Michelle Veintimilla

Michelle Veintimilla is an Ecuadorian American film, television, and theater actress. She is best known for starring as Vanessa Sanchez in the ABC rom-com series The Baker and The Beauty. Her breakout role was villain Firefly in the second and fourth seasons of the Fox television series Gotham. She portrayed Carmen Guerra on FOX's The Gifted Marie Jablonski on the Netflix crime drama series Seven Seconds, , Hayden on the Netflix science fiction miniseries, The I-Land, and frequently appears on NBC's Law and Order SVU as couselor Christine Vega.

Career Veintimilla was a senior at Carnegie Mellon University when she got the offer to perform in the musical The Visit at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2014. She portrayed the DC Comics' super-villain Bridgit Pike/Firefly in the series Gotham. She appeared in two episodes of season two. After being replaced by Camila Perez for the third season, she returned to the role with the fourth season episode "Mandatory Brunch Meeting".

In 2019, she appeared in a developmental presentation of The Civilians new musical Store Brand, written and composed by Zack Zadek. In August 2019, it was confirmed that Veintimilla would star as Hayden in the Netflix science fiction miniseries, The I-Land, which premiered on September 12, 2019.

In 2020, Veintimilla starred in the ABC series The Baker and the Beauty.

In 2022, she played Actress/Bachelorette/Casting Director in the world premiere production of Which Way to the Stage off-Broadway.

In 2024, she starred as Carla Albanese in Andy Blankenbueler's production on NINE at The Kennedy Center.

Personal life In June 2023, she married Broadway actor Eddy Lee.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Blue in Green woman Short film 2014 Not Cool Janié 2015 Fathers and Daughters Michelle 2015 Love the Coopers Kendra Uncredited 2017 The Depths Chastity 2019 Drunk Parents Rachel 2022 What We Do Next Elsa Mercado

Television