Virginia Gardner
{{Short description|American actress (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Virginia Gardner
| image = Virginia Gardner (52032534499) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Gardner at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|4|18}}
| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Jed Elliott|2023}}
| website =
}}
Virginia Gardner (also known as Ginny Gardner;{{cite web |title=Ginny Gardner |url=http://www.amyclarkemakeup.com/blog/tag/Ginny+Gardner |website=Amy Clarke Makeup |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616113222/http://www.amyclarkemakeup.com/blog/tag/Ginny+Gardner |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ginny Gardner |url=https://www.bellazon.com/main/topic/42232-ginny-gardner/ |website=Bellazon |date=19 June 2010 |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616113221/https://www.bellazon.com/main/topic/42232-ginny-gardner/ |url-status=live }} born April 18, 1995{{Cite instagram |user=ginnygardner |postid=CrNF0TUO8l0 |title=28 💥💥 thanks for all the birthday love 🥰 |date=19 April 2023}}) is an American actress who played Karolina Dean in the Hulu original series Marvel's Runaways (2017–2019), Vicky in David Gordon Green's horror film Halloween (2018) and Shiloh Hunter in Lionsgate's survival film Fall (2022).
Life and career
File:Runaways cast at 2017 New York Comic Con.jpg, with the cast of Runaways.]]
Gardner was born in Sacramento, California. She attended Sacramento Country Day School from kindergarten to eighth grade. She took part in many of her middle school's productions. In 2011, she took online schooling when she moved to Los Angeles, but then chose to take the California High School Proficiency Exam when she was allowed to, in October 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.scdsoctagon.com/features/2013/03/19/making-it-on-the-small-screen-alumna-ginny-gardner-joins-cast-of-glee/|title=Making it on the small screen: alumna Ginny Gardner joins cast of 'Glee'|access-date=2015-02-01|date=2013-03-19|archive-date=2017-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609214804/http://www.scdsoctagon.com/features/2013/03/19/making-it-on-the-small-screen-alumna-ginny-gardner-joins-cast-of-glee/|url-status=live}} Her desire to act was due to the 2001 Sean Penn film I Am Sam; "In the movie, Dakota Fanning's dad has autism, and I have a brother with autism and I remember watching that as a young girl and relating to her character and being affected by that," Gardner explains. "That’s what made me want to get into this industry and make things that can affect people and that people can relate to."{{cite web|url=https://thelast-magazine.com/virginia-gardner-marvel-runaways-karolina-dean-profile-interview/|title=VIRGINIA GARDNER SEEKS OUT UNHEARD VOICES|date=December 19, 2018|website=The Last Magazine|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112043138/https://thelast-magazine.com/virginia-gardner-marvel-runaways-karolina-dean-profile-interview/|url-status=live}} She has a black belt in taekwondo, and also took up boxing and nunchucks.{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/who-is-virginia-gardner-actress-karolina-dean-the-runaways-hulu/|title=The Runaways' Virginia Gardner Is Breaking Superhero Taboos as Marvel's First Gay Character|work=W|first=Vanessa|last=Lawrence|date=November 21, 2017|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112043137/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/who-is-virginia-gardner-actress-karolina-dean-the-runaways-hulu|url-status=live}}
Gardner initially lived with her mother to pursue acting full-time. Gardner lived with her mother for the first year; however, once she started to be more successful and able to handle herself, she moved into her own apartment and began to live on her own. After appearing on the Disney Channel series Lab Rats, she took a year off from acting to work on modeling. When she became absorbed in modeling, she was going to stop acting, but then heard about the audition for Glee. She has modeled for Kohl's, Love Culture, HP, Hollister, LF, and Famous Footwear. In 2015, Gardner starred in the found footage science fiction thriller film Project Almanac as Christina Raskin, the main character's younger sister.{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/entertainment/glee-star-offers-a-few-details-on-locally-filmed-a/nY83L/|date=2013-07-31|title='Glee' star offers a few details on locally filmed 'Almanac'|access-date=2015-02-01|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051817/http://www.ajc.com/news/entertainment/glee-star-offers-a-few-details-on-locally-filmed-a/nY83L/|url-status=dead}} The movie helped Gardner to establish herself in Hollywood. In February 2017, it was announced that Gardner would star as Karolina Dean in Marvel's Runaways (2017), a Hulu original series.