CARA MANTELLA
- SAG-AFTRA
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Comedic Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
Clips from Woke (Hulu), Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters: Better World (TruTV), Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters: A Face in the Car Lot (TruTV), Lodge 49 (AMC), Nashville (CMT), and Charming the Hearts of Men.
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Dramatic Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
Clips from Lodge 49 (AMC), The Oath (Crackle), Charming the Hearts of Men, Outcast (Cinemax), and American Soul (BET).
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LODGE 49 - DRAMA (Performance Video) Quicktime
Guest Star in Season 2 Episode 6, "Circles". A resilient and free-spirited single mother in the 1960s searching for meaning in her life. (AMC) *Honorable Mention in TVLine's Performers of the Week. *In Entertainment Weekly's Best 30 TV Episodes of 2019.
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WOKE - COMEDY (Performance Video) Quicktime
Season 2, Episode 1 cold open. A well meaning social justice warrior, unaware of her own blind spots. Comedy. Opposite Lamorne Morris. (Hulu)
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CHARMING THE HEARTS OF MEN (Performance Video) Quicktime
Qualified yet nervous applicant for a secretarial position in the 1960s, who gets passed over because of her looks. Opposite Anna Friel.
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MISFITS & MONSTERS (TruTV) - COMEDY (Performance Video) Quicktime
Guest star. Intellectual yet playful scientist fighting technology & finding love. Opposite Danny Pudi.
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MISFITS & MONSTERS - COMEDY (Performance Video) Quicktime
Just your average odd vampire gal, trying to save the country from a werewolf president. Comedy. Opposite Tara Lynn Barr. (TruTV)
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THE OATH (Sony/Crackle) - DRAMA (Performance Video) Quicktime
Unsympathetic and stubborn case worker, unwilling to bend the rules, but tired of her job. Drama. Opposite Christina Milian and Katrina Law. (Sony Crackle)
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OUTCAST (Cinemax) - MEDICAL DRAMA (Performance Video) Quicktime
Diligent and professional medical resident forced to stitch Kyle Barnes' wound, even though contact could hurt her. Opposite Patrick Fugit.
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NASHVILLE (CMT) - DRAMEDY (Performance Video) Quicktime
Well-meaning yet uncompromising client on a commercial shoot, trying to save her own job but at the same time ruining the vision of the artist. Opposite Rachel Bilson.
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THE FOUNDER (Feature Film) - PERIOD PIECE (Performance Video) Quicktime
Loving and kind wife opening a McDonald's franchise with her husband in the 1950s. Opposite Michael Keaton.
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CHRISTMAS CUPID - ABC Family MOW (Performance Video) Quicktime
Sensitive, sweet, maternal assistant. Opposite Christina Milian. (ABC Family Original Movie)
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THAT'S EDUCATIONAL - MOCKUMENTARY COMEDY (Performance Video) Quicktime
Sensitive but somewhat jaded and sarcastic actor in an educational theatre company(mockumentary style comedic web series).
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LODGE 49 (AMC) - DRAMA (Performance Video) Quicktime
Season 1, Episode 6 (1960s Flashback scene) Loving single mother, swept up in the promise of adventure and possibility with the Lodge's Sovereign Protector. (AMC)
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THE GOOD LIE (Performance Video) Quicktime
Optimistic and helpful curriculum advisor. Opposite Arnold Oceng.
