Camila Carraro Mendes (; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmẽdʒis]; born June 29, 1994) is an American actress and producer. She made her acting debut portraying Veronica Lodge on The CW teen drama series Riverdale (2017–2023), for which she won a Teen Choice Award in 2017.
Mendes transitioned her career to film, taking on supporting roles in The New Romantic (2018), The Perfect Date (2019), and Palm Springs (2020). She has since played leading roles in the black comedy film Do Revenge (2022), and the romantic comedies Upgraded (2024), Música (2024), and the sword-and-sorcery film Masters of the Universe (2026).
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Early life
Mendes was born on June 29, 1994, in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Brazilian parents. Her father is a business executive and her mother is a flight attendant. She has an older sister. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, then back to Virginia, and then to Orlando, Florida. Due to her father's job and later her parents' divorce, Mendes moved 16 times across the Southern United States growing up, but lived mainly in Florida. At the age of 10, she lived in Brazil for a year. Mendes attended the Fine Arts program at the American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida, graduating in 2012. In May 2016, Mendes graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
