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Teresa Victoria Carpio was born in April 1981 in [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]].<ref name=":2" /><!-- This reference states that Carpio turned 30 in April 2011 so her birth month and year is definitely April 1981. If a specific date is known with a reliable source, please feel free to add that. But until then, April 1981 is the best that is known publicly and this source shall stay in place. --> She is the daughter of [[Hong Kong]] singer [[Teresa Carpio]], with whom she has performed on stage as a guest singer, including at the [[Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2011-04-03|title=T.V. Carpio Returns to SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/TV-Carpio-Returns-to-SPIDERMAN-Turn-Off-the-Dark-20110403|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823030830/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/TV-Carpio-Returns-to-SPIDERMAN-Turn-Off-the-Dark-20110403|archive-date=August 23, 2020|access-date=2020-05-07|website=[[BroadwayWorld]]}}</ref> Her father was [[Peter Mui]], a fashion designer who founded YellowMan, a successful tattoo clothing brand,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Munoz|first=Lorenza|date=2008-01-17|title=Wearing pride on sleeve|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-17-fi-petermui17-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823030718/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-17-fi-petermui17-story.html|archive-date=August 23, 2020|access-date=2020-05-07|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and co-founded Tungtex Holdings Co., a Hong Kong-based garment maker.<ref>{{Cite web|title=YellowMan turns ridicule on head|url=https://mailtribune.com/business/yellowman-turns-ridicule-on-head|last=Munoz|first=Lorenza|date=2008-01-22|website=Mail Tribune|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823030806/https://mailtribune.com/business/yellowman-turns-ridicule-on-head|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kersor|first=Sun|date=2011-01-04|title=Daily Style Phile: T.V. Carpio And Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark|url=https://guestofaguest.com/new-york/daily-style-phile/daily-style-phile-tv-carpio-and-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715131228/http://guestofaguest.com/new-york/daily-style-phile/daily-style-phile-tv-carpio-and-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark|archive-date=July 15, 2018|access-date=2020-05-07|website=Guest of a Guest}}</ref>
Carpio spent much of her childhood at an international school in Hong Kong and then, at the age of 11, moved to [[Springfield, Missouri]]. When she was 14, Carpio moved to New York. Carpio initially was an ice skater and planned on pursuing that as a career to become an Olympic ice skater but she was injured and realized as a teenager that she was not good enough.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark - The Amazing Backstage Adventures: T.V. Carpio Plays Arachne|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8I_eMAPF-U|date=January 20, 2011|website=[[YouTube]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823030821/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8I_eMAPF-U|archive-date=August 23, 2020|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Nigel|date=2011-03-19|title=Next Factor: T.V. Carpio|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2803192/next-factor-tv-carpio/|url-status=
== Career ==
After realizing that she could no longer pursue ice skating, Carpio began her career as a dancer. She danced with [[NSYNC]] at the [[2000 MTV Video Music Awards]], performed on ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]'', and danced in music videos for [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Whitney Houston]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=T.V. Carpio opens up about wild 'Spider-Man' ride|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-tv-carpio-opens-up-about-wild-spider-man-ride-2011jun06-story.html|last=Kennedy|first=Mark|date=2011-06-06|website=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823030814/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-tv-carpio-opens-up-about-wild-spider-man-ride-2011jun06-story.html|archive-date=August 23, 2020|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> In 2001, Carpio was a contestant on [[The WB]] television show ''[[Popstars]],'' alongside [[Nicole Scherzinger]], but did not win.<ref>{{Cite instagram|user=baby_norman|author=Norman, Baby|title=#TBT #Popstars! Pt. 2 Here the final 15 contestants are put into groups of 5, to compete in #LA at The #Viperroom for one last time, in…|postid=BvSpZYIh0e6|date=March 21, 2019|
She made her television debut portraying a laundry lady in ''[[Law & Order]]'' (2002) and later appeared in one episode of ''[[The Jury (TV series)|The Jury]]'' (2004). Carpio portrayed Gail in ''[[She Hate Me]]'' (2004) and had her first major role as Angela Tsing in ''[[Sucker Free City]]'' (2004), both films directed by [[Spike Lee]]. Carpio made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' as Alexi Darling and others, from December 2006 until April 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=April 4, 2011|title=Following Injury, ''Spider-Man'' Actress T.V. Carpio Returns to Broadway Musical|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/following-injury-spider-man-actress-tv-carpio-returns-to-broadway-musical-com-177891|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114155547/http://www.playbill.com/article/following-injury-spider-man-actress-tv-carpio-returns-to-broadway-musical-com-177891|archive-date=January 14, 2019|access-date=2020-05-07|website=Playbill}}</ref>
