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Carly Craig
American actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carly Craig (born June 12, 1980) is an American actress.[1]
Background
Craig was born in San Diego and grew up there.[2][3] Her large Italian-Irish family includes two professional baseball players: her father, Rocky Craig, a scout for the Seattle Mariners; and younger brother, Casey Craig.[4] Her mother, Marz Moore (née Olson), is a flight attendant for American Airlines.[4] She has one sister and two brothers. She is the step-sister of Mandy Moore and her brothers (Carly's mother remarried Mandy's father).[5][6][7]
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Craig studied at The Stella Adler Academy and later graduated from The Second City in Chicago. She met famed manager Bernie Brillstein while waiting tables and decided to put on a comedy show with her classmates. Brillstein came to the show and soon after, signed her as a client. Director David Wain cast Craig in Role Models as a love interest of Seann William Scott. Other projects include Mike Leigh's critically lauded live show Ecstasy, Neil LaBute's Bash, The Farrelly brothers' Hall Pass, The Three Stooges, and Dumb and Dumber To playing young Fraida Felcher. On television, she has had recurring roles on Stephen Merchant's HBO series Hello Ladies, Ben Stiller's Burning Love, and ABC's American Housewife as Katie's rival Tara Summers.
Carly Craig was listed as a "Vanities Girl" for the April 2011 edition of Vanity Fair along with Kristen Bell, Leslie Mann, and Mila Kunis. She was ranked No. 83 on the "Maxim Hot 100 List" in 2011. She appeared in Esquire[8] and acted in Kevin Farley's film Paranormal Movie in 2013. In 2014, she played young Fraida Felcher in Dumb and Dumber To, and also starred as a single air flight attendant in the Adult Swim series Infomercials. In 2018, she co-created and starred in Sideswiped, a comedy TV series on YouTube Premium.[9][10]
In April 2023 it was announced that Craig will write and executive produce the upcoming animated series Hellicious for TBS.[11]
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Personal life
Craig has two children.[12][13] She is the step sister of Mandy Moore, who acts and is a singer.[citation needed]
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