Linda Cardellini’s biography
Linda Cardellini is a famous American actress who appeared in more than 40 feature-length films and television series. She first captured the hearts of the audience when she starred in a live-action adaptation of a popular cartoon Scooby-Doo, and starting from that moment her career really took off. Net worth: $9 million.
Childhood and adolescence
The actress-to-be was born on June 25, 1975, in a relatively small seaside city, Redwood City (California), into a big international family. Linda is the youngest of four kids in the family of David Cardellini, whose parents were Italian immigrants, and an Irish American Lorraine Hernan.
At the age of 10, the girl performed in a school play for the first time and fell in love with theater and everything related to it for the rest of her life. It was then that Linda began dreaming of becoming a professional actress and couldn’t even imagine her future without being the center of attention on stage.
Acting career
Linda began doing various television projects during her college years. In 1994, she was a contestant on a television game show The Price Is Right, and in 1996 she landed a starring role in horror television series Bone Chillers. She later went on to appear in a teen sitcom Clueless (1997), drama series Promised Land (1998), teen sitcom Kenan & Kel (1998), and numerous others, which although did not bring the young actress recognition, became a reliable foundation for her future career.
In the summer of 1999, Cardellini was a part of a touring production of Lancelot, which was a major success in Western European countries.
In 2001, Linda truly shined in a now-iconic comedy film Legally Blonde alongside mesmerizing Reese Witherspoon. A year later Cardellini portrayed Velma Dinkley in a film adaptation of a cult animated television series Scooby-Doo. The sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed came out in 2004 and the actress resumed her role. At that time she was a regular cast member of medical drama television series ER (2003-2009) and even received a prestigious Icon TV Land Award.
Linda Cardellini’s personal life
The actress has repeatedly stated that she spends most of her life on the set. It comes as no surprise that the majority of her romantic relationships were initiated so to say on-the-job.
Linda Cardellini today
As of 2019, Linda Cardellini boasts an impressive, reputable resume of 40 various film projects, including an outstanding performance in Green Book, where she appeared in one of the leading roles. The biographical comedy-drama film, directed by Peter Farrelly, received positive reviews from the critics and audience, was dubbed the best film of 2018 and subsequently won the Best Picture Award at the Oscars. Both Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali were nominated for their amazing performances, with Mahershala winning in the Best Supporting Actor category.
Cardellini will also star in the upcoming supernatural horror film The Curse of La Llorona (also known as The Curse of the Weeping Woman), where she will play a single mother trying to protect her family from a revenge-seeking evil entity.
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