Tonantzin Carmelo

Biography

Tonantzin Carmelo is an American actress whose work spans film, television, theater, dance, choreography, and video games. Raised in Orange County in southern California, she attended the University of California, Irvine, studying Environmental Studies and Dance and first acted in college theater and independent films. Her professional debut came in an educational musical staged by Carmen Zapata's Bilingual Foundation of the Arts. She gained notice as Thunder Heart Woman in Steven Spielberg's miniseries Into the West, earning a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and a Best Actress award from the American Indian Film Festival. She later led the thriller Imprint (2007) as Shayla Stonefeather and appeared with John C. Reilly in Entertainment (2015). Her choreography was featured in the Amazon series Undone and the opera Sweetland, and she has sung with Trio del Alma. She also voiced and motion-captured Kendra Daniels in Dead Space and appeared in other video games.

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 13 years2007 to 2020

Every film, newest first

2020A Soldier's RevengeIMDb rating 3.9
2015EntertainmentIMDb rating 5.7
2007ImprintIMDb rating 5.6
2007UnearthedIMDb rating 4.0

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First role
Carmelo's first professional acting work was in an educational musical theater show. Carmen Zapata produced it at the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, and the production toured the Los Angeles area.
Behind the camera
Carmelo also works as a choreographer, and her dance work appeared in the Amazon TV series Undone as well as in the opera Sweetland.
Beyond film
Carmelo has sung with the band Trio del Alma and her voice appears on three albums released by Canyon Records.