Ciara Bravo
Ciara Bravo | |
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_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg) Bravo at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Born | Ciara Quinn Bravo March 18, 1997 Alexandria, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Works | Full list |
Ciara Quinn Bravo (/siˈɛərə/; born March 18, 1997)[1][2][3] is an American actress and producer. She started her career as a child actress, starring in the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush (2009–2013) and in the channel's television film Swindle (2013), before gaining early critical recognition with a lead role in the Fox medical drama series Red Band Society (2014–2015). Her career further progressed with supporting roles in the films Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), To the Bone (2017), The Long Dumb Road (2018), and Cherry (2021). For playing a drug addict in the latter, she earned acclaim.
Bravo's other works include a number of voice work, lead roles in the television series Second Chance (2015–2016) and Wayne (2019), and recurring roles in A Teacher (2020) and Most Dangerous Game (2023).
Early life
Bravo was born Ciara Quinn Bravo on March 18, 1997, and raised in Alexandria, Kentucky. Bravo attended Summit Country Day School nearby in Cincinnati, Ohio.[4][5]
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.[6][7] 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[8] and made a short appearance as an Italian girl in the hit film Angels & Demons.[9]
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.[10]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | ||
| 2025 | Last Days | TBA | Post-production |
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
- ^ Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (Dec 1, 2012). "@AnnaMarieBee Well I'm in luck. My Middle Name is Quinnnnn" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (March 15, 2013). "@JarlosandKogan it's on Monday" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (March 18, 2013). "@_nadpeace 16" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "From Expo to "Big Time Rush"". Wings model management. Archived from the original on 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Actress Ciara Bravo Visits FOX19". WXIX-FOX19. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ "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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