Kelly Vint Castro

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Kelly Vint Castro
Born
Kelly Boone Vint

(1982-03-19) March 19, 1982 (age 42)
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1982–present
Spouse
Rudy Castro
(m. 2015)
Parent(s)Susan Mullen
Alan Vint
Website kellyandrudy.com

Kelly Boone Vint-Castro (born March 19, 1982) is an American actress, commercial print model, and personal relationship coach. The daughter of actors Alan Vint and Susan Mullen, she began working as an actress at an early age and was a SAG member by time she was four years old, although, Vint-Castro's first formal acting job was at nine months old in a commercial.

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Acting career

Stargate

Vint-Castro's first major acting role in a film was in Stargate at eleven years old, playing the role of young Catherine Langford in the opening of the feature film in 1994, in which Catherine visits the Giza Plateau with her father in 1928. [1]

Stargate Origins

Vint-Castro and Stargate Origins director, Mercedes Bryce Morgan, met while they were both working on another project in 2017. After the new Stargate series was announced at San Diego Comic-Con in July, 2017, Mercedes asked Vint-Castro to make a cameo appearance as an older Catherine Langford. Vint-Castro plays a woman working at a secret warehouse facility where the Stargate is being kept during Stargate Origins. She shares the screen with Origins' leads, Ellie Gall and Connor Trinneer, where Vint-Castro plays an older Catherine. [2] [3]

Thunder Alley

Vint-Castro's next acting role was on ABC's sitcom, Thunder Alley , playing Claudine Turner, the precocious granddaughter of Gil Jones, played by Edward Asner. The sitcom aired for 2 seasons in 1994-1995. [4] [5]

Reversal

Vint-Castro, who is credited under the name Kelly Boone in the film Reversal , portrays the secret girlfriend of high school wrestler Leo Leone, played by Danny Mousetis. The 2001 independent family feature is directed by Alan Vint, (Vint-Castro's father) and written by actor Jimi Petulla, who based the script on his own experiences as a high school wrestler. Reversal is the only film that Vint-Castro and her father ever worked on together. [6]

Commercial print acting and modeling

Vint-Castro works in the commercial print industry as an actress and model. Her first commercial work began when she was nine months old and throughout her childhood she appeared in national commercials for businesses such as McDonald's. Since 2016, Vint-Castro has appeared in national television commercials and print advertising with her husband, Rudy Castro, and their three children. [7]

Early life

Vint-Castro was born in Los Angeles, California into a family of actors. Her father Alan Vint acted in such films as Panic in Needle Park and The Deadly Tower and in a variety of TV Series such as, Hawaii Five-0 , Bonanza , and Baretta . Her mother Susan (Sue) Mullen was a successful commercial actress who took Vint-Castro on auditions, which landed her roles in advertising commercials and acting opportunities. Vint-Castro is the niece of actor Jesse Vint.

Conscious Partnership Coaching

In 2017, Vint-Castro and her husband, Rudy Castro, created "Conscious Partnership Coaching," in Los Angeles, California. They work with couples on a variety of topics pertaining to healthy relationships, hosting events internationally. They write a regular monthly column titled, "Matters of the Heart," in the non-profit addiction recovery publication, Keys To Recovery. [8] [9]

Television

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 TGIF (TV Series)ClaudineEpisode: dated 9/30/94"
1994-1995 Thunder Alley (TV Series)Claudine TurnerVint-Castro played the role of Claudine Turner for 2 Seasons/acting in all 27 Episodes
1996 Bless This House (TV Series)LucyThe Bowling Method
2000 Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV Series)FriendThe Right Thing
2016White Supremacy: Going Under (TV Movie Documentary)Dave's Wife
2016-2017Hillbrook Gardens (TV Series)Denise5 Episodes
2018 Stargate Origins (TV Series Short)American Agent Catherine LangfordEpisode 1

[10]

Film

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Stargate Young Catherine LangfordFilm Debut (Vint-Castro plays an older Catherine Langford in 2018 in Stargate Origins
1996 Space Jam Little League Girl (As Kelly Vint)
1999 Bellyfruit Christina
2001 Reversal ShawDirected by Alan Vint, Vint-Castro's Late Father [11]
2015Head Space (Short)Mom
2016Dust (Short)Becky
2018 Fruit Fly (Short)Bethany
2018Black Crow White Lie (Short)Friend
2016Paris WindowSpace Girl

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