Lyndsy Fonseca

                                                          

Biography

Date of Birth

7 January 1987, Oakland, California, USA

Birth Name

Lyndsy Marie Fonseca

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Born in Oakland, California and raised first in Alameda and then Moraga, California. She competed in the International Modeling & Talent Association (IMTA), where she was recognized as the second runner up for "Young Miss Dancer of the Year". She was discovered there by a manager and immediately moved to Los Angeles for her first pilot season at age 13. Her breakthrough role was playing "Jenn Cardell" on "Boston Public"(2000) in 2003. Lyndsy is also an accomplished dancer and unwinds in dance classes when she is not working. She has a younger sister, Hannah Leigh Dworkin, who is following in her footsteps.

Lyndsy Marie Fonseca was born in Oakland, California, 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 13. "Colleen Carlton" became her breakthrough role on the CBS soap opera, "The Young and the Restless" (1973), 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" (2000), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) and "House M.D." (2004), just to name a few. Fonseca had a recurring role on the hit series, "Desperate Housewives"(2004), opposite Dana Delaney and Nathan Fillion. She has also had recurring arcs on the critically-acclaimed series, "Big Love" (2006), and the hit comedy, "How I Met Your Mother" (2005).

Fonseca has recently had success on the big screen, her film credits include: The Ward (2010), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Fort McCoy(2011) and the smash hit, Kick-Ass (2010), in which she starred opposite Aaron Johnson.

Lyndsy recently completed filming the two-hour Lifetime movie, Five (2011) (TV), which consists of five short films about breast cancer, directed by Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Penelope Spheeris.

Lyndsy is now starring as "Alex", in The CW's "Nikita" (2010). Alex, Nikita's (Maggie Q) former partner who plans to take down her old ally while also seeking revenge on the man who killed her family, Friday nights 8p.m. Eastern.

Lyndsy is also the older sister of Hannah Leigh, who is following in her footsteps.

Trivia

Is half Portuguese.

Older sister of Hannah Leigh.

Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue (May 2010).