Camila Mendes


Camila Carraro Mendes is an American actress and singer, known for portraying Veronica Lodge on The CW teen drama television series Riverdale.

Early life

Mendes was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Brazilian parents, Victor Mendes and Gisele Carraro. Her mother is from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, while her father is from Brasília. She moved 16 times growing up but spent most of her childhood in Florida, where she attended American Heritage School, in Plantation. At the age of 10, she lived in Brazil for a year.
In May 2016, Mendes graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, alongside her Riverdale co-star Cole Sprouse. At NYU, she also became friends with singer Maggie Rogers. In 2018, Mendes appeared in the music video for Rogers' song "Give a Little".

Career

Mendes' first acting job was a commercial for IKEA.
In 2016, Mendes was cast as "silver-tongued high school sophomore" Veronica Lodge in The CW's teen drama series Riverdale, a subversive take on the Archie Comics. Mendes was represented by the Carson Kolker Organization, later changing to CAA.
Mendes appeared on the cover of Women's Health in December 2017 and Cosmopolitan in February 2018. She made her feature film debut as Morgan in The New Romantic, which premiered at the SXSW Festival in March 2018. In the same month, Mendes joined the cast of the romantic comedy The Perfect Date alongside Laura Marano and Matt Walsh. The film was released on Netflix on April 12, 2019.. In 2020 she co-starred in the critically acclaimed sci-fi/comedy Palm Springs, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released that July on Hulu.

Personal life

Mendes has stated she has suffered ethnic discrimination in Hollywood. She reports that when auditioning for characters with Latin American profiles, she has heard phrases such as "You don't look Latina enough." Mendes, who is an American of Brazilian descent, identifies herself as Latin American. She speaks Portuguese fluently, although she was raised in the United States.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations