Michelle Veintimilla is an Ecuadorian American film, television, and theater actress. She is best known for starring as Vanessa Sanchez in the ABC rom-com series The Baker and The Beauty. Her breakout role was villain Firefly in the second and fourth seasons of the Fox television series Gotham. She portrayed Carmen Guerra on FOX's The Gifted Marie Jablonski on the Netflix crime drama series Seven Seconds,‘Seven Seconds’ Trailer: Regina King Seeks Justice In Netflix Crime Anthology Series, Hayden on the Netflix science fiction miniseries, The I-Land, and frequently appears on NBC's Law and Order SVU as couselor Christine Vega.
Career Veintimilla was a senior at Carnegie Mellon University when she got the offer to perform in the musical The Visit at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2014. She eventually went on to appear in the Broadway production of The Visit, playing the younger version of Chita Rivera's character, marking her Broadway debut.
She portrayed the DC Comics' super-villain Bridgit Pike/Firefly in the series Gotham. She appeared in two episodes of season two. After being replaced by Camila Perez for the third season, she returned to the role with the fourth season episode "Mandatory Brunch Meeting".
In 2019, she appeared in a developmental presentation of The Civilians new musical Store Brand, written and composed by Zack Zadek. In August 2019, it was confirmed that Veintimilla would star as Hayden in the Netflix science fiction miniseries, The I-Land, which premiered on September 12, 2019.
In 2020, Veintimilla starred in the ABC series The Baker and the Beauty.
In 2022, she played Actress/Bachelorette/Casting Director in the world premiere production of Which Way to the Stage off-Broadway.
In 2024, she starred as Carla Albanese in Andy Blankenbueler's production on NINE at The Kennedy Center.
Personal life In June 2023, she married Broadway actor Eddy Lee.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Blue in Green woman Short film 2014 Not Cool Janié 2015 Fathers and Daughters Michelle 2015 Love the Coopers Kendra Uncredited 2017 The Depths Chastity 2019 Drunk Parents Rachel 2022 What We Do Next Elsa Mercado
Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 One Life to Live Principal Dancer 2 episodes 2013 Redwood Time Alise 7 episodes 2014 Those Who Kill Sarah Branson 2 episodes 2014 The Chair Herself 7 episodes 2015 The Good Wife Nurse 1 episode 2015–2016; 2018 Gotham Bridgit Pike / Firefly Seasons 2 and 4; recurring guest star 2015, 2024 Blue Bloods Sybil Cairo, Maria Duran Season 6, Ep. 7; Season 14, Ep. 2&32015Limitless Ava Pouran 1 episode2017 The Gifted Carmen Guerra Recurring guest star (3 episodes)2018 Seven Seconds Marie Joblanski Series regular (10 episodes)2019 The I-Land Hayden Miniseries2020 Prodigal Son Andy 1 episode2020 The Baker and the Beauty Vanessa Main role2021 Big Sky Rosie Amaya Recurring2026 Watson Paola Barajas Episode: "Wrongful Life"
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