Tina Majorino
Tina Majorino
Napoleon Dynamite, Veronica Mars, Big Love
Tina Majorino began her career by appearing in national television commercials before playing Sophie in the television series Camp Wilder (1992) when she was just seven years old.
She made her feature film debut playing the daughter of Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Shortly afterwards, she starred opposite Ray Liotta and Whoopi Goldberg in Corrina, Corrina (1994) followed by Andre (1994) with Keith Carradine as her father. A year later, Tina starred with Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Dennis Hopper in Waterworld (1995).
After completing the film Alice In Wonderland (1999), Tina decided to take a break from acting, one that lasted five years.
The surprise smash hit, Napoleon Dynamite (2004) marked her return. She played Deb, Napoleon's sweet crush. Also that year, Tina became a regular on the television series Veronica Mars as Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie (34 episodes, 2004-2007) and also took on the role of Heather Tuttle in HBO's Big Love (12 episodes, 2006-2007).
In 2007, she appeared in the feature film What We Do Is Secret, the true-life story of Darby Crash and the Los Angeles punk scene in the 1970's.
Her other television credits include Without a Trace, The Deep End, Castle, and Bones (airing on May 12).
She has appeared in two music videos: Blind by rock group Lifehouse and Pink's recently released video F-kin' Perfect in which she plays a grown woman reflecting back upon a lifetime of experiences in being told that she's not good enough.
FOX recently announced that it has ordered up six episodes of a Napoleon Dynamite half-hour animated series to premiere in early 2012. The original main cast is said to be on board for voice work: Jon Heder as Napoleon, Efren Ramirez as Pedro, Tina Majorino as Deb, Aaron Ruell as Kip and Jon Gries as Uncle Rico.
Tina has a wide variety of interests. She has been a hip-hop dance instructor for several years and helped choreograph Jon Heder's dance scene in Napoleon Dynamite. She has a black belt in the martial art of Tang Soo Do and has been studying Opera singing since the age of seven. She also enjoys surfing and running.
Tina Majorino at the Internet Movie Database