Caitlin Carver

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Caitlin Carver
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Caitlin Carver at the premiere of I, Tonya, 2017 Toronto Film Festival
Born (1992-03-31) March 31, 1992 (age 32)
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Caitlin Carver (born March 31, 1992) [1] is an American actress.

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Early years

Carver was born in Monrovia, Alabama. [2] She attended Sparkman High School in Harvest, Alabama where she graduated in 2010. [1] Her father is Don Carver. She grew up dancing, doing gymnastics, and playing softball and basketball, until eventually beginning theater in high school. [3] Before her acting career took off, she worked as a professional dancer, dancing with many notable recording artists in the music industry including Beyoncé, Ne-Yo, and Pitbull. [1]

Career

Before acting roles, Carver appeared as a dancer in a number of television series, including Nashville , Glee , Parks and Recreation , and the VH1 cheerleader soapy drama Hit the Floor in the recurring role of Mason. [1] In 2014 she began playing guest parts in Twisted , Southland, and Stalker . Also in 2014, she was cast for the recurring role of Hayley Heinz in the ABC Family drama series The Fosters for two seasons. [1] [4]

While filming The Fosters , Carver was cast as Becca Arrington in the movie adaption of John Green's novel Paper Towns . [5]

In 2015, Carver was cast as Lacey Briggs in the ABC television soap opera Blood & Oil alongside Don Johnson, Amber Valletta, and Scott Michael Foster. [6] [7]

In 2016, Carver was cast as Michelle Geiss, a reluctant beauty and aspiring photographer who is both intellectual and talented, in the ABC television pilot Model Woman. [8] She starred opposite Andie MacDowell, Steven Weber, and Nicole Ari Parker. She was also cast in Warren Beatty's Rules Don't Apply , and made appearances on NCIS , Timeless , and Heroes Reborn .

In 2017, Carver was cast as Nancy Kerrigan alongside Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, and Sebastian Stan in the film I, Tonya . [9]

She recurred as Muffy Tuttle on Netflix's Dear White People . [10]

She currently recurs as Emma Jacobs in NBC's Chicago Fire . [11]

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Impact EarthJulia Waters
2015 Paper Towns Becca Arrington
2016 Rules Don't Apply Marla Lookalike
2017 I, Tonya Nancy Kerrigan
2018The Matchmakers PlaybookBlake
2018The Delta GirlDelilah
2023 Hayseed Cassandra
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 So Random! Shin ModelEpisode: "Shane Harper"
2012-2013 Nashville Juliette's DancerEpisodes: "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)", "I've Been Down That Road Before"
2013 Southland Bloody GirlEpisode: "Hats and Bats"
2013 Glee Vocal Adrenaline memberEpisode: "Love, Love, Love"
2013 Parks and Recreation Chard Girl / Dancing ToothEpisodes: "Fluoride", "Farmers Market"
2013 Twisted LizzyEpisode: "The Son Also Falls"
2013-2014 Hit the Floor MasonRecurring role, 11 episodes
2014–2018 The Fosters Hayley HeinzRecurring role
2015 Stalker AlexisEpisode: "Lost and Found"
2015 Blood & Oil Lacey BriggsUnaired pilot
2015 Heroes Reborn Young EricaEpisode: "Company Woman"
2016 NCIS Megan PorterEpisode: "React"
2016 Timeless Maria TompkinsEpisode:"Space Race"
2017The RachelsRachel RichardsTV film
2017 Freakish EliseEpisode: "Humanity"
2018 S.W.A.T. Juliette CarltonEpisode: "Payback"
2017–2021 Dear White People Muffy TuttleRecurring role
2022 Chicago Fire Emma JacobsRecurring role

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