Ciara Bravo
Bravo in 2021
Born
Ciara Quinn Bravo

(1997-03-18) March 18, 1997 (age 26)
Alexandria, Kentucky, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Known for

Ciara Quinn Bravo (/siˈɛərə/; born March 18, 1997)[1][2][3] is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, starring in the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush and the Fox series Red Band Society.[4][5] She also appeared in the Nickelodeon television films Jinxed and Swindle.

Bravo's voice work includes Giselita in Open Season 3, Patty in Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, and Sarah in Special Agent Oso.

Early life

Born and raised in Alexandria, Kentucky, Bravo attended Summit Country Day School nearby in Cincinnati, Ohio.[6][7]

Career

Bravo's career began at the age of nine after attending the Model and Talent Expo Presented by Mike Beaty in Dallas, Texas. She was discovered by Bryan Leder and Frederick Levy of Management 101.[8][9] This led to several voice-overs for Playhouse Disney and Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?, an appearance in the Willow Smith music video "Knees and Elbows", and several commercials.

During 2008, she continued pursuing auditions and acted in several local commercials for Newport Aquarium[10] and made a short appearance as an Italian girl in the hit film Angels & Demons.[11]

Bravo acted in two short films, Lost Sheep (or The Cafeteria) and Washed Up; and in the Nickelodeon television series, Big Time Rush and the Fox television series, Red Band Society. Bravo is also a voice actress; she has provided the voice of Giselita in the Open Season franchise. She has also done voice work in Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, Special Agent Oso, and The Penguins of Madagascar.

Bravo has also appeared in the film To the Bone, which draws attention to anorexia.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Angels & Demons Italian Girl Uncredited
The Cafeteria Caroline Short film
Washed Up Sarah
2010 Open Season 3 Giselita Voice
2013 Swindle Melissa Bing
2013 Jinxed Meg Murphy
2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Sorority Girl
2017 To The Bone Tracy
Dominique's Baby Charlise Short film
2018 The Long Dumb Road Ashley
2019 The Final Girl Returns Mavis Short film
2021 Cherry Emily
Coast Cassie
Small Engine Repair Crystal Romanowski

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Can You Teach My Alligator Manners? Additional Voices 2 episodes
2009 Special Agent Oso Sarah Voice, episode: "Diamonds Are for Kites"
2009–2013 Big Time Rush Katie Knight Main cast; 72 episodes
2011 Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown Patty Voice, TV special
My Dog's Christmas Miracle Heather TV special
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Peaches Voice, TV short
2012 Kinect Star Wars: Girly Vader Girly Vader Television film
The Penguins of Madagascar Hunter Voice, episode: "Operation: Antarctica"
Big Time Movie Katie Knight Television film
2013 Supah Ninjas Kylee Episode: "Cheer Fever"
Swindle Melissa Bing Television film
The Haunted Hathaways Blair Episode: "Haunted Boat"
Jinxed Meg Television film
2014–2015 Red Band Society Emma Chota Main cast; 13 episodes
2016 Second Chance Gracie Pritchard Main cast; 11 episodes
NCIS Amanda Campbell Episode: "Rogue"
2017 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Abby Episode: "A Life Spent"
2019 Wayne Delilah "Del" Luccetti Main cast; 10 episodes
Into the Dark Lacey Episode: "Pure"
2020 A Teacher Mary Smith 3 episodes
2023 Most Dangerous Game Tina 5 episodes

References

  1. ^ Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (December 2, 2012). "@AnnaMarieBee Well I'm in luck. My Middle Name is Quinnnnn" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (March 16, 2013). "@JarlosandKogan it's on Monday" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (March 18, 2013). "@_nadpeace 16" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Big Time Rush: About The Cast". Archived from the original on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  5. ^ "Red Band Society Actress Ciara Bravo talks love triangle". Hypable. Hypable. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. ^ Kiesewetter, John (14 September 2014). "Ciara Bravo graduates from sitcom to best new TV drama". Cincinnati the Enquirer. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Alexandria girl gets nod to star in Aquarium's frog commercial". Fox 19 Now. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  8. ^ "From Expo to "Big Time Rush"". Wings model management. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  9. ^ Betsy Boyd (22 October 2010). "Leder & Levy: 101 duo manage expectations". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Two NKY Actresses Make TV Debut Next Week". Cincinnati.com. November 19, 2009. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  11. ^ "Actress Ciara Bravo Visits FOX19". WXIX-FOX19. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  12. ^ "To the Bone Can you make a movie about eating disorders without glamorizing them?". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2018-07-28.

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