Carmen Zilles is an American actor. She is best known for her work in Off-Broadway theater in New York, and for her role as Beatriz in the film adaptation of Bel Canto starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe[1].

Early life and education

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Zilles was born in the Jamaica Plain area of Boston, Massachusetts[2]. She graduated from the Yale School of Drama with a degree in acting[3].

Career

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Zilles has appeared in over twenty Off-Broadway plays[4], including playing Katrina in Ivo van Hove's adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage at New York Theatre Workshop in 2014[5], and Cecilia in the 2019 revival of Maria Irene Fornes's Fefu and her Friends at Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn[6].

She played a recurring role as the wife of detective Bobby Reyes (played by Rick Gonzalez) on Law and Order: Organized Crime[7][8].

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2016 Kabul Marla Short; co-writer and producer
2016 Gallina Marla Short
2018 Pimp Maria
2018 Bel Canto Beatriz

Television

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Year TV Show Role Notes
2017 Blue Bloods Angela Alvarez Episode: "Common Ground"
2022 Law and Order: Organized Crime Tammy Reyes 3 episodes
2023 FBI Jennifer Salazar Episode: "Heroes"

Theater[9]

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Year Play Role Venue Notes Ref
2012 Chimichangas and Zoloft Jackie Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway [10]
2013 Adoration of the Old Woman Vanessa INTAR Off-Broadway [11]
2014 Scenes from a Marriage Katrina New York Theatre Workshop Off-Broadway [12]
2015 Se Llama Cristina Vera INTAR Off-Broadway [13]
2016 Small Mouth Sounds Jess Signature Theatre Company Off Broadway [14]
2016 Another Word for Beauty Isabel Goodman Theatre Chicago [15]
2018 Top Girls Marlene Huntington Theatre Boston [16]
2019 Little Women Amy March Primary Stages Off-Broadway [17]
2020 Twilight: Los Angeles Elaine Young et al Signature Theatre Off-Broadway [18]
2021 The Swindlers Marie Baltimore Center Stage Baltimore [19]
2022 Epiphany Aran Lincoln Center Theater Off-Broadway [20]
2023 7 Minutes Ines Waterwell Theater Off-Broadway [21]
2023 Fuente Ovejuna Laurencia Theatre for a New Audience Off-Broadway [22]
2023 No Good Things Dwell Janice ART/New York Theater Off-Broadway [23]
2024 Watch Me Jay Clubbed Thumb Off-Broadway [24]

References

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  1. ^ Correspondent, R. Scott Reedy. "'Top Girls' from Newton North". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2024-09-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Herald, Jessica Heslam | Boston (2018-07-27). "Beloved Boston public school teacher battles dementia". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  3. ^ https://ysd.yale.edu/showcase/showcase13/zilles.html
  4. ^ "Carmen Zilles". Goodman Theatre. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  5. ^ Als, Hilton (2014-09-29). "Vows". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  6. ^ "Fefu and Her Friends (2019)". Theatre for a New Audience. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  7. ^ "Carmen Zilles". Law and Order. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  8. ^ "Tammy Reyes". Law and Order. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  9. ^ "Carmen Zilles". www.iobdb.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  10. ^ Zinoman, Jason (2012-06-05). "Revelations by the Dads of Teenagers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  11. ^ Rocco, Claudia La (2014-03-24). "Torn Between Two Lands, and Two Suitors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  12. ^ Brantley, Ben (2014-09-23). "A Marriage in Trouble, in Triplicate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  13. ^ Soloski, Alexis (2015-04-17). "Review: 'Se Llama Cristina,' a Search for Identity, at the Intar Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  14. ^ "Small Mouth Sounds". www.iobdb.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  15. ^ "Another Word for Beauty". Goodman Theatre. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  16. ^ "In The Huntington's 'Top Girls,' Women Of Color Look Within To Transform A Modern Classic". www.wbur.org. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  17. ^ "Little Women: Actors and Creative Team - Primary Stages". primarystages.org. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  18. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "VIDEO: See a Preview of Anna Deavere Smith's TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 at Signature Theatre's". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  19. ^ "The Swindlers A True-ish Tall Tale". www.centerstage.org. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  20. ^ Theater, Lincoln Center. "Carmen Zilles". Lincoln Center Theater. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  21. ^ "7 Minutes | U.S. Premiere". WATERWELL. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  22. ^ "FUENTE OVEJUNA By Lope de Vega, April 29 – May 28, 2023". Theatre for a New Audience. 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  23. ^ Holdren, Sara (2023-09-11). "Shadows and Seams, Both Visible: No Good Things Dwell in the Flesh". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  24. ^ "Carmen Zilles theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
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