{{cite web |url=https://news.marvel.com/tv/59021/marvels-runaways-finds-cast/ |title='Marvel's Runaways' Finds Its Cast |last=Strom |first=Marc |publisher=Marvel.com |date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203161852/https://news.marvel.com/tv/59021/marvels-runaways-finds-cast/ |archive-date=2017-02-03 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Peter|title=Superhero Buzz: 'Runaways' Casting, 'Black Lightning' Update|url=http://www.movies.com/movie-news/superhero-buzz-39runaways39-casting-39black-lightning39-update/22086?wssac=164&wssaffid=news|website=Movies.com|access-date=5 February 2017|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205183725/http://www.movies.com/movie-news/superhero-buzz-39runaways39-casting-39black-lightning39-update/22086?wssac=164&wssaffid=news|url-status=live}} She has received wide recognition for her portrayal of the LGBTQ hero. In January 2018, it was announced that Gardner would star as Vicky in the horror film Halloween (2018), a sequel to the 1978 film of the same name.{{Cite web |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3478280/halloween-cast-announced-filming-begins/ |title=More 'Halloween' Cast Announced As Filming Begins! |last=Miska |first=Brad |date=2017-01-13 |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=2017-01-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113221633/http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3478280/halloween-cast-announced-filming-begins/ |archive-date=2018-01-13 }}{{cite web|url=http://halloweendailynews.com/2018/01/halloween-photo-haddonfield-high/|title='Halloween' Behind-the-Scenes Photo Goes to Haddonfield High - Halloween Daily News|date=28 January 2018|website=Halloweendailynews.com|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020144922/http://halloweendailynews.com/2018/01/halloween-photo-haddonfield-high/|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Gardner describes herself as a feminist. In August 2023, she married Jed Elliott, bassist of The Struts.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/elleextra/events/a44868357/virginia-gardner-jed-elliott-wedding/|title=A Napa Valley Wedding Brings Together an English Rock Band and a Slice of Young Hollywood|work=Elle|date=24 August 2023|access-date=30 August 2023}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Virginia Gardner film credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Christina Raskin | |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| Goat | Leah | |
| Good Kids
| Emily | |
| Tell Me How I Die
| Anna Nichols | |
| rowspan="4" | 2018
| Kelly | |
| Halloween
| Vicky | |
| Monster Party
| Iris | |
| Liked
| Catlin | |
| 2019
| Starfish | Aubrey Parker | |
| 2020
| Amanda | |
| 2022
| Fall | Shiloh Hunter | |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| Abby Abernathy | |
| See You On Venus
| Amelia "Mia" | {{Cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/see-you-on-venus-review/ |title=See You on Venus Review: A Heartwarming Film with a Beautiful Setting |first1=Liz |last1=Young |date=July 21, 2023 |website=MovieWeb |accessdate=February 17, 2024}} |
| 2024
| Abby Abernathy | |
| 2025
| Kelly | |
| TBA
| Gina | Filming |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Virginia Gardner television credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| Young Lemon | Episode: "Hairdos & Holidays" |
| 2012
| Lab Rats | Danielle | Episode: "Leo's Jam" |
| 2013
| Glee | "Katie Fitzgerald" / Marissa | Episodes: "Feud", "Shooting Star" |
| 2013–2014
| Lexy Bloom | Recurring, 8 episodes |
| 2015
| Molly Barlett | Episode: "Skanks Get Shanked" |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sally Landry | Episode: "Fashionable Crimes" |
| Major Crimes
| Brie Miller | Episode: "Family Law" |
| Secrets and Lies
| Rachel | Episodes: "The Detective", "The Daughter" |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Zoo | Clem-2 | Episodes: "No Place Like Home", "Diaspora" |
| The Tap
| Michelle Cuttriss | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017–2019
| Main |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Young Harper |
| The Righteous Gemstones
| Lucy | Episode: "Is This the Man Who Made the Earth Tremble" |
| 2021
| Bernadette | Episode: "BA'AL" |
| 2022
| Gaslit | Sharon | Episode: "Honeymoon" |
| 2025
| ''1923 | Mabel |Season 2, episodes 5 and 6 |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Virginia Gardner accolades |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominated work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Refh}} |
|---|
| 2015
| Hollywood Beauty Awards | New Beauty Award | Herself | {{Won}} |
| 2017
| Golden Issue Awards | Best Ensemble Cast (shared with the Cast) | {{Won}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|4722966}}
- {{Instagram|ginnygardner}}
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:Actresses from Sacramento, California
Category:American female taekwondo practitioners
Category:American television actresses
Category:American film actresses