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'', ''The Shinjiro Atae Documentary'' and ''Groundswell''. She was named the Best Comedian in LA by the

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. She is of Mexican descent.

Biography

Mantilla-Jordan began her career performing stand-up comedy at the

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in Los Angeles. She later starred in the musical short ''Gangsta Waitress,'' which she co-wrote and which featured

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and

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. She is the co-writer and director of the award winning digital series ''Your Mom Says Hi!''. Mantilla wrote the 2021 movie ''Angel Falls Christmas'', in which she played Angelina. The movie was aired on

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and was in

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top 10 in over 40 countries. She won the NYC Winter Film Award of Excellence for Best digital series ''Your Mom Says Hi!'' in 2018, and was named Best Comedian in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine. In 2023, Mantilla-Jordan and her husband John Eliot Jordan began co-directing a documentary about

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, the first J-Pop idol to come out as a gay man. The film is being produced by

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and

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mantilla, Carlie American actresses of Mexican descent Living people 1989 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American television actresses