Mercedez Carolina

Born in Caracas Venezuela with Spanish ascendancy since her father is from the Canarian Islands , raised between Vzla and the USA. Venezuelan / American / Spanish Mercedes began her artistic career as a model as a young child, she now has been in the arts for close to twenty years. As a model, she was the image of very important brands all over Europe, USA and South America such as 7UP, Lee Cooper, Bebe, lead in the MDO video (Te Quise Olvidar), Nestle, Prada, Movilnet cellphones, Pisces Swimwear, Special K, Blue Perfumes ,COX cable CO., Comcast, McCafe, Trivial Pursuit Coca-Cola, Tylenol, and endless more. She went to law school at her family's request. Once she earned her law degree, (with acting offers in her native country), she decided to prepare herself first before pursuing her acting dream. She trained with the legendary professor, Eric Morris (has trained Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, Brandon Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others) for an intense 4 to 6 years before auditioning and still goes by his method. Shortly after dedicated acting training, she has already taken interesting steps in film both in her country and Los Angeles working with celebrities such as Eva Longoria (Hustler's Instinct), Randall Battinkoff (True Love), Vince Vieluf (Grind, Warner Bros.), and others. Hustlers' Instinct and True Love went to all the major film festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Houston, etc. True Love obtained five recognition awards including, best director, best independent film, best script. The entire cast was highly praised by critics. During a vacation visit in her native country Venezuela, she was seen by chance by a major TV Network executive and immediately offered her a leading role in one of the first sitcoms made in that country. She accepted graciously working on the series for two years which ended up being a huge success in the ratings. She returns to Los Angeles after working on the hit series (Gato Tuerto), and shortly upon her arrival she landed roles in films and major national commercials. In 2011 she interpreted one of the leads in the motion picture Disrupt/Dismantle also known as "Cartel War". This film is being distributed by Moving Pictures Film & TV (which represents Henry's Crime amongst other A list films), as well as going to the Film Exposition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It has competed in over twelve Film Festivals such as Hollywood FF (opening night), Vail, Beverly Hills, Houston, Newport Beach, Montreal FF, Nashville, Lake Arrowhead and more obtaining five awards including Best Production, Beat Feature Film and a Best ensemble Cast. In her native country, 2011, she enjoyed the premiere of Venezuelan Film "Last Body", (Ultimo Cuerpo) where she plays one of the leading roles and participated in several Film Festivals in Colombia (Cartagena, Bogota), Cuba as well as many festivals in Venezuala such as Merida FF. Also the premiere of the Foreign Film, Solo en Casa (Alone at Home) in 2012 a comedy shot in Venezuela where she plays a leading role. This film is number 8 in most seen films in Venezuela. Commercially in The United States, she became the image for AT&T's National campaign as well as Comcast working consistently as a model & spokesperson. For the Hispanic market in the US she has worked with TV Azteca and is the image of Toyota. Mercedes is a member of the advisory board for The Artist and Athletes Alliance this coming year she will be involved in several events for the Alliance. Commercially she is the image of Comcast, Toyota and AT&T nationwide in USA adding to over 80 commercials and brands throughout her career. Mercedes at this point has over 10 films to her credit. She is considered one of the most talented actresses in her country and is rapidly expanding worldwide Mercedes is represented by: Splitvision Entertainment as exclusive Talent, Co-Producer and Partner. Optimisim Management. Commercially she is with Imperium 7 Agency, the well known Q Management Agency Fluent in English, Spanish and Italian Mercedes was also a Greenpeace activist and is part of several ecological causes, as well as causes for children, Peace and Animal Rights.