5. InStyle Magazine
    . December 9, 2010. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  6. ^ Swift, Andy (May 28, 2015). "Cheerleader Death Squad: CW Drama Could Live On In 'Different Form'". TVLine. Retrieved 2015-08-07.

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