Ciara Bravo

Ciara Bravo
Bravo at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Born	Ciara Quinn Bravo (1997-03-18) March 18, 1997 (age 27) Alexandria, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Known for	Big Time Rush Red Band Society Second Chance Jinxed Swindle Wayne

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
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

1. Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (Dec 1, 2012). "@AnnaMarieBee Well I'm in luck. My Middle Name is Quinnnnn" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Twitter.
2. Bravo, Ciara [@ciarabravo] (March 15, 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.

External links

• Ciara Bravo at IMDb
• Katalyst article