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Résumé Print Résumé
TV (selected) | ||
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Lodge 49 |
Recurring Guest Star |
AMC |
The Summer I Turned Pretty |
Guest Star |
Amazon |
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters: Better World |
Guest Star |
Bobcat Goldthwait/TruTV |
Stranger Things |
Recurring |
Netflix |
The Oval |
Recurring |
Tyler Perry/BET |
Will Trent |
Co-Star |
Jason Ensler/ABC |
Woke |
Co-Star |
Maurice Marable/Hulu |
The Resident |
Co-Star |
David Crabtree/Fox |
Single Drunk Female |
Co-Star |
Phil Traill/Freeform |
Bobcat Gothwait's Misfits & Monsters: A Face in the Car Lot |
Co-Star |
Bobcat Goldthwait/TruTV |
American Soul |
Co-Star |
Angela Barnes Gomes/BET |
The Oath |
Co-Star |
Scott Mann/Sony Crackle |
Nashville |
Co-Star |
Michael Lohmann/CMT |
Outcast |
Co-Star |
Daisy von Scherler Mayer/ |
Cinemax |
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Zoe Ever Afer |
Co-Star |
Stan Lathan/BET |
HR (Pilot) |
Co-Star |
Darren Star/Lifetime |
Royal Pains |
Co-Star |
Emile Levisetti/USA |
Drop Dead Diva |
Co-Star |
Michael Grossman/Lifetime |
The Game |
Co-Star |
Bille Woodruff/BET |
Army Wives |
Co-Star |
Rob Spera/Lifetime |
Film (selected) | ||
The Pain Hustlers |
Principal |
David Yates/Netflix |
Charming The Hearts of Men |
Principal |
S.E. DeRose |
Noelle |
Principal |
Marc Lawrence |
I, Tonya |
Principal |
Craig Gillespie |
The Founder |
Principal |
John Lee Hancock |
The Good Lie |
Principal |
Philippe Falardeau |
Premature |
Supporting |
Dan Beers |
Christmas Cupid (TV Movie) |
Supporting |
Gil Junger/ ABC Family |
Trouble with the Curve |
Principal |
Robert Lorenz |
My Future Boyfriend (TV Movie) |
Principal |
Michael Lange/ABC Family |
Seven Days of Yellow |
Lead |
Perla Faye Humphrey |
Internet/Webseries | ||
Swampy Meadows |
Guest Star/Co-Director |
w/ Eric Mendenhall |
That's Educational |
Series Regular |
Justin Anderson |
Fark TV |
Various (15 episodes) |
Benjamin Barak |
Theatre (Partial List) | ||
Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train* |
Mary Jane |
Actor's Express |
Eric J. Little |
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Angels in America** (Parts I & II) |
Harper Pitt |
Actor's Express |
Martin Wilkins/Freddie Ashley |
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Significant Other |
Kiki |
Actor's Express |
Jessica Holt, Dir. |
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Rabbit Hole |
Izzy |
Stage Door Players |
Dina Shadwell, Dir. |
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Clybourne Park** |
Betsy/Lindsey |
Aurora Theatre |
Melissa Foulger, Dir |
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Elemeno Pea |
Michaela |
Horizon Theatre |
Heidi Cline, Dir. |
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Seminar |
Kate |
Actor's Express |
Freddie Ashley, Dir. |
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Same Time, Next Year |
Doris |
Stage Door Players |
Tess Malis Kincaid, Dir |
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A Man for All Seasons |
Margaret More |
Theatre in the Square |
Robert Farley, Dir. |
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Mauritius* |
Jackie |
Actor's Express |
Freddie Ashley, Dir. |
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Doubt |
Sister James |
Alliance Theatre |
Susan V. Booth, Dir. |
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Commercial | ||
Conflicts upon request |
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Training and Education | ||
Current/Ongoing |
On-Camera: Professional |
Jason MacDonald (Drama Inc.) |
BFA in Acting: |
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana |
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Workshops with: |
Crystal Carson, Ted Brunetti, |
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Erica Arvold, and more |
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Improv: |
Brooke Jaye Taylor & Matthew Cornwell |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'8" |
Weight: |
Eyes: Brown |
Hair Color: Black |
Hair Length: Shoulder Length |
Improvisation, Voiceover, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent
*Suzi Bass Award Winner: Supporting Performer in a Play *Suzi Bass Award Nomination: Lead Actress in a Play ** Suzi Bass Award Winner: Best Ensemble in a Play