Lyndsy Fonseca
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 7, 1987 (age 39)
- Birthplace
- Oakland - California - USA
Biography
Lyndsy Marie Fonseca (born January 7, 1987) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Colleen Carlton on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, and Alexandra "Alex" Udinov on The CW show Nikita. She was discovered by a talent manager in San Francisco. She then relocated to Los Angeles for her first pilot season at age 13, in the middle of the school year. The following year, she landed her breakthrough role, playing Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless with a three-year contract. In she had a recurring role as Ted Mosby's future daughter on How I Met Your Mother and as Donna on HBO's Big Love. She starred in the 2005 Hallmark TV film Ordinary Miracles, as a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent who goes to live with a judge (Jaclyn Smith).In fall 2007, she played Dawn in the film Remember the Daze. She joined the cast of ABC's Desperate Housewives as the daughter of Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany), a character moving onto Wisteria Lane. In 2008, she was nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives (2004), shared with the cast. She played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass, which also featured her Nikita co-star Xander Berkeley in the cast. She appeared in three more films in 2010, including Hot Tub Time Machine, and she was cast as new recruit Alex on the CW's Nikita. She was listed at #62 in the 2010 Maxim Hot 100 and #89 in the 2011 list.
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Filmography
Don't Move
Movie · as Megan Forrester
The Love Heist
Movie · as Kayli
Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story
Movie · as Avery Clark
What It’s Like to Be Okay
Movie · as Izzy Moore
Single on the 25th
Movie · as Nell Duke
The Magic of Lemon Drops
Movie · as Lolly
Holiday Crashers
Movie · as Toni
The Girl Who Wasn't Dead
Movie · as Carrie
Spinning Gold
Movie · as Joyce Biawitz
Where Are You, Christmas?
Movie · as Addy
North to Home
Movie · as Posy
Next Stop, Christmas
Movie · as Angie
Turner & Hooch
TV · as Laura Turner · 12 eps
You Can't Take My Daughter
Movie · as Amy Thompson
9-1-1: Lone Star
TV · as Iris Blake · 6 eps
Agent Emerson
Movie · as Alexandra Emerson
Curvature
Movie · as Helen
Moments of Clarity
Movie · as Danielle
The World's Biggest Asshole
Movie · as Sarah
RePlay
TV · as Allison Lee · 12 eps
Pitch
TV · as Cara · 1 ep
Hoss
Movie · as Burke
Down Dog
Movie · as Winter
The Escort
Movie · as Natalie
Marvel's Agent Carter
TV · as Angie Martinelli · 6 eps
Fort McCoy
Movie · as Anna Gerkey
Kick-Ass 2
Movie · as Katie Deauxma
The Ward
Movie · as Iris
Five
Movie · as Cheyanne
Hot Tub Time Machine
Movie · as Jennie
Kick-Ass
Movie · as Katie Deauxma
Nikita
TV · as Alex Udinov · 73 eps
Remember the Daze
Movie · as Dawn
Dark Mind
Movie · as Jenny
Heroes
TV · as April · 1 ep
Big Love
TV · as Donna · 6 eps
Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life
Movie · as Amy
Ordinary Miracles
Movie · as Sally Powell
I Do, They Don't
Movie · as Sandy Barber
Close to Home
TV · as Jessica Conlon · 1 ep
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Daughter · 65 eps
American Dad!
TV · as Skater (voice) · 1 ep
House
TV · as Addie · 1 ep
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Dylan Mayfair · 15 eps
Boston Public
TV · as Jenn Cardell · 4 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Megan Cooper · 1 ep
Malcolm in the Middle
TV · as Olivia · 1 ep