- Lyndsy Fonseca
Infobox actor
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name = Lyndsy Fonseca
birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|1|7
location = Oakland, Alameda County,California
birthname = Lyndsy Marie Fonseca
height = 5' 5" (1.65 m)
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notable role = "Daughter" in "How I Met Your Mother ", "Colleen Carlton" in "The Young and the Restless ", "Dylan Mitchell" in "Desperate Housewives "Lyndsy Marie Fonseca (born January 7, 1987) is an American actress best known for playing
Colleen Carlton on theCBS daytimesoap opera "The Young and The Restless " and currentlyDylan Mayfair on the hit ABC series "Desperate Housewives ".Biography
Early life
Born in Oakland, she was raised first in Alameda and then Moraga. She competed in the International Modeling & Talent Association (IMTA), where she was recognized as the second runner up for "Young Miss Dancer of the Year," and first runner up for "Miss Barbizon Young Miss Talent of the Year."
She was discovered there by a manager and agent and immediately moved to Los Angeles for her first pilot season at age 13. Her breakthrough role was playing
Colleen Carlton on "The Young and the Restless " for 3 years. Lyndsy is also an accomplished dancer and unwinds in dance classes when she is not working. She has a younger sister, Hannah Leigh Dworkin, who is following in her footsteps.The following year, at 14, Lyndsy booked the role of Colleen on "The Young and the Restless" with a three year contract. With that, her parents moved the whole family to
Los Angeles . Since the end of her contract, Lyndsy has booked many television guest spots, television movies, two pilots, and an independent feature film. Lyndsy washomeschooled from the seventh grade on and graduated in 2005. She is an accomplished dancer and particularly favors tap. Apart from acting and dancing, Lyndsy is very passionate about music. Finally, Lyndsy has two cats, one named Gracie and the other named Twiggy.Career
A mere two years, Lyndsy Fonseca was only into practicing her dance steps. Due to the suggestion of her mother, Lima, Lyndsy decided to compete in the acting competitions at IMTA. Now the rest is television history. Lyndsy was promptly signed by an agent and a manager and played troubled teen, Colleen Carlton, in CBS' number one daytime drama "The Young and the Restless". She also made a big move into primetime television as Jenn in the Fox hit "
Boston Public ".Lyndsy's career started in a rather humble way at the Barbizon School of Modeling in
San Francisco . The IMTA competition would soon change all that. In addition to obtaining talent representation, Lyndsy also was the second runner up in Young Miss Dancer of the Year, as well as Miss Barbizon Young Miss Talent of the Year. Lyndsy also received an honorable mention at IMTA's Young Miss Talent of the Year and Award Ribbons for Real TV and Sitcom Competition.Lyndsy is busy with commercials, such as
Captain Crunch andRadio Shack . She also has recurring roles as Ted Mosby's future daughter on "How I Met Your Mother " and the frisky Donna on HBO's "Big Love ". Lyndsy also enjoys roller blading, soccer, skiing and, of course, dancing.She originally signed up for the recurring role at "Heroes". Due to her hectic schedules with Desperate Housewives, she only appeared in a brief cameo in the first episode of season two.
In fall 2007, she joined the ranks at ABC's Desperate Housewives as the daughter of
Katherine Mayfair , a character moving ontoWisteria Lane with her decidedly younger husband, played byNathan Fillion . Lyndsy also appeared in an episode of Switched where she swapped lives with another girl for a weekend to experience a different life, she stayed in Alaska for the weekend where she had to rock climb a natural wall and use a chainsaw to saw logs. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie1d5fd3d6e69dbc7844738feedb2c3a3]In 2008 she was nominated for the Actor award at the
Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for "Desperate Housewives " (2004) shared withAndrea Bowen ,Ricardo Chavira ,Marcia Cross ,Dana Delany ,James Denton ,Nathan Fillion ,Rachel G. Fox ,Teri Hatcher ,Zane Huett ,Felicity Huffman ,Kathryn Joosten ,Brent Kinsman ,Shane Kinsman ,Joy Lauren ,Eva Longoria Parker ,Kyle MacLachlan ,Shawn Pyfrom ,Doug Savant ,Dougray Scott ,Nicollette Sheridan ,John Slattery andBrenda Strong .Personal life
Lyndsy currently lives in Los Angeles with her stepfather, Reid, her mother, Lima, and her sister, Hannah. She is very close friends with former "The Young and the Restless" co-star
Christel Khalil .Filmography
* "Kick-Ass" (2009) .... Katie Deauxma (In production)
* "Austin Golden Hour " (2008) (TV) .... Lane (completed)
* "Desperate Housewives " (17 episodes, 2007-2008) ....Dylan Mayfair
* "Heroes" (1 episode, "Chapter One 'Four Months Later..."', 2007) .... April
* "Remember the Daze ", aka "The Beautiful Ordinary" (2007) .... Dawn
* "House" (1 episode, "Resignation", 2007) .... Addie
* "" (1 episode, "Fallen Idols ", 2007) .... Megan Cooper
* "Close to Home" (1 episode, "Hoosier Hold Em", 2007) .... Jessica Conlon
* "Phil of the Future " (1 episode, "Not-So-Great Great Great Grandpa", 2006) .... Kristy
* "Intellectual Property" (2006) .... Jenny
* "Scarlett" (2006) (TV) .... Kasey
* "Waterfront" (5 episodes, "Pilot", "Deal Time", "Sting Like a Butterfly", "Street Fight" and "Trash Talk", 2006) .... Annabelle Marks
* "Big Love " (4 episodes, "Pilot", "Viagra Blue", "Eclipse" and "Vision Thing", 2006-2007) .... Donna
* "Ordinary Miracles " (2005) (TV) .... Sally Powell
* "" (2005) (TV) .... Amy
* "I Do, They Don't " (2005) (TV) .... Sandy Barber
* "How I Met Your Mother " (25 episodes, 2005-2008) ....Daughter
* "NYPD Blue " (1 episode, "Colonel Knowledge", 2004) .... Madison Bernstein
* "Malcolm in the Middle " (1 episode, "Lois' Sister", 2004) .... Olivia
* "Boston Public " (4 episodes, "Chapter Sixty-Eight", "Chapter Seventy", "Chapter Seventy-One" and "Chapter Seventy-Three", 2003) .... Jenn Cardell
* "Soap Talk " (2 episodes, "October 23, 2003" and "March 30, 2006", 2003-2006) .... Herself
* "The Young and the Restless " (82 episodes, 2002-2005) ....Colleen Cecile Carlton External links
* [http://www.lyndsyfonseca.net/ Official Website]
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