Carpio decided to move to [[Los Angeles]] to pursue her acting career.<ref name=":3" /> Carpio's breakthrough came when she played Prudence, a gay cheerleader, in the film ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' (2007), directed by [[Julie Taymor]]. She sang a rendition of [[the Beatles]] song "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]". Carpio's father, [[Peter Mui]], appeared in the film as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]] in the role of a prankster.<ref name=":32">{{Cite instagram|title=Today would have my dad's 67th birthday. I wish he could have met my kids. I wish he could have been there for my opening night of…|user=tvcarpio|postid=B_lHUs4j5H-|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=2020-05-12|
From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the Broadway musical ''[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark]]'', directed by Julie Taymor,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watching T.V. Carpio|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/t-v-carpio-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark|date=2011-06-17|website=[[Interview Magazine]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522085841/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/t-v-carpio-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark|archive-date=May 22, 2018|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> with whom Carpio had worked a few years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Behind the Scenes of Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/behind-the-scenes-of-spiderman/|last=Zhong|first=Fan|date=June 13, 2011|website=[[W Magazine]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105005948/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/behind-the-scenes-of-spiderman|archive-date=January 5, 2018|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> Previews began on November 28, 2010, where she originally played one of the Greek narrators, [[Miss Arrow]]. Due to the departure of original [[Arachne]] actress [[Natalie Mendoza]], Carpio officially replaced her in the role on January 4, 2011, after covering multiple times during Mendoza's absence.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=2011-01-03|title=T.V. Carpio Succeeds Natalie Mendoza as Arachne in Broadway's ''Spider-Man''|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tv-carpio-succeeds-natalie-mendoza-as-arachne-in-broadways-spider-man-com-174868|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019125808/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/146315-TV-Carpio-Succeeds-Natalie-Mendoza-as-Arachne-in-Broadways-Spider-Man|archive-date=2012-10-19|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Playbill}}</ref> During revisions, Carpio's role was decreased extensively as the creative team and many critics believed the villainess was not working for the show. Carpio suffered a neck injury during a performance in March 2011. She made a full recovery and returned to the show over two weeks later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=2011-03-22|title='Another 'Spider-Man' Actress Injured - NYTimes.com|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/another-spider-man-actress-injured/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323105444/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/another-spider-man-actress-injured/|archive-date=March 23, 2011|access-date=2011-06-30|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="Lynch"/> During this time Carpio made her major film debut in [[Limitless (film)|''Limitless'']] (2011), alongside [[Bradley Cooper]], which premiered in March of that year. After delays, ''Spider-Man'' officially opened on June 14, 2011. Carpio departed the show on November 13, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=2011-10-28|title=Broadway's ''Spider-Man'' to Welcome Rebecca Faulkenberry and Christina Sajous|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-spider-man-to-welcome-rebecca-faulkenberry-and-christina-sajous-com-184295|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701202904/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/156033-Broadways-Spider-Man-to-Welcome-Rebecca-Faulkenberry-and-Christina-Sajous|archive-date=2012-07-01|access-date=2012-07-29|website=Playbill}}</ref>
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== Personal life ==
Carpio is married to Cato Herring, a DJ. They have two children together, one daughter and one son, and live in California.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-10|title=T.V. and Cato's House Hustle: Crisis Averted|url=https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/t-v-and-catos-house-hustle-crisis-averted-243574|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115113045/http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/t-v-and-catos-house-hustle-crisis-averted-243574|archive-date=November 15, 2017|website=Apartment Therapy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cLmvFRKzk8|title=TV Carpio - Is Someone Lovin You (Official Music Video)|website=[[YouTube]] |date=August 19, 2015 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823030845/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cLmvFRKzk8|archive-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite instagram|user=tvcarpio|title=Fundraising for MASKS for Heroes of New Orleans|postid=B_Tb0P9DYLt|date=April 22, 2020|
== Filmography ==
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