Few movie stars have the amount of followers like Carla Gugino. This American movie star is of diverse ancestry and is a mix of Irish, English & Italian. Such is her popularity that millions of fans all around the world await her movies and TV serials with baited breath. The parents of this actress separated when she was just 2 years old, but withstanding these odds she has risen to a status where few can reach. She was born in the city of Sarsota in the state of Florida, USA on the 29th of August 1971.

Standing at 5’5” Carla had a kidney operation at the tender age of five years and is the niece of the famous actress, Caroll Merill. Little is known about her mother, but her father, Carl Gugino is a famous orthodontist. When she was just 4 years, she and her mother moved away from her place of birth and they migrated to Paradise, California. For a long period of time, she and her mother moved a lot around California, but despite this fact, she has always been studious and this fact is proved by her academic career where she has always remained an A grade student.

She has also her high school’s valedictorian. When Carla Gugino was 15 years old, she was spotted by a modeling agency based in San Diego and she then moved over to New York. Many people found her being appreciated by a modeling agency as strange since she is not too tall. In fact Carla is on the short side with her height being just 5’4” (1.65 m) which is not the accepted height for catwalk. Carla had greater things destined for her and soon she found the modeling work with the reputed Elite modeling agency a bit too much and she moved back to California.

Credit for what she is today also goes to her aunt Carol Merill. It was on her aunt’s recommendation that Carla started studying acting. Few people are aware of the fact that Carla loves spending her free time in traveling and meeting her friends in Los Angeles. This actress who sports a tattoo on the inside part of her left ankle also loves yoga. The name of her boyfriend is Sebastian Gutierrez and he is a writer and director. Carla has worked with her boyfriend on one of shows… `Karen Sisco and Rise’.

Her acting capabilities are proved by her exquisite rendition of the mother of Malin Alkerman in the movie Watchmen. Carla is actually only 7 years older than Malin. Two of her films have been released in 2009 and one of them, `Race to Witch Mountain” that was released on the 13th of March, 2009 was the No.1 film of that weekend. As of date, Carla is revered by fans all over the world and there are several blogs and forums dedicated to her. She also has her own personal website where visitors can know more in depth about her.