Ciara Quinn Bravo (; born March 18, 1997) is an

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actress. She began her career as a

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, starring in the

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. It ...

series ''

Big Time Rush ''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013 and is currently available in Paramount+. It focuses on the Hollywood mi ...

'' and the Fox series '' Red Band Society''. She also appeared in the Nickelodeon television films '' Jinxed'' and '' Swindle''. Bravo's voice work includes Giselita in ''

Open Season 3 ''Open Season 3'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation with animation provided by Reel FX Creative Studios. It is the third installment in the ''Open Season'' film series and the sequel to ''Open ...

'', Patty in ''

Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' is a ''Peanuts'' animated television special that was released in 2011. The special is the 45th ''Peanuts'' special and the first produced without Bill Melendez on the production team. It is also the ...

'', and Sarah in ''

Special Agent Oso ''Special Agent Oso '' () was an American computer-animated children's television series. The series was created by Ford Riley. It premiered on April 4, 2009 with 2 episodes airing that day as part of Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block," a ...

''.

Early life

Born and raised in

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, Bravo attended

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nearby in

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Career

Bravo's career began at the age of nine after attending the Model and Talent Expo Presented by Mike Beaty in

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. She was discovered by Bryan Leder and Frederick Levy of Management 101. This led to several

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s for ''

Playhouse Disney Playhouse Disney was a brand of programming blocks and international cable and satellite television channels that were owned by the Disney Channels Worldwide unit (now Disney Branded Television) of The Walt Disney Company's Disney–ABC Tel ...

'' and ''

Can You Teach My Alligator Manners? ''Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?'' is an interactive children's animated series that previously aired on Disney Channel (part of Playhouse Disney block). The series premiered on June 21, 2008, until November 14, 2009. Synopsis A young boy n ...

'', an appearance in the

Willow Smith Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000), known mononymously as Willow (stylized in all caps), is an American singer and actress. The daughter of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, she has received various accolades, including ...

music video "Knees and Elbows", and several commercials. During 2008, she continued pursuing auditions and acted in several local commercials for Newport Aquarium and made a short appearance as an Italian girl in the hit film ''

Angels & Demons ''Angels & Demons'' is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books and then by Corgi Books. The novel introduces the character Robert Langdon, who recurs as the protagonist of ...

''. Bravo acted in two short films, ''Lost Sheep'' (or ''The Cafeteria'') and ''Washed Up''; and in the

television series, ''

'' and the Fox television series, ''Red Band Society''. Bravo is also a voice actress; she has provided the voice of Giselita in the ''Open Season'' franchise. She has also done voice work in ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'', ''Special Agent Oso'', and ''

The Penguins of Madagascar ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' is an American computer-animated television series co-produced by DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from DreamWorks' animated film ''Madagascar'': the penguins Skipper ( Tom McGrath), ...

''. Bravo has also appeared in the film ''To the Bone'', which draws attention to

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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