‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR HUSBAND’ Cast Bios
JULIE GONZALO (Jillian James) – Across both film and television, Julie Gonzalo has starred and appeared in memorable roles in dramas and comedies alike. She stars as a series regular in season five of The CW’s hit series “Supergirl” as Andrea Rojas/Acrata. Gonzalo recently starred in the successful Hallmark Channel movies “Flip That Romance” and “The Sweetest Heart.” She appeared opposite Danny Glover in the independent darling Waffle Street. Recent notable guest appearances included “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lucifer.” Known by many for her portrayal of Rebecca Sutter in the TNT blockbuster “Dallas,” Gonzalo also won the ALMA Award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for her role in the ABC hit “Eli Stone,” produced by Greg Berlanti. In addition to “Eli Stone,” she was also a series regular on “Veronica Mars.”
Some notable film credits are Must Love Dogs starring Diane Lane and John Cusack, Christmas with the Kranks and the comedy Dodgeball.
Originally from Buenos Aires, Gonzalo is fluent in Spanish, helping her to land one of the lead roles in Lionsgate’s Ladron Que Roba a Ladron, which garnered one of the highest opening weekends of all time for Spanish language films.
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JONATHAN CHASE (Justin James) – After graduating from the University of Florida, Jonathan Chase moved to Los Angeles from Boca Raton, Florida to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor. Hard work and determination transformed his dreams into a reality as Chase has been seen in many films including Tyler Perry Studios’ A Madea Christmas, Gamer opposite Gerard Butler as Michael C. Hall’s henchman, the thriller Eagle Eye with Shia LaBeouf, the comedy All About Steve with Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper, the cult horror film Gingerdead Man, and the acclaimed romantic comedy Dorfman in Love.
No stranger to television, Chase was a series regular on Tyler Perry’s original comedy series “Love Thy Neighbor” for OWN as well as “One on One” for UPN, which was his first major television job. He has recurred on “American Woman,” “Henry Danger,” “Veronica Mars” and “Monk,” and has most recently guest starred on “911: Lonestar,” “Shameless, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “MODERN Family”.
He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Sarah, and their two dogs, Cosmo and Karma.
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PERI GILPIN (Mona) – Best-known to television audiences as radio producer Roz Doyle in NBC’s Emmy-winning comedy series “Frasier,” Peri Gilpin was most recently seen on Comedy Central’s “Broad City” as Abbie Jacobson’s mom and CBS’s “Scorpion” as Homeland Security’s Katherine Cooper. Prior to her role on “Scorpion,” Gilpin starred alongside Craig Robinson and Amandla Stenberg in “Mr. Robinson.” Gilpin can currently be seen on Netflix’s “Family Reunion” as Daphne.
Gilpin very recently wrapped two independent feature films – Rushed, directed by Vibeke Muasya and We Broke Up, directed by Jeff Rosenberg.
Among many of Gilpin’s television credits are roles in “Masters of Sex,” “Men at Work,” “Make It or Break It,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Modern Family,” “Law & Order,” Hot in Cleveland” and “Desperate Housewives.”
Gilpin has appeared in the films How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog, with Kenneth Branagh and Robin Wright Penn, and Spring Forward, with Liev Schreiber.
Gilpin’s theatre credits include five summers with the Williamstown Theatre in Massachusetts. She most recently played Irene in Slow Food at The Dorset Playhouse and Virginia Butley in Native Gardens at The Old Globe Theater. She starred off-Broadway as Alexa Vere de Vere in As Bees in Honey Drown at the Lucille Lortell Theatre and the Pasadena Playhouse and enjoyed a successful run in Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas at the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles.
As a child, Gilpin enrolled in the Dallas Theater Center, and went on to study drama at the University of Texas at Austin and the British-American Academy in London. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and twin daughters.
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KARLA MOSLEY (Nicole) – Karla Mosley made headlines for her character “Maya Avant Forrester,” a transgender model working for “Forrester Creations”, on CBS’s Emmy Award winning daytime drama series The Bold and The Beautiful. A 2014 NAACP Image Award Nominee, Mosley proudly portrays a woman who has come out to her family and the world as a transgender woman, is now married and has adopted a child - a historical first for any CBS program. She has accepted 3 GLAAD Awards on behalf of the show for the story.
Mosley previously portrayed the elite “Belles” member “Elodie Baxter” on the CW’s critically acclaimed series “Hart of Dixie” and the sweet natured, pre-med student “Christina Moore Boudreau” on the Emmy Award winning soap, Guiding Light. She recurred on CBS’ “Angel from Hell,” appeared in the 2008 Coen Brothers comedy, Burn After Reading, and traveled to Australia to record the three time Emmy Nominated TLC children’s series “Hi-5.” She is also the co-creator and star of the web series “Room 8” for CBS.com.
Mosley is the Philanthropic Director of Ammunition Theatre Company, a member of IAMA Theatre Company, former board member of Covenant House, Ambassador for the National Eating Disorders Association and co-founder of 1:1 Productions which champions women of color in front of and behind the camera.
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