Carly Craig

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Carly Craig
Born (1980-06-12) June 12, 1980 (age 44)
San Diego, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Zachary Reiter
(m. 2019)
Children2
Relatives Mandy Moore (step-sister)

Carly Craig (born June 12, 1980) is an American actress. [1]

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Background

Born and raised in San Diego, California, [2] [3] Craig comes from a large Italian-Irish family that includes two professional baseball players: her father, Rocky Craig, a scout for the Seattle Mariners; and younger brother, Casey Craig. [4] Her mother, Marz Moore (née Olson), is a flight attendant for American Airlines. [4] She has one sister and two brothers, and is the step-sister of entertainer Mandy Moore and her brothers (Carly's mother remarried Mandy's father). [5] [6] [7]

Career

Craig studied at The Stella Adler Academy and The Second City, where she later graduated. She met famed manager Bernie Brillstein while waiting tables and decided to put on a comedy show with her classmates. Brillstein came to that show, and soon after, signed her as a client. Director David Wain cast Craig in Role Models as the love interest for Seann William Scott. Other projects would include Mike Leigh's critically lauded live show Ecstasy, Neil LaBute's Bash, The Farrelly Brothers Hall Pass , The Three Stooges , and Dumb and Dumber To as young Fraida Felcher. On television, she's recurred on Stephen Merchant's HBO series Hello Ladies , Ben Stiller's Burning Love , and ABC's American Housewife as Tara Summers.

Craig was listed as a "Vanities Girl" for the April 2011 edition of Vanity Fair along with Kristen Bell, Leslie Mann and Mila Kunis, and was also ranked No. 83 on the " Maxim Hot 100 List" in 2011. She has appeared in Esquire [8] and appeared in Kevin Farley's film Paranormal Movie in 2013. In 2014, she appeared as a young Fraida Felcher in Dumb and Dumber To , and also starred as a single air flight attendant in the Adult Swim series Infomercials . In 2018, she co-created and starred in Sideswiped, a comedy TV series. [9] [10]

In April 2023 it was announced that Craig will write and executive produce the upcoming animated series Hellicious for TBS. [11]

Personal life

Craig has two children. [12] [13]

She is the step sister of American singer and actress Mandy Moore.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The Family PlanLilaShort film
2006Airplane DisastersCarly
2006Goodnight BurbankTaylor McCallShort film
2007Everyone's a VictorKristyShort film
2007BagboyThe Girl in the Museum
2007 The Heartbreak Kid Jodi's Wedding Guest
2008 Role Models Connie
2010 Death and Cremation Shelly Fairchild
2011 Hall Pass Nicotine Patch Girl
2011StarsuckerMs. Abernathy
2012 The Three Stooges Mrs. Harter
2012 Noobz Melissa
2012The Last StrawStephShort film
2013 Paranormal Movie Katie MacDonald
2013 Live at the Foxes Den Elizabeth Dreisdale
2013The Newest TestamentSueShort film
2014Project Greenlight FinalistAllisonShort film
2014 Dumb and Dumber To Young Fraida
2016 Flock of Dudes Zane
2020 Faith Based Brandy
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Halley's CometLizaTelevision film
2007 Wainy Days Sorority GirlEpisode: "Zandy"
2008–2010 Childrens Hospital Blake's TV Wife / Catlike DoctorEpisodes: "This Kid's Getting a Vasectomy" and "I See Her Face Everywhere"
2010As the Working World TurnsWilla
2011Inside CarlyCarly
2013 Burning Love Felicia14 episodes
2013The CastleAmy
2013–2014 Hello Ladies CarrieEpisodes: "The Wedding" and "Hello Ladies: The Movie"
2014The Walking FredJulieEpisode: "S5 EP6 Recap: Consumed"
2014–2015 Cougar Town Kelly / Mother at Cake ShopEpisodes: "The Trip to Pirate's Cove" and "The Wrong Thing to Do"
2015 Newsreaders Marisa GoddardEpisode: "The Creepiest Man Alive; Bomb Sniffing Dogs"
2016The Crossroads of HistoryErmaEpisode: "Lincoln"
2016That's What She SaidGirl
2016–2021 American Housewife Tara SummersRecurring role
2018Big & $aveFinaTelevision film
2018 Sideswiped Olivia MapleAlso co-creator and executive producer

8 episodes

TBAHelliciousWriter and executive producer for the upcoming animated series

TBA

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