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Gia Carides Biography

Birth Place:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Made her acting debut in the film The Love Letters from Teralba Road (1977) at age 12
  • In 1994, co-starred with Anthony LaPaglia in Paperback Romance, a romantic-comedy about a disabled novelist and a jeweler from whom she tries to hide her condition; the couple married 4 years later
  • Volunteered with the Young Storytellers Foundation, providing children the means to develop literacy through the art of storytelling

Awards

  • 2002Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1996Australian Film Institute Awards-Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: nominated

Relationships