Camila Mendes Trivia | 45 facts about the actress

Camila Mendes is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was in «Riverdale», in which she portrayed Veronica.

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1. Her full name is Camila Carraro Mendes.
2. She was born on June 29th, 1994.
3. As of 2022, she’s 28 years old.
4. She is an American actress and singer.
5. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.
6. Her parents are Brazilian.
7. Her father, Victor Mendes from Brasília, DF, is a business executive and her mother, Gisele Carraro from Porto Alegre, RS, is a flight attendant.
8. She has an older sister.
9. Shortly after her birth, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, then back to Virginia, and then to Orlando, Florida.
10. Due to her father’s job and later, her parents’ divorce, she moved 16 times growing up, but mainly lived in Florida.
11. At the age of 10, she lived in Brasília, capital of Brazil, for a year.
12. Camila Mendes attended the Fine Arts program at the American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida, graduating in 2012.
13. In May 2016, Mendes graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
14. While there, she also became friends with singer Maggie Rogers.
15. She made her debut portraying Veronica Lodge on The CW teen drama series Riverdale .
16. For her rle in Riverdale she won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Scene Stealer in 2017.
17. She has appeared as Morgan Cruise in the romantic comedy The New Romantic (2018), the Netflix original films The Perfect Date (2019), Dangerous Lies (2020), and Do Revenge (2022), as well as the critically acclaimed Hulu sci-fi comedy Palm Springs (2020).
18. Camila’s first acting job was a commercial for IKEA.
19. In 2016, Mendes was cast as “silver-tongued high school sophomore” Veronica Lodge in The CW’s teen drama series Riverdale, a subversive take on the Archie Comics.
20. Mendes was represented by the Carson Kolker Organization, later changing to CAA.
21. She appeared on the cover of Women’s Health in December 2017.
22. She also appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan in February 2018.
23. Camila Mendes made her feature film debut as Morgan in The New Romantic, which premiered at the SXSW Festival in March 2018.
24. In the same month, Mendes joined the cast of the romantic comedy The Perfect Date alongside Laura Marano and Matt Walsh.
25. In 2019, the film Coyote Lake premiered, in which Mendes is the lead.
26. In 2020 she appeared in the critically acclaimed sci-fi/comedy Palm Springs, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released that July on Hulu.
27. She subsequently headlined the Netflix thriller film Dangerous Lies, released that same year.
28. Camila Mendes has said she has suffered discrimination in Hollywood.
29. Also, she has said that when auditioning for characters of Latin American background, she has been told “You don’t look Latina enough.”
30. Due to her Brazilian descency she speaks Portuguese.
31. Mendes stated that she was “roofied and sexually assaulted” during her time at NYU, which inspired her to get a tattoo representing her commitment to build stability and safety for herself.
32. Camila Mendes dated photographer and director Ian Wallace in 2013 but broke up in 2017.
33. Camila Mendes was in a relationship with her Riverdale co-star Charles Melton from October 2018 to December 2019. They briefly reconciled in June 2021.
34. She’s a Cancer.
35. She’s one of the shortest ‘Riverdale’ castmembers.
36. Mendes attended New York University for her undergraduate degree. She studied at the world-renowned Tisch School of the Arts.
37. She’s best friends with singer Maggie Rogers.
38. Mendes and singer Maggie Rogers became friends during their first year at NYU.
39. Mendes studied at NYU at the same time at Cole Sprouse.
40. She lived for a year in Brazil when she was 10 years old.
41. Although Mendes grew up primarily in Plantation, Florida, she moved 16 different times growing up.
42. She barely managed to get an audition spot for «Riverdale».
43. She once dressed up in a Napoleon Dynamite-inspired costume for Halloween
44. In the Archie comics, Veronica Lodge is known for her long, dark locks. Despite Mendes’s already-dark hair, she had to go jet black for the “Riverdale” role.
45. Mendes has been featured in two music videos: the video for “Give A Little” by close friend Maggie Rogers, as well as the video for “Side Effects” by The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren.