T.V. Carpio: Difference between revisions

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|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|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=April 4, 2011|website=Playbill|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref>▼

Carpio decided to move to [[Los Angeles]] to further pursue her acting career.<ref name=":3" /> Carpio’s breakthrough came when she portrayed Prudence, who sings a rendition of [[the Beatles]] song "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]," in ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' (2007), directed by [[Julie Taymor]]. In the film, Prudence is a cheerleader who is in love with another female cheerleader but the love is unrequited. After feeling rejected, she runs away to New York City where she meets the film’s main characters. Carpio's father, [[Peter Mui]], also appeared in the film as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]] in the role of a prankster.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web|title=Teresa Victoria on Instagram: “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…”|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_lHUs4j5H-/|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> ▼

From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the Broadway musical ''[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark]]'', with Julie Taymor initially attached,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Watching T.V. Carpio|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/t-v-carpio-spider-man-turn-off-the-dark|last=|first=|date=2011-06-17|website=[[Interview Magazine]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> who Carpio worked with 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]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|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 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/146315-TV-Carpio-Succeeds-Natalie-Mendoza-as-Arachne-in-Broadways-Spider-Man |title=T.V. Carpio Succeeds Natalie Mendoza as Arachne in Broadway's Spider-Man |publisher=Playbill.com |accessdate=2011-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69LF4PmG3?url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/146315-TV-Carpio-Succeeds-Natalie-Mendoza-as-Arachne-in-Broadways-Spider-Man |archivedate=2012-07-22 }}</ref> During revisions, Carpio's role was decreased extensively as the creative team and many critics felt the villainess was not working for the show. Carpio suffered a neck injury during a mid-performance incident of the musical in March 2011. She made a full recovery and returned to the show over two weeks later.<ref>{{cite web|last=Healy |first=Patrick |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/another-spider-man-actress-injured/ |title='Another 'Spider-Man' Actress Injured - NYTimes.com |publisher=Artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2011-03-22 |accessdate=2011-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=T.V. Carpio, Spider-Man’s Lead Villainess, Talks New Role|url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/tv-carpio-spider-mans-lead-villainess-talks-new-role-3436648/|last=Lynch|first=Matthew|last2=Lynch|first2=Matthew|date=2011-01-20|website=WWD|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref> ▼