Cerina Vincent

Cerina Vincent was born on February 7, 1979, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her early life was marked by a passion for performing, encouraged by her mother, a dance instructor. From the age of 12, she was active in theatre and musicals. In 1996, at sixteen, she won the Miss Nevada Teen USA pageant, securing a spot in the top 15 at Miss Teen USA. After graduating from Durango High School in 1997, Vincent moved to Los Angeles, attending Loyola Marymount University on scholarship. During her studies, she began auditioning, leading to various commercials and a role on ‘USA High’.

Vincent’s acting career progressed significantly with her role as Maya, the Yellow Power Ranger, in the popular children’s series ‘Power Rangers Lost Galaxy’ (1999). This established her as a recognizable face in children’s television. She then transitioned into film with notable performances in the parody film ‘Not Another Teen Movie’ (2001) as Areola and the horror film ‘Cabin Fever’ (2002) as Marcy. Her performance in ‘Cabin Fever’ earned her a Saturn Award nomination and cemented her status as a ‘scream queen’ within the horror genre, leading to roles in other horror productions like ‘It Waits’, ‘Return to House on Haunted Hill’, and ‘Tales of Halloween’.

Beyond her work in film, Cerina Vincent has maintained a consistent presence in television, appearing in hit shows such as ‘Two and a Half Men’, ‘Mike and Molly’, ‘Workaholics’, ‘Californication’, ‘CSI’, and ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’. From 2016 to 2018, she captivated younger audiences as Suzy Diaz, the quirky mother of seven children, in Disney Channel’s ‘Stuck in the Middle’. In addition to her acting, Vincent is an accomplished author, co-writing the best-selling ‘How to Eat Like a Hot Chick’, ‘How to Love Like a Hot Chick’, and ‘Live Like a Hot Chick’ published by Harper Collins. She has also contributed to The Huffington Post and is a co-host of the ‘Raising Amazing’ podcast. Vincent actively supports charitable causes, raising funds annually for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and The Life After Project, which focuses on mental health and suicide prevention.