Lyndsy Fonseca's 10 Best Roles
Lyndsy Fonseca has enjoyed a steadily growing career, getting noticed by soap opera fans, comic book movie fans, action television fans, and she even worked in some quality independent movies as well. While she has developed a nice amount of work in comic book movies and TV shows, it also made her popular with the comic convention crowd.
At the age of 32, Fonseca has a serious quality body of work in her past and a bright future in front of her. She also appeared in one of the most popular sitcoms in television history, in a role that most people will recognize but never realize it was the same person that captured action fans hearts in Nikita. Here is a look at Lyndsy Fonseca's 10 best roles.
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Lyndsy Fonseca got her first role on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless at the age of She portrayed the character of Colleen Carlton for four years. It was a role that Fonseca originated, although the character was based on a baby born onscreen in to Brad Carlton and Traci Abbott.
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Lyndsy Fonseca is one of few former child actors from the early '00s who keeps getting major mainstream roles as an adult — and fans can't get enough. Ever since her first role in "Boston Public" in , Fonseca has scored a steady stream of guest-starring and lead appearances in movies and TV. Between parts in shows like "The Young and the Restless," "NYPD Blue," and "Malcolm in the Middle," Fonseca was already relatively well-established before she nabbed the role of Ted's daughter in for "How I Met Your Mother."
In , she starred as Jenny in the film "Dark Mind" before winning major TV roles on "Desperate Housewives," "Nikita," "Grandfathered," and "Agent Carter." Along with achieving TV stardom, Fonseca starred in the two "Kick-Ass" films, "Hot Tub Time Machine," and "The Ward." Still building her impressive resume, Fonseca is now starring in the Disney+ series "Turner & Hooch" alongside Josh Peck. Her upcoming film "Spinning Gold" includes top-tier music talent like Jeremy Jordan, Wiz Khalifa, and Jason Derulo.
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Lyndsy Marie Fonseca was born in Oakland, California, and was raised first in Alameda and then Moraga, California. Lyndsy competed in the International Modeling & Talent Association, where she was recognized as the second runner-up for "Young Miss Dancer of the Year" and was the first runner-up for "Miss Barbizon Young Miss Talent of the Year".
There, she was discovered by a manager and agent, then she immediately moved to Los Angeles for her first pilot season at the age of "Colleen Carlton" became her breakthrough role on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless (), on which she starred for three years.
After leaving Y&R to broaden her horizon, Lyndsy landed guest appearances on shows such as Boston Public (), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation () and House (), just to name a few. Fonseca had a recurring role on the hit series, Desperate Housewives (), opposite Andrea Bowen and Nathan Fillion. She has also had recurring arcs on the critically-acclaimed series, Big Love (), and the hit comedy, How I Met Your Mother ().
Fonseca has recently had success on the big screen, her film credits include: The Ward (), Hot Tub Time Machine (),
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Welcome to the new normal of television.
On Wednesday, the new series RePlay will premiere exclusively on the the go90 entertainment app.
The first season stars Lyndsy Fonseca (Agent Carter, Nikita), Tyler James Williams (The Walking Dead, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Everybody Hates Chris) and Cyrina Fiallo (Community, Glee, Supernatural) and consists of 12 minute episodes – and PEOPLE has an exclusive preview clip from the premiere episode.
&#;It was like running a comedy marathon,&#; Fonseca tells PEOPLE of working on the series. &#;We shot so many pages a day. And most of us felt like we were losing our minds trying to keep track of all the replayed days. Luckily, our director, Laura Murphy, was so on top of it. I was impressed with her and the cast so much.&#;
The series – which features YouTube sensation Mamrie Hart as a guest star – follows people experiencing a time loop, which made for some interesting days on set.
&#;One of the most interesting and grueling days on set was when we had to shoot the wake-up scenes – all 25 of them – over and over again,&#; says Williams.
RePlay is available on the go90 entertainment app
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