Lyndsy Fonseca

Lyndsy Fonseca grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and began working professionally in her early teens. She was cast as Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless in 2001, a role that gave her extensive on-set experience and introduced her to a national television audience. Her run on the soap opera lasted several years and established her as a young actress with a strong television presence.

After leaving The Young and the Restless in 2005, Fonseca expanded into prime-time television and film. She played Penny Mosby, the daughter of Ted Mosby, in the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother, appearing in flash-forward scenes across multiple seasons. In 2010 she took a notable film role as Katie Deauxma in the superhero comedy Kick-Ass and appeared in the comedy Hot Tub Time Machine. That same year she began starring as Alex Udinov, a young woman trained as an assassin, in the CW action series Nikita, which ran for four seasons.

Fonseca continued to work in both television and film, including the 2013 sequel Kick-Ass 2 and a recurring role as Angie Martinelli, an aspiring actress and friend of Peggy Carter, in ABC's Agent Carter. She also appeared in independent films and television movies, and in 2016 married actor Noah Bean. Her later credits include the 2021 television film The Christmas Promise and the drama North to Home.

Lyndsy Fonseca was born on January 7, 1987 in Oakland, California, United States. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), January 7, 1987 corresponds to the Seven of Spades, making the Seven of Spades her Birth Card.

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