Gina Carano

Gina Joy Carano is an American actress of action films. Prior to her film career, she achieved great success as a mixed martial arts fighter, better known as ultimate fighting. Fans have awarded Carano the unofficial title of Queen of the MMA Ring, which she refuses to acknowledge as herself.

Gina was born on the outskirts of Dallas, Texas. Her father, Glenn Thomas Carano, was a professional American football player, and her mother, Dana, Joy Cason, was involved in the household and raising of three daughters. Gina was born second and had an older and younger sister.

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The girl received her secondary education at Trinity Christian School, after which she entered the University of Nevada at Reno to specialize in psychology. Here the girl studied one course, then transferred to the University of Las Vegas, stayed there for 3 courses, but left the university without receiving a diploma.

Gina became interested in sports as a teenager. She was a member of the women's basketball team, with which she became the winner of the state, also played volleyball and softball. Later, martial arts appeared in her life. Initially, she came to Thai boxing with the sole purpose of losing weight, as she considered herself overweight.

Of the first 14 fights held in the ring, Gina Carano won 12, and another drew. A fairly high result helped the girl to attract the attention of the organizers of mixed fights in Nevada, who invited her to participate in the first official women's fight. Carano's rival was another promising athlete, Letizia Pestova. Despite high expectations, the fight was not exciting, as Gina knocked out the opponent in just 38 seconds.

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Once in professional sports, Gina Carano continued to amaze the audience not only with high results, but also with a variety of technical arsenal. She won victories with the help of knockouts, eyebrow cut, suffocation. For her assertiveness and purposefulness, the athlete received the nickname Sentence.

By the way, despite great efforts, overweight problems pursued Carano throughout her career, and matches were repeatedly postponed due to the fact that her weight of 64 kg with a height of 173 cm did not fit into the officially permitted norms.

Gina Carano's last fight was a match against Brazilian participant Cristiana Santos, nicknamed Cyborg, a specialist in jujitsu and muay thai. This was Gina's first fight in her professional career, which she lost. The referee stopped the match, considering Carano's fall a technical knockout.

Nevertheless, despite the defeat, the athlete became the record holder for the amount of the fee received by a female fighter. According to experts, this fight began a new era in the women's division of MMA. It became clear that the performances of the fair sex can be no less spectacular and profitable than the competition of men.

Several times the organizers of the fights tried to return the famous athlete to the ring, they even set specific dates for the fight, but every time something did not work: either Carano could not pass a medical examination, then she was not given a license. Gina herself explains that she was repeatedly ready to sign a contract with the UFC, but refused it for personal reasons.

In 2016, the athlete was expected to fight with rival Ronda Rosie, but the fight never took place due to the high weight of Carano, which she could not lose in order to get into the featherweight division.

Gina Carano's television career began in 2006, when she took part in the filming of the cult documentary "Girls of the Ring", which, based on real events, told about the development of women's Thai boxing in America.

Then she, along with fellow fighter Lisa King, coached unknown participants for the reality show "Fighting Girls", and also starred in 2 seasons of the popular show "American Gladiators", in which she acted as the Destroyer. In addition to Gina, the athletes Hulk Hogan, Leila Ali, Alex Castro and Al Caplon participated in the filming.

In 2011, in the documentary I Am Bruce Lee, dedicated to the legendary fighter, Gina shared her memories of what this man meant to her, how his professionalism influenced her own career.

Carano was also invited by the producers of the computer game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 to create the image of one of the fighters - Natasha Volkova, Hero of the Soviet Union, a spectacular Soviet special forces and sniper.

The athlete's cinematic biography began in 2009 with participation in a feature film about street fighters "Blood and Bone". The character Verette Vendetta turned out to be one of those fighters who wins in his duel. The film also stars Michael J. White, Eamonn Walker, Shannon Kane.

The next time Carano was invited to the set after 3 years to participate in the thriller "Knockout". Moreover, the role of Mallory Kane was offered to the girl by the famous director Stephen Soderberg, who saw only Carano in the main character.

On the set, the athlete reincarnated as a former special forces soldier and at the same time a charming brunette who works as a contract killer in the US secret intelligence service. Once, having failed the task, Kane realizes that now she has become a victim, which has opened a hunt. The main characters in the film were also played by Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor. Father Kane was played by Bill Paxton.

In the story, the athlete had to kiss her partner in the frame, Channing Tatum. As the performer later recalled, this moment became the most exciting for her, because her lover was played by an actor with a multimillion army of fans. Interestingly, when watching the film with their daughter, Carano's parents prudently covered their eyes with their hands during this scene so as not to embarrass Gina.

