Molly Quinn

Molly Quinn

An eighteen-year-old redheaded female is wearing a beige shirt with her ponytail draped over her right shoulder; she is smiling into the camera.

Quinn in 2012
Born Molly Caitlyn Quinn
(1993-10-08) October 8, 1993
Texarkana, Texas, U.S.
Other names Molly C. Quinn
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006–present
Partner(s) Elan Gale (2015–present)

Molly Caitlyn Quinn[1] (born October 8, 1993 in Texarkana, Texas)[2][3] is an American actress—credited as Molly C. Quinn since 2013—whose work includes theatre, film, and television. Her notable roles include Alexis Castle, daughter of the title character, on ABC's Castle and the voice of Bloom, one of the main characters in Winx Club.

Career

Quinn began taking weekly acting lessons from retired director and producer Martin Beck after performing in her community's performance of The Nutcracker at age six. In the sixth grade, she auditioned at the Young Actors Studio where she performed for the program's director, Linda Seto, and representatives from the Osbrink Talent Agency. After six months of "intensive [acting] training", Quinn signed a contract with the Osbrink agency. Subsequently, she signed with Management 360.[4]

From 2009 to 2016, she starred in the ABC mystery drama series Castle as Alexis Castle, the lead character's daughter. In early 2011, Quinn began the English-overdub role of Princess Bloom in the Nickelodeon version of the animated TV series Winx Club one year later she did her also in movie 1 and 2. In March 2014, Quinn appeared as the voice of the sentient computer 'Fey', in the episode "Numbers" of the podcast series Welcome to Night Vale.

Filmography

Film performances
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Teen with Pinups [5]
2009 My One and Only Paula [5]
2009 Disney's A Christmas Carol Belinda Cratchit [5]
2009 The Sacrifice Esmee Johnson Short film
2012 The First Time Erica
2014 Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Princess Bloom Nickelodeon English dub
2013 Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure Princess Bloom Nickelodeon English dub
2013 Hansel & Gretel Get Baked Gretel Also associate producer
2013 Superman: Unbound Supergirl / Kara[6] Voice role
2013 We're the Millers Melissa Fitzgerald
2014 The Shift Abby Short Film
2015 Welcome to Happiness Lillian
Television performances
Year Title Role Notes
2009–16 Castle Alexis Castle Main role
2010 Avalon High Jenny Disney Channel original movie[5]
2011 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Eunice (voice) 2 episodes
2011-14 Winx Club Princess Bloom, Lockette Nickelodeon English dub, season 6
Other work
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The 3rd Birthday Eve Brea Video game[7]
2011 City of Fallen Angels Narrator Audiobook version[8]
2012–15 Thrilling Adventure Hour Pemily Stallwark Podcast; 12 episodes
2013 Release the Panic Cameo Music video[9]
2014–15 Welcome to Night Vale Fey / Intern Molly / Melanie Podcast; 4 episodes
2015 Princess Rap Battle Hermione Granger YouTube video series, 1 episode

Awards

Year Association Category Work Result
2009 Monaco International Film Festival Best Newcomer, Short Film[10] The Sacrifice Won

References

  1. ↑ Quinn, Molly C. [MollyQuinn93] (4 Aug 2011). ""@AADaddarion1985: @MollyQuinn93 ur last name is Celtic/Irish? So u'r of an Irish descent, right?:)" Absolutely, Molly Caitlyn Quinn" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Brand, Aaron (March 9, 2009). "Local teen lands role on new ABC series". Texarkana Gazette. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Molly Quinn: Alexis Castle on ABC's "Castle"". ABCmedianet. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27.
  4. ↑ "Alexis Castle: Played by Molly Quinn". Castle. ABC.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Molly Quinn: Filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  6. ↑ Sands, Rich (January 7, 2013). "First Look: Matt Bomer Gets Animated for Superman: Unbound". TV Guide.
  7. ↑ Quinn, Molly C. [MollyQuinn93] (12 Apr 2011). "Just found out that the video game I dubbed is out. www.imdb.com/title/tt1860322/ it is called Third Birthday." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Staskiewicz, Keith (April 3, 2011). "Mortal Instruments: Behind-the-scenes of the City of Fallen Angels audiobook". Entertainment Weekly. Books: Shelf Life. Archived from the original on 2011-04-03.
  9. ↑ Red (Feb 12, 2013). Release The Panic. RedVevo (Provident Label Group) – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "2009 Award Winners". Angel Film Awards Archives. Monaco International Film Festival.
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