Early life

Gonzalo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raised in Miami, Florida, where she began her career as a print model. She later became interested in acting as she began taking classes in theatre. She moved to Los Angeles, and made her feature film debut in a supporting role of 2002 independent romantic comedy I'm with Lucy opposite Monica Potter.

Career

On television, Gonzalo debuted in The WB comedy series Greetings from Tucson. In early 2003, she won the main role of The WB comedy pilot, called Exit 9, but show not was picked up. The same year, she appeared on NCIS. In 2004, Gonzalo starred opposite Tori Spelling in another pilot Me, Me, Me for UPN, which was also not picked up. She also guest-starred in the pilot episode of Drake & Josh in 2004.

Gonzalo appeared in several films in her early career. In 2003, she had a role as Lindsay Lohan's character's rival in Freaky Friday. The following year, she starred as Shelby, the cheerleader, in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story, opposite Hilary Duff, and Chad Michael Murray, and also appeared in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story and Christmas with the Kranks, as Jamie Lee Curtis' character's daughter. In 2005, she had supporting role in another romantic comedy, Must Love Dogs. Her other credits including 2007 thriller Cherry Crush and the lead role in the 2013 comedy horror movie Vamp U.

In 2006, Gonzalo was cast in a series regular role as Parker Lee on The CW mystery television series Veronica Mars. After the cancellation of the series, she was cast as one of the leads in the ABC comedy pilot called The News. In next year, Gonzalo began starring as Maggie Dekker in ABC legal comedy-drama Eli Stone opposite Jonny Lee Miller. In 2008 she won ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for role in Eli Stone. The series was cancelled after two seasons in 2009.

Gonzalo was to be the lead in the NBC's not aired science fiction series Day One in 2009. While originally intended to air on NBC midseason in the 2009-2010 TV season with a thirteen-episode season, it was reported on October 1, 2009 that the episode order had been reduced to four and would air as a mini-series. On May 16, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that the show would likely never air. She later guest-starred in Castle, Nikita, The Glades and CSI: Miami.

In 2011, Gonzalo was cast as series regular in TNT revival of Dallas. The series premiered on June 13, 2012. She originally played the role of Rebecca Sutter, Christopher Ewing's wife, but later revealed that her character is Pamela Rebecca Barnes, the daughter of longtime Ewing family rival Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) and Afton Cooper (Audrey Landers). In second season she was lead vixen of series, and later wife for Josh Henderson's character John Ross Ewing III.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Penny Game, TheThe Penny Game	Cherry Moss	Short film
2002	I'm with Lucy	Eve
2003	Special	Vicki	Short film
2003	Freaky Friday	Stacey Hinkhouse
2004	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Amber
2004	Cinderella Story, AA Cinderella Story	Shelby Cummings
2004	Christmas with the Kranks	Blair Krank
2005	Must Love Dogs	June
2007	Silent Night	Lucy	Short film, also producer
2007	Cherry Crush	Desiree Thomas
2007	To Rob a Thief	Gloria
2007	Saving Angelo	Receptionist	Short film
2011	3 Holiday Tails	Lisa
2013	Vamp U	Chris Keller/Mary Lipinsky
2014	The List	Lara
2015	Waffle Street	Becky Adams

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002-2003	Greetings from Tucson	Kim Modica	2 episodes
2003	Exit 9	Brooke	TV pilot
2003	NCIS	Sarah Schaefer	Episode: "Hung Out to Dry"
2004	Drake & Josh	Tiffany Margolis	Episode: "Hug Me, Brother: Pilot"
2004	Me, me, me	Pearl	TV pilot
2006-2007	Veronica Mars	Parker Lee	Series regular, 20 episodes
2007	News, TheThe News	Gretchen Holt	TV pilot
2008-2009	Eli Stone	Maggie Dekker	Series regular, 25 episodes ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2008) Nominated - ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2009)
2009	Day One	Kelly	Series regular, not aired series
2010	Castle	Madison Queller	Episode: "Food to Die For"
2010	Nikita	Jill Morelli	Episode: "Kill Jill"
2010	Glades, TheThe Glades	Kim Nichols	Episode: "Breaking 80"
2011	CSI: Miami	Abby Lexington	Episode: "Match Made in Hell"
2012-2014	Dallas	Pamela Rebecca Barnes	Series regular Nominated - ALMA Award for Favorite TV Actress in a Drama Series (2012) Nominated - Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress in Television (2013)

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