--- name: "Carla Gugino" canonical: "https://film.one/person/carla-gugino" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 August 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 75 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-17T13:51:51.545304+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Carla Gugino Actor. Born 29 August 1971 in Sarasota, Florida, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 August 1971, Sarasota, Florida, USA - **Active:** 1988–present - **Also known as:** Taryn Gugino, 카를라 구기노, 卡拉·裘吉諾, カーラ・グギーノ, カーラ・グジーノ, カーラ・グジノ, کارلا گوگینو, کارلا گوجینو - **Frequently works with:** [Kate Siegel](https://film.one/person/kate-siegel.md), [Mike Flanagan](https://film.one/person/mike-flanagan.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2000s 75 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 68 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 74 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $159m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Gugino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001303/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17832 ## Coming up - *THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH* (2026-11-25) - *The Exorcist: Martyrs* (2027-03-10) ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*The Haunting of Hill House*](https://film.one/tv/the-haunting-of-hill-house.md) (80), [*The Fall of the House of Usher*](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Carla Gugino > Carla Gugino's gift is to stay perfectly calm while everything around her comes apart, and for years it was spent on other people's blockbusters and short-lived series. Mike Flanagan's horror finally gave it something to do. In *The Fall of the House of Usher* (2023), Carla Gugino's Verna comes to each of the Usher children as a different woman, and every one of them has the same unhurried curiosity. The hair and the clothes change; the look does not. It is the look of someone with all the time there is, mildly interested in how you will spend yours. A lesser actor would have played six characters. Gugino plays one, and the series, which shouts where Poe whispered, is steadier whenever she is in it. The calm took a long time to find its use. She started young, modelling at 15 and taking screen roles from 1988, and the part that made people notice was Ingrid Cortez in the *Spy Kids* films (2001–2003), the first of four with Robert Rodriguez. After that came supporting turns in large pictures, Lucille in *Sin City* (2005) and Sally Jupiter in *Watchmen* (2009), and a run of series leads, *Karen Sisco* (2003), *Threshold* and *Jett*, that critics liked and networks did not keep. Casting took the *Spy Kids* mother as a hint. For most of two decades she was the actor everyone agreed was better than her parts, which is a compliment nobody can spend. Mike Flanagan changed that. *Gerald's Game* (2017) gave her a lead built on one woman under pressure and began a partnership that now runs to five films. *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018) followed, with Gugino as Olivia Crain opposite Henry Thomas as the young Hugh. The two of them play a marriage that is happy for just long enough to hurt, and it hurt us more than we expected, because Gugino plays Olivia's happiness without a shadow on it and gives us nothing to brace against. The middle episodes are as good as television horror gets, and a good deal of the reason we care is her. What she does not do is rescue material. *Usher* is handsome, gory and often good fun, and Bruce Greenwood holds it up; Gugino makes her scenes worth watching and cannot make the game of spot-the-reference any less thin. Her strength is honesty inside heightened material, and long, dense speech delivered as though it were ordinary talk. That needs a director who writes long and trusts the actor to keep it plain. Flanagan does. Sebastian Gutierrez, with whom she has made four films, has kept coming back to her too. Others have mostly asked her to stand beside the lead and look composed. She has said she hopes to keep scaring herself creatively and to do the things she does not know she can pull off. Five films with one director is a comfortable place to say that from. Start with *Hill House*, go to *Usher* for her and for Greenwood, and reserve judgement on the rest until somebody else lets her be the point. ## Biography Carla Gugino is an American actress. She was born on 29 August 1971 in Sarasota, Florida. She began acting in the late 1980s and appeared in early films including *Troop Beverly Hills* (1989), *This Boy's Life* (1993) and *Son in Law* (1993). Gugino gained wider recognition for roles in the *Spy Kids* trilogy (2001–2003), *Sin City* (2005), *Night at the Museum* (2006), *Watchmen* (2009) as Sally Jupiter, *San Andreas* (2015) and *Gerald's Game* (2017). She has frequently collaborated with director Mike Flanagan, starring as Olivia Crain in the miniseries *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018), appearing in *The Haunting of Bly Manor* (2020), and playing Verna in *The Fall of the House of Usher* (2023). Other television work includes the series *Karen Sisco* (2003), *Threshold* (2005–2006) and *Jett* (2019). She has been in a relationship with director and screenwriter Sebastián Gutiérrez since 1996. