# Gigi Zumbado
**Gigi Zumbado** is an American actress, born and raised in Miami, Florida, known for playing Monica in the 2025 [Valentine's Day](https://www.edgepedia.org/valentines-day) slasher *Heart Eyes*, Tammy Ocampo in the Epix series *Bridge and Tunnel*, and Ceci in the CBS comedy *DMV*[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview). She is a Cuban American performer who came to prominence as part of a family of three acting sisters[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Background | Born and raised in Miami, Florida; Cuban American[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm6552877/) |
| Family | Youngest of three sisters, all actors, alongside Carmela and Marisela Zumbado; their parents are not actors[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview) |
| Breakout horror role | Monica, Ally's co-worker and friend in *Heart Eyes* (2025), directed by Josh Ruben for Screen Gems and Spyglass Media Group[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview) |
| Television | Tammy Ocampo in *Bridge and Tunnel* (Epix); Abril Rodas in *The Rookie* (3 episodes, 2021–2023); Ceci in *DMV* (CBS)[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview) • [3](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie) |
| Films | *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), *Tone-Deaf* (2019), *The Price We Pay* (2022/2023), *Bride Hard* (2025), *Heart Eyes* (2025)[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview) • [3](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie) • [4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/gigi-zumbado/) |
| Recent work | Grace in *The Lincoln Lawyer* season 4 (2026, 5 episodes)[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-866429/filmographie/) |
## Heart Eyes
*Heart Eyes* is a Valentine