Gina Joy Carano is an American actress, television personality, fitness model, and former mixed martial artist. She made her film debut in the 2009 direct-to-DVD martial arts film Blood and Bone with Michael Jai White. She has subsequently appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 action film Haywire, Fast & Furious 6, Deadpool and starred as Cara Dune in the TV series The Mandalorian. In 2021, following controversial posts on social media, Carano was dropped by both Lucasfilm and talent agency UTA.
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Gina Joy Carano is an American actress, television personality, fitness model, and former mixed martial artist. Carano began training in Muay Thai before transitioning to competitive MMA, where she competed in Strikeforce and EliteXC. Her popularity led to her being called the \”face of women’s MMA\” Carano has pursued a career in acting since she retired from competition. She made her film debut in the 2009 direct-to-DVD martial arts film Blood and Bone with Michael Jai White. She has subsequently appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 action film Haywire, Fast & Furious 6, Deadpool and starred as Cara Dune in the TV series The Mandalorian. In 2021, following controversial posts on social media, Carano was dropped by both Lucasfilm and talent agency UTA. She is the daughter of Dana Joy Cason and casino executive and former professional football player Glenn Carano. She was born in Dallas County, Texas, and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended the University of Nevada, Reno for a year and then University ofNevada, Las Vegas for three years, majoring in psychology. She won the girls’ basketball team to a state title at Trinity Christian High School. She also played volleyball and softball, and was a member of the track and field team at Nevada State University. She graduated from Trinity Christian high School with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2005. She currently lives in Las Nevada with her husband and two daughters.
She works as a fitness model and has appeared in several reality TV shows. She appeared in the reality series American Gladiators. She had a successful career in Muaysai and has also appeared in a number of reality TV series. She competed in the sport of mixed martial arts, including a stint as a contestant on The Voice. She lost her first fight to a female opponent, but won her next two fights. She went on to win her last two fights by unanimous decision. She fought Cris Cyborg in August 2009, the first time two women headlined a major MMA event; Cyborg won. Her last fight was against Kelly Kobin Kobin on October 3, 2008, at the first-ever sanctioned female MMA bout in Nevada with World Extreme Fighting to fight Leiticia Pestovа. Her scheduled bout against Jan Finney on June 2, 2007, was canceled due to illness. Her next fight was the first televised female fight on Showtime. On September 15, 2007 she defeated Tonya Evinger via rear-naked choke for her first career win by submission. On May 31, 2008 Carano defeated former HOOKnSHOOT Champion Kaitlin Young at Elite XC: Primetime on May 30, 2008. A day before the fight, she failed to make weight for her fight after weighing in at 144 pounds. Although most MMA organizations set weight classes at 135lb lb and 145lb C opted to create a women’s weight class at 140lb C.
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