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, inverse.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *The Fall of the House of Usher* (2023), Fi1m 65, as Verna — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher.md) - *Midnight Mass* (2021), Fi1m 72, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/tv/midnight-mass.md) - *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018), Fi1m 80, as Olivia Crain — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-haunting-of-hill-house.md) - *Sin City* (2005), Fi1m 75, as Lucille — [page](https://film.one/film/sin-city.md) - *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Sandy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md) ## Complete filmography (113) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Exorcist: Martyrs* (2027), Acting - *THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH* (2026), Acting - *Lockbox* (2026), as Ellen Hershbergen - *Heads of State* (2025), as VP Elizabeth Kirk - *The Life of Chuck* (2025), as News and Commercial Voice (voice) - *The Friend* (2025), as Elaine - *The Girls on the Bus* (2024), series, as Grace Gordon Greene - *Rock, Paper, Scissors* (2024), series, as Detective Wishowski (voice) - *Lisa Frankenstein* (2024), as Janet - *Orion and the Dark* (2024), as Orion's Mom (voice) - *The Fall of the House of Usher* (2023), series, as Verna — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher.md) - *Leopard Skin* (2022), series, as Alba Fontana - *Midnight Mass* (2021), series, as Judge — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/midnight-mass.md) - *Gunpowder Milkshake* (2021), as Madeleine - *With/In Volume 2* (2021), as (segment "Twenty Questions") - *Watch on the Rhine* (2021), as Sara - *Zack Snyder's Justice League* (2021), as Ship Voice (voice) - *The Haunting of Bly Manor* (2020), series, as The Storyteller - *Jett* (2019), series, as Daisy 'Jett' Kowalski, Executive Producer - *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018), series, as Olivia Crain — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-haunting-of-hill-house.md) - *Elizabeth Harvest* (2018), as Claire - *Gerald's Game* (2017), as Jessie - *Manhunt* (2017), series, as Kathy Scruggs - *The Space Between Us* (2017), as Kendra Wyndham - *Wolves* (2016), as Jenny Keller - *Roadies* (2016), series, as Shelli Anderson - *Bling* (2016), as Catherine (voice) - *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016), as Ship Voice (voice) - *San Andreas* (2015), as Emma Gaines - *Wayward Pines* (2015), series, as Kate Hewson - *Match* (2014), as Lisa Davis - *Man of Steel* (2013), as Kelor (voice) - *Doubt* (2013), as Linda Chapman - *Hotel Noir* (2012), as Hanna Click - *Political Animals* (2012), series, as Susan Berg - *I Melt with You* (2011), as Laura - *New Year's Eve* (2011), as Spiritual Dr. Morriset - *Hide* (2011), as D.D. Warren - *The Mighty Macs* (2011), as Cathy Rush - *New Girl* (2011), series, as Emma - *Mr. Popper's Penguins* (2011), as Amanda - *Sucker Punch* (2011), as Dr. Vera Gorski - *Elektra Luxx* (2011), as Elektra Luxx - *Girl Walks Into a Bar* (2011), as Francine Driver - *Faster* (2010), as Cicero - *Tell-Tale* (2010), Femme Fatale, Idea, Producer - *Justified* (2010), series, as Karen Goodall — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) - *Every Day* (2010), as Robin - *Women in Trouble* (2009), as Elektra Luxx - *Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen* (2009), Acting - *Apocrypha* (2009), as Woman - *The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics* (2009), Acting - *Under the Hood* (2009), as Sally Jupiter - *Race to Witch Mountain* (2009), as Dr. Alex Friedman - *Watchmen* (2009), as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre - *Sparks* (2009), as Robin - *The Unborn* (2009), as Janet Beldon - *Righteous Kill* (2008), as Karen Corelli - *American Gangster* (2007), as Laurie Roberts - *Californication* (2007), series, as Abby Rhodes - *Rise: Blood Hunter* (2007), as Eve - *Even Money* (2007), as Veronica - *The Lookout* (2007), as Janet - *Night at the Museum* (2006), as Rebecca - *The Life Coach* (2005), as Carla - *Threshold* (2005), series, as Dr. Molly Anne Caffrey - *Sin City* (2005), as Lucille — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/sin-city.md) - *Entourage* (2004), series, as Amanda Daniels — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md) - *The Singing Detective* (2003), as Betty Dark / Hooker - *Karen Sisco* (2003), series, as Karen Sisco - *Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over* (2003), as Ingrid Cortez - *Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams* (2002), as Ingrid Cortez - *The Jimmy Show* (2002), as Annie - *Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature* (2001), as Lily - *The One* (2001), as T.K. Law / Massie Walsh - *The Center of the World* (2001), as Jerri - *Spy Kids* (2001), as Ingrid Cortez - *A Season for Miracles* (1999), as Emilie Thompson - *Judas