Carly Hughes
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carly Hughes
| image = Carly Hughes 2016.jpg
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| caption = Hughes in 2016
| birth_date = October 1, 1982{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Fsi8RJbsk/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B3Fsi8RJbsk |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Birthday Musings|first=Carly|last=Hughes|publisher=Carly Hughes verified Instagram account|date=October 1, 2019| accessdate=November 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CF0J2kEDYuN/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CF0J2kEDYuN |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Happy Birthday to me |quote= 10.1.20|first=Carly|last=Hughes|publisher=Carly Hughes verified Instagram account|date= October 1, 2020|accessdate=November 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri U.S
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2007–present
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Carly Hughes (born October 1, 1982) is an American actress and singer, known for her role in the ABC comedy series, American Housewife (2016-2020).
Early life
Hughes was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Columbia, Maryland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Carly-Hughes/|title=Carly Hughes Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos|publisher=BroadwayWorld.com}} Her first stage role was playing Robin Hood in Clemens Crossing Elementary School in fifth grade.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/american-housewife/american-housewife-carly-hughes-interview/|title=American Housewife's Carly Hughes on Her Broadway Roots and the Art of Eating on TV|first=Amy|last=Amatangelo|date=October 18, 2019|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archivedate=September 24, 2020|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20200924125830/https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/american-housewife/american-housewife-carly-hughes-interview/|url-status=live}} She went on to Wilde Lake High School, and graduated from Pennsylvania State University{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/baltimore/article/Applicants-Sought-for-2010-Rising-Star-Competition-20090903|title=Applicants Sought for 2010 Rising Star Competition|date=September 3, 2009|publisher=BroadwayWorld.com|accessdate=November 10, 2020|archivedate=November 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110155859/https://www.broadwayworld.com/baltimore/article/Applicants-Sought-for-2010-Rising-Star-Competition-20090903|url-status=bot: unknown|quote=[The] 2004 Rising Star winner, actress/singer Carly Hughes, graduated from Wilde Lake High School, received her BFA in Musical Theatre from Penn State University. She is the recipient of a 2003 Princess Grace Scholarship and Grace Le Vine Theatre Award, to honor outstanding achievement in dramatic arts.}} in 2004 with a degree in musical theater.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/carly-hughes/bio/928485/|title=Carly Hughes Biography|magazine=TV Guide|accessdate=November 10, 2020}}[https://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/one_page_resume.cfm?custom_link=263940-3221068-30453 Carly Hughes] official resume. [https://archive.today/20201110153826/https://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/one_page_resume.cfm?custom_link=263940-3221068-30453 Archived] from the original on November 10, 2020.
Career
She began her career appearing on Broadway shows, including Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Ragtime, Ghost The Musical, Pippin, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Cabin in the Sky, and Chicago.{{Cite magazine|url= http://www.playbill.com/article/beautifuls-carly-hughes-finds-her-6-degrees-of-broadway-separation|title=Beautiful's Carly Hughes Finds Her 6 Degrees of Broadway Separation|first=Roberto|last= Araujo|date=March 30, 2020|magazine=Playbill}}
In 2016, Hughes made her television debut with a series-regular role in the ABC comedy series American Housewife, playing, alongside Ali Wong, one of the title character's best friends. Hughes left the series after four seasons, saying in a November 2020 press statement, "I was no longer able to work in the toxic environment that was created on 'American Housewife.' I made the decision to leave to protect myself from that type of discrimination." An investigation by productions company ABC Signature led to "positive changes to the workplace and improvements to the culture", the company said in a statement in response, with series creator Sarah Dunn and line producer Mark J. Greenberg exiting the series.{{Cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/american-housewife-carly-hughes-exits-abc-comedy-toxic-environment-investigation-positive-changes-1234610754/|title='American Housewife' Co-Star Carly Hughes Exited ABC Comedy Over 'Toxic Environment'; Investigation Of Claims Led To 'Positive Changes', Show Says|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 9, 2020| access-date=November 10, 2020}} After leaving the series, Hughes was cast in her first leading role, in the Lifetime Christmas television movie The Christmas Edition.{{Cite magazine|url= https://www.popsugar.com/node/47904387|title=Lifetime's 2020 Holiday Movie Lineup Is Stacked — and Starting Early This Year!|first=Sydni|last=Ellis|date=October 21, 2020|magazine=PopSugar}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2018
|Allyson | |
| 2019
|Blind Sight |Talon |Short film |
| 2020
|Miss Eldred | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016–2020
| Angela | Series regular, 91 episodes |
| 2017
| Wife #1 | Episode: "Fatwa!" |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Etta Mae Barnard | Episodes: "Pilot" and "WMBS" |
| Hell's Kitchen
| Herself | Blue guest diner; Episode: "A Fish Out of Water'' |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| The Christmas Edition | Jackie | Television film |
| It's Pony
| Baggage Handler / Carol Singer / Donation Person | 2 episodes; voice role |
| Beat Bobby Flay
| rowspan="2" | 2022 | Jozi/Moms | Episode: "Operation Happy Mommies"; voice role |
| Dynasty
| Geneva Abbott | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Amara | Recurring role (voice) |
| General Hospital
| Elise Vance | 2 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=7947173}}
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Category:21st-century African-American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:Penn State College of Arts and Architecture alumni
Category:21st-century African-American women singers