T. V. Carpio

Early life

Teresa Victoria Carpio was born in April 1981 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Hong Kong singer Teresa Carpio, with whom she has performed on stage as a guest singer, including at the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Her father was Peter Mui, a fashion designer who founded YellowMan, a successful tattoo clothing brand, and co-founded Tungtex Holdings Co., a Hong Kong-based garment maker.

Carpio spent much of her childhood at an international school in Hong Kong and then, at the age of 11, moved to Springfield, Missouri. When she was 14, Carpio moved to New York. Carpio initially was an ice skater and planned on pursuing that as a career to become an Olympic ice skater but she was injured and realized as a teenager that she was not good enough. Carpio studied jazz vocals for two years at The New School.

Career

After realizing that she could no longer pursue ice skating, Carpio began her career as a dancer. She danced with NSYNC at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, performed on Last Call with Carson Daly, and danced in music videos for Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston. In 2001, Carpio was a contestant on The WB television show Popstars, alongside Nicole Scherzinger, but did not win.

She made her television debut portraying a laundry lady in Law & Order (2002) and later appeared in one episode of The Jury (2004). Carpio portrayed Gail in She Hate Me (2004) and had her first major role as Angela Tsing in Sucker Free City (2004), both films directed by Spike Lee. Carpio made her Broadway debut in Rent as Alexi Darling and others, from December 2006 until April 2007.

Carpio decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Carpio's breakthrough came when she played Prudence, a gay cheerleader, in the film Across the Universe (2007), directed by Julie Taymor. She sang a rendition of the Beatles song "I Want to Hold Your Hand". Carpio's father, Peter Mui, appeared in the film as an extra in the role of a prankster.

From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, directed by Julie Taymor, with whom Carpio had worked a few years earlier. Previews began on November 28, 2010, where she originally played one of the Greek narrators, Miss Arrow. Due to the departure of original Arachne actress Natalie Mendoza, Carpio officially replaced her in the role on January 4, 2011, after covering multiple times during Mendoza's absence. During revisions, Carpio's role was decreased extensively as the creative team and many critics believed the villainess was not working for the show. Carpio suffered a neck injury during a performance in March 2011. She made a full recovery and returned to the show over two weeks later. During this time Carpio made her major film debut in Limitless (2011), alongside Bradley Cooper, which premiered in March of that year. After delays, Spider-Man officially opened on June 14, 2011. Carpio departed the show on November 13, 2011.

Carpio has continued making various acting appearances on television, in films, and on stage. Most notably, Carpio had a recurring role as Shelby Prince in the Lifetime series The Client List (2013), portrayed Satomi in The Scribbler (2014), and starred as Eurydice alongside Reeve Carney in Hadestown (2017) at the Citadel Theatre. She then portrayed Sophie, a deaf woman, in the short film Noise (2018) which debuted in October 2018 at the Austin Film Festival and was released online on September 13, 2019, on Omeleto. In 2019, Carpio performed in the ensemble of Little Shop of Horrors at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Personal life

Carpio is married to Cato Herring, a DJ. They have two children together, one daughter and one son, and live in California.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

References

1. (2011-04-03). "T.V. Carpio Returns to SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark".
2. Munoz, Lorenza. (2008-01-17). "Wearing pride on sleeve".
3. Munoz, Lorenza. (2008-01-22). "YellowMan turns ridicule on head".
4. Kersor, Sun. (2011-01-04). "Daily Style Phile: T.V. Carpio And Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark".
5. (January 20, 2011). "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark - The Amazing Backstage Adventures: T.V. Carpio Plays Arachne".
6. Smith, Nigel. (2011-03-19). "Next Factor: T.V. Carpio".
7. Wing-Sze, Lee. (2008-02-28). "T.V. Carpio".
8. Lynch, Matthew. (2011-01-20). "T.V. Carpio, Spider-Man's Lead Villainess, Talks New Role".
9. Yamato, Jen. (2011-02-08). "Actress T.V. Carpio on Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Julie Taymor, and Risk Management".
10. Kennedy, Mark. (2011-06-06). "T.V. Carpio opens up about wild 'Spider-Man' ride".
11. Norman, Baby. (March 21, 2019). "#TBT #Popstars! Pt. 2 Here the final 15 contestants are put into groups of 5, to compete in #LA at The #Viperroom for one last time, in…".
12. Gans, Andrew. (April 4, 2011). "Following Injury, ''Spider-Man'' Actress T.V. Carpio Returns to Broadway Musical".
13. (April 29, 2020). "Today would have my dad's 67th birthday. I wish he could have met my kids. I wish he could have been there for my opening night of…".
14. (2011-06-17). "Watching T.V. Carpio".
15. Zhong, Fan. (June 13, 2011). "Behind the Scenes of Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark".
16. Gans, Andrew. (2011-01-03). "T.V. Carpio Succeeds Natalie Mendoza as Arachne in Broadway's ''Spider-Man''".
17. Healy, Patrick. (2011-03-22). "'Another 'Spider-Man' Actress Injured - NYTimes.com".
18. Gans, Andrew. (2011-10-28). "Broadway's ''Spider-Man'' to Welcome Rebecca Faulkenberry and Christina Sajous".
19. "T.V. Carpio".
20. "Matyas Kelemen - Is Someone Lovin You (Music Video) {{!}} TV Carpio".
21. Berkshire, Geoff. (2014-09-19). "Film Review: 'The Scribbler'".
22. Gans, Andrew. (October 11, 2017). "Spider-Man's Patrick Page, Reeve Carney, and T.V. Carpio Will Reunite for ''Hadestown'' in Canada".
23. (July 2020). "Cinemalayon Pictures - Noise".
24. "Noise {{!}} Romance Short Film".
25. Gordon, David. (2019-08-21). "George Salazar-Led ''Little Shop of Horrors'' Announces Full Casting".
26. Musbach, Julie. (2019-08-21). "Pasadena Playhouse Completes Cast of George Salazar Led LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS".
27. (2017-05-10). "T.V. and Cato's House Hustle: Crisis Averted".
28. (August 19, 2015). "TV Carpio - Is Someone Lovin You (Official Music Video)".
29. (April 22, 2020). "Fundraising for MASKS for Heroes of New Orleans".
30. Carney, Reeve. (June 26, 2019). "Always so wonderful getting to see my dear dear friend, and ridiculous talent @tvcarpio!!!".
31. "12th Annual Film Awards (2007)".