Kiss* (1998), as Coco Chavez, Co-Producer - *Snake Eyes* (1998), as Julia Costello - *Jaded* (1998), as Megan 'Meg' Harris - *LoveLife* (1997), as Amy - *Michael* (1996), as Bride - *The War at Home* (1996), as Melissa - *Wedding Bell Blues* (1996), as Violet - *Spin City* (1996), series, as Ashley Schaeffer - *Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco* (1996), as Delilah (voice) - *The Buccaneers* (1995), series, as Nan St. George - *Miami Rhapsody* (1995), as Leslie - *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Gina Simon - *Motorcycle Gang* (1994), as Leann Morris - *Rebel Highway* (1994), series, as Leann Morris - *Son in Law* (1993), as Rebecca Warner - *Red Hot* (1993), as Valentina - *This Boy's Life* (1993), as Norma - *A Private Matter* (1992), as Mary Beth - *Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story* (1992), as Allison Connors - *Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael* (1990), as Young Roxy - *American Dreamer* (1990), series, Acting - *Ferris Bueller* (1990), series, as Ann Peyson - *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), series, as Sara Newman - *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Michelle Temple Cutter - *Troop Beverly Hills* (1989), as Chica Barnfell - *Good Morning, Miss Bliss* (1988), series, as Karen - *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, as Sandy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md) - *ALF* (1986), series, as Laura - *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Sydney St. James - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Emilie Thompson - *Billings*, Acting - *Fog City*, as Inez Burns - *Callback*, Acting - *Vivien & the Florist*, as Vivien Leigh - *Night Electricity*, Acting ## Gallery - ![Carla Gugino](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-8808d1b8270d.jpg) Carla Gugino — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Carla_Gugino_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Carla_Gugino_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_1_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Brad Peyton, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Ple](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-abd5530cefa7.jpg) Brad Peyton, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Ple — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Brad_Peyton%2C_Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2816435170444%29.jpg/1280px-Brad_Peyton%2C_Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2816435170444%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Brad Peyton, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Ple](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-42bbcf03d9c3.jpg) Brad Peyton, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Ple — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Brad_Peyton%2C_Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2816869797078%29.jpg/1280px-Brad_Peyton%2C_Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2816869797078%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Brad Peyton, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Ple](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-5c8161eada02.jpg) Brad Peyton, Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Ple — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Brad_Peyton%2C_Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2817031612286%29.jpg/1280px-Brad_Peyton%2C_Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2817031612286%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carla Gugino](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-ad04ec631584.jpg) Carla Gugino — Image via TMDB - ![Carla Gugino](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-50b37ac683a9.jpg) Carla Gugino — Image via TMDB - ![Carla Gugino](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-208aaa114d19.jpg) Carla Gugino — Image via TMDB - ![Carla Gugino lors d'une interview au Wondercon 2015, pour le film San Andreas, Californie](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-4caae1087f53.jpg) Carla Gugino lors d'une interview au Wondercon 2015, pour le film San Andreas, Californie — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Carla_Gugino.jpg/1280px-Carla_Gugino.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-bf194e305650.jpg) Carla Gugino and Alexandra Daddario speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "San Andreas", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2816869794198%29.jpg/1280px-Carla_Gugino_%26_Alexandra_Daddario_%2816869794198%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carla Gugino](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-4326ff0b91f7.jpg) Carla Gugino — Image via TMDB - ![Carla Gugino](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-b06f10a41956.jpg) Carla Gugino — Image via TMDB - ![Carla Gugino](https://film.one/media/person/285781/gallery-6759ed9f8e3e.jpg) Carla Gugino — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Theatre World Award 2005: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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