Gabriela Castillo

Gabriela Castillo (a.k.a. Gabi C) is a Cuban-born American actor and comedian. She is known for her supporting role in the romantic comedy, She's With Me, and Dude, Where's My Dog?! a children's movie. Her stage credits include performances with Urban Theater Company (Chicago, IL), Femslash Festival (Chicago, IL), 24 Hour Play Festival (Chicago, IL), Theatre[502], (Louisville, KY), Teatro Fragmentario (Barcelona, Spain), The Warehouse Theatre (Greenville, SC), and Theatre South Carolina and Center for Performance Experiment (Columbia, SC). Gabriela holds an MFA in Acting from the Professional Actors Training Program at the University of South Carolina, and a BA in Music and French minor from Northern Kentucky University. In 2021, she was named one of four SNL Scholarship Recipients to attend the Second City Training Center Conservatory Program, with the opportunity to audition for Saturday Night Live. Gabi was born in Havana, Cuba, and is of African, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese descent. While living in Havana, she studied music at the prestigious conservatory of music, Alejandro García Caturla. In 1998, when Gabi was 11 years old, she and her parents immigrated to the United States. They resettled in Louisville, KY with the assistance of Louisville Refugee Ministries. Her little brother was later born in Kentucky.