CARA MANTELLA
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Cara Mantella - Demo Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
Clips from Pain Hustlers, Lodge 49, Will Trent, Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters, Charming the Hearts of Men, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and Woke.
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Pain Hustlers (Performance Video) Quicktime
Well-intentioned, yet privileged admissions officer at a prestigious and expensive private school. Opposite Emily Blunt.
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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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MISFITS & MONSTERS (TruTV) - COMEDY (Performance Video) Quicktime
Guest star. Intellectual yet playful scientist fighting technology & finding love. Opposite Danny Pudi.
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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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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 - 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 Original Chrismas Movie (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
Represented by: |
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Houghton Talent (GA) (404) 603-9454 Untamed Artists LA (CA) 267-266-9168 |
TV (partial list) | ||
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Grosse Pointe Garden Society |
Recurring |
NBC/Peacock |
NDA Streaming Series (airs 2025) |
Co-Star |
Amazon |
Lodge 49* |
Recurring Co-Star/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 |
Film (partial list) | ||
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: |
Improvisation, Voiceover, American - New York Accent, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent
*Honorable Mention in TVLine's Performers of the Week for my Guest Starring episode of Lodge 49. That episode was also named one of Entertainment Weekly's Best 30 TV Episodes of 2019. https://tvline.com/news/toni-collette-merritt-wever-unbelievable-netflix-performances-1101035/ *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