Mia Serafino

Mia Serafino is an American actress. She is best known for playing Stella Moore in the sitcom series Crowded and Karen in the horror film Smiley Face Killers.

Early life Serafino is from Detroit, Michigan. She became interested in acting from watching The Wizard of Oz when she was 4 and dressing up as characters from it. She was an avid figure skater growing up. She cites her high school teacher Dr. Moss for giving her the confidence that she could become an actress. She is a graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University

Career Early in her career she made a one off appearance in the comedy drama series Shameless portraying Gigi. She appeared alongside Madison Lawlor in the drama film Juicy Stories. Her first big role came playing Stella Moore in the sitcom Crowded opposite Miranda Cosgrove. She played the lead role of Emma in the comedy film Electric Love. She played Ali MacGraw in the comedy drama film Zeroville starring James Franco. She had a main role in the horror film Smiley Face Killers playing Karen.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations Rebecca Brown 2012 Hitchcock Secretary 2012 Forever Love Sarah 2013 Oz: The Great and Powerful Emerald City Citizen 2013 Bukowski Jimmy's Girlfriend 2013 Approaching Midnight Whisper 2013 Saving Mr. Banks Young Woman 2014 Mom and Dad Undergrads Lacy 2015 Ken Jeong Made Me Do It Caitlin 2015 Secrets of a Psychopath Georgette 2016 All at Once Beth Clarke 2017 The Labyrinth Leonor 2018 Electric Love Emma 2018 Juicy Stories Gela 2018 Now and Then Emily 2019 Zeroville Ali MacGraw 2020 Film Fest Dana 2020 Smiley Face Killers Keren 2023 Maximum Truth Misa

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 90210 Beautiful Female Partner Episode; Into the Wild 2014 Undateable Hot Woman Episode; Pants Buddies 2014 Franklin & Bash T.A. Episode; The Curse of Hor-Aha 2015 NCIS: Los Angeles Lisa Welsey Episode; Spiral 2015 Shameless Gigi Episode; The Two Lisas 2015 Scorpion Zoe Episode; Going South 2015 Your Family or Mine Lana Episode; Presents 2015 Stitchers Janice 2 episodes 2016 Crowded Stella Moore 13 episodes 2017 Young & Hungry Marissa Episode; Young & Hold 2019-2020 Airport Security Squad Sky 5 episodes 2023 Beef Mia 4 episodes 2022-2023 iCarly Pearl 8 episodes