The picture was filmed for over a year, and it was hired in 2011. The aspiring actress was praised by film critics, with the result that Gina was nominated for the Critics Choice Awards, but lost to Jennifer Lawrence.

In 2013, Carano's filmography was replenished with work in the 6th film of the American crime fighter "Fast and Furious", which grossed $ 800 million at the box office. The film again brought together a stellar cast, which included Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Gina Carano played the character of Riley Hicks.

Most often, directors use the actress in such roles where you need to show her fighting skills. But John Stockwell, who directed the action movie Blood Revenge in 2014, insisted that he needed from Gina Carano not only her ability to fight perfectly and effectively, but also a deep psychological understanding of the heroine taking revenge for her husband's abduction, as well as the realism of the dramatic situation. At the end of filming, he confirmed that the actress did an excellent job with the task.

A year later, the celebrity appeared in the cast of the thriller Speed. Bus 657 ”about the seizure of a regular bus by casino robbers. Gina was fortunate enough to work on the same set with Hollywood stars Robert De Niro and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In the same year, another film was released with the participation of the athlete - the action movie Salvation, where Bruce Willis became Carano's partner.

In 2016, one of the most anticipated films of the year, Deadpool, in which Carano took part, was released worldwide. In September 2016, the world premiere of the sports show “Kickboxer. Retribution ", in which the main characters were played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dave Batista and Gina Carano.

Gina Carano inextricably connects her personal life with sports, since her former lover Kevin Ross, who is also a professional Muay Thai fighter, brought her to the ring.

In addition to Ross, the girl had a romantic relationship with mixed martial arts fighter Keith Cope, who, after breaking up, blackmailed Gina so that he would make intimate videos available to the public, but later apologized to his ex-girlfriend.

One of the last partners of Gina Carano was the British actor Henry Cavill. But the athlete preferred her first love to him - since 2015 she has renewed relations with Ross. While we are not talking about the wedding and the birth of children, but Kevin can rightfully be called the civil husband of Carano.

Gina is a big lover of strong animals, so her pets are pit bull terriers.

In 2009, Gina Carano hit the top 100 most spectacular women according to Maxim magazine. At the same time, a large article with an interview of an athlete appeared on the pages of the publication, decorated with seductive shots of Gina in a swimsuit and underwear. In 2014, the girl agreed to shoot naked for a photo shoot of the American version of the publication, which caused a stir among fans who had long dreamed of seeing the athlete in the nude.

Gina has her own page on Instagram, where she posts photos with popular fighters and actors such as Fedor Emelianenko, Nick Diaz, Johnny Bones and others. In Carano's microblog, you can see spectacular pictures of her participation in MMA fights.

The list of Gina Carano's works in cinema is growing every year. In 2018, she starred in the fantasy action movie Scorched Earth. The main character, played by an actress in a post-apocalyptic world, is engaged in headhunting. She has to catch the most dangerous criminal of the new era.

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In the space opera based on the Star Wars universe, The Mandalorian Gina Carano is reincarnated as the companion of the main character of the series. Her partner was played by Pedro Pascal.

Also, the celebrity played the main role in the Canadian thriller "The Daughter of the Wolf", in which her heroine has to find the criminals who stole her son. The picture was released in 2019. The performer will also try herself in the genre of comedy. She appeared in the cast of Systemic Madness, where the main character was introduced by Jason Mewes.

2006 - victory in WEF - World Extreme Fighting, WPFC 1 - World Pro Fighting Championships, Strikeforce: Triple Threat 2007 - victory in EliteXC: Destiny, EliteXC: Uprising 2008 - victory in EliteXC: Primetime "," EliteXC: Heat "

2009 - "Blood and Bone" 2012 - "Knockout" 2013 - "Fast and the Furious - 6" 2014 - "Almost Human" 2014 - "Bloody Revenge" 2015 - "Speed. Bus 657 "2015 -" Salvation "2016 -" Deadpool "2016 -" Kickboxer. Retribution "2016 -" Sergeant X "2018 -" Scorched Earth "2019 -" Daughter of the Wolf "

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Gina Carano Net Worth 2021

Gina Carano 's revenue is $ 1.4M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gina Carano and could vary in the range between $ 992.7K - $ 1.2M.

Gina Carano Net Worth 2020

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Gina Carano Net Worth 2019

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Gina Carano Net Worth 2018

Gina Carano 's revenue is $1.6M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gina Carano and could vary in the range between $916.7K - $1.9M.

Gina Carano Net Worth 2017

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Gina Carano Net Worth 2016

Gina Carano 's revenue is $2M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gina Carano and could vary in the range between $612.6K - $1.9M.

Gina Carano Net Worth 2015

Gina Carano 's revenue is $1.6M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Gina Carano and could vary in the range between $928.5K - $1.3M.

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