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Aimee Carrero
Dominican-American actress (born 1988 or 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aimee Carrero (born 1988 or 1989[1]) is a Dominican-American actress. She is known for her leading roles in the sitcom Young & Hungry (2014–2018), and the thriller series The Consultant (2023) with recurring roles on shows such as the ABC family drama Lincoln Heights (2009), and the FX spy series The Americans (2014), the Netflix miniseries Maid (2021), and the Apple TV+ drama series Your Friends & Neighbors (2025).
Carrero has acted in films taking supporting roles in the horror film Devil's Due (2014), the drama Wander Darkly (2020), the thriller The Menu (2022), and the romantic comedy Upgraded (2023). She is also known for voicing Princess Elena on Disney Channel's Elena of Avalor (2016–2020) and Adora/She-Ra in the Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018–2020).[2][1]
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Early life and education
Carrero was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to a Dominican mother and a Puerto Rican[3] father and grew up in Miami, Florida.[4] She is an alumna of Florida International University graduating in 2008 with a degree in international relations.[5]
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In 2009, she appeared in the feature film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.[6] Carrero's television credits include The Mentalist, Lincoln Heights, Men of a Certain Age, The Middle, Greek, Zeke and Luther and Baby Daddy.[6] In 2011, she was cast as Angie in the Cartoon Network live-action film Level Up. She reprised her role in the subsequent television series of the same name.[7] The series ended in 2013 after two seasons.
In 2012, Carrero played in the Lifetime television film Blue Lagoon: The Awakening. That same year, she made her Off-Broadway debut in Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere play, What Rhymes with America in December 2012.[8] Marilyn Stasio of Variety praised her performance describing her full of "snappy wit and crackling intelligence".[9] In 2014, she co-starred in the horror film Devil's Due.[4] Carrero also had a recurring role in the second season of the FX series The Americans as Lucia, a Sandinista freedom fighter and spy. She was also cast in the ABC Family sitcom Young & Hungry, starring Emily Osment.[10]
In January 2015, it was announced that Carrero will be providing the voice of Elena, Disney's first Latina fairy tale princess for the Disney Channel series Elena of Avalor.[11] The series is a spin-off of the Disney Junior series Sofia the First, and it premiered on July 22, 2016.[12][13] In April 2016, it was announced that Carrero and her character Sofia would be co-starring with Ashley Tisdale in a potential spinoff series of Young & Hungry, titled Young & Sofia.[14] However, the project did not move past the backdoor pilot phase.[15] In 2017 she returned to the Off-Broadway stage acting in John Patrick Shanley's play The Portuguese Kid opposite Jason Alexander and Sherie Rene Scott at the Manhattan Theater Club.[16]
In 2018, Carrero was cast as the voice of main character Adora in the Netflix animated series reboot She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.[17] From June to August 2021, Carrero starred in the actual play limited series Exandria Unlimited, a spinoff of the web series Critical Role.[18][19][20] In March 2022, she reprised her role in a two part special Exandria Unlimited: Kymal.[21][22]
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Carrero landed a recurring role as Danielle in the limited series Maid starring Margaret Qualley. The series is inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, that premiered on Netflix on October 1, 2021.[23] Her character is a survivor of domestic abuse who becomes friends with Alex, Margaret Qualley's character, at the women's shelter.[24][25] Fans and critics of the show praised Danielle as a "fiercely determined character" and "another young mom at the domestic violence shelter who quite literally gets Alex back on her feet" but noted that her story was never completed and the audience is left wondering what happened to her.[26][24][27] For her role in Maid, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress – Drama (Television) at Imagen Awards in 2022.[28]
In 2022, she returned to the stage, in a Los Angeles revival of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Zachary Quinto and Calista Flockhart at the Geffen Playhouse. Carrero played Honey, part of a naive young couple opposite Graham Phillips.[29] Charles McNulty of The Los Angeles Times wrote that, "Carrero brings a spry comic waywardness to her portrayal of the brandy-swigging spouse, who's already growing a bit restless in the shadow of her rising academic star husband."[30] For her performance, she was nominated for the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Performance.[31]
She appeared in supporting roles in Spirited[32] and Mark Mylod's The Menu in 2022.[33] On October 16, 2022, Carrero was given the Breakout Performance Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival.[34] In February 2024, she portrayed Vivian, Camila Mendes' character's sister in the Amazon Prime Video romantic comedy film Upgraded (2024).[35] In April 2024, Carrero was added to the main cast of Apple TV+'s television drama series Your Friends and Neighbors.[36] In a series regular role, she joins an ensemble cast that also includes Olivia Munn, Amanda Peet and Jon Hamm.[36] She has one of the main roles as a new paramedic called Jessica in the action comedy film Code 3 (2024), set to premiere on September 12, 2024, at the Toronto International Film Festival.[37] Co-starring opposite Rainn Wilson and Lil Rel Howery, the film follows a 24-hour shift of busy and overworked paramedics.[38]
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Personal life
In November 2015, she became engaged to actor Tim Rock. They were married on August 20, 2016.[39] Their first child, a daughter, was born on June 5, 2025.[40]
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