Kelly Boone Vint-Castro (born March 19, 1982) is an American actress, commercial print model, and personal relationship coach. The daughter of actors

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and Susan Mullen, she began working as an actress at an early age and was a

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member by time she was four years old, although, Vint-Castro's first formal acting job was at nine months old in a commercial.

Acting career

Stargate

Vint-Castro's first major acting role in a film was in ''

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'' 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

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with her father in 1928.

Stargate Origins

Vint-Castro and ''

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'' director, Mercedes Bryce Morgan, met while they were both working on another project in 2017. After the new ''Stargate'' series was announced at

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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

is being kept during ''Stargate Origins''. She shares the screen with ''Origins'' leads,

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and

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, where Vint-Castro plays an older Catherine.

Thunder Alley

Vint-Castro's next acting role was on

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's sitcom, '' Thunder Alley'', playing Claudine Turner, the precocious granddaughter of Gil Jones, played by

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. The sitcom aired for 2 seasons in 1994-1995.

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

, (Vint-Castro's father) and written by actor

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, 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.

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

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. Since 2016, Vint-Castro has appeared in national television commercials and print advertising with her husband, Rudy Castro, and their three children.

Early life

Vint-Castro was born in

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into a family of actors. Her father

acted in such films as ''

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'' and ''

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'' and in a variety of TV Series such as, ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. 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 Jesse Lee Vint III (born 21 September 1940) is an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He acted in the films ''Silent Running'' (1972), ''Macon County Line'' (1974), ''Black Oak Conspiracy'' (1977) and ''Forbidden World'' (1982). Lif ...

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''.

Television

Film

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Kelly Vint American actresses 1982 births Living people 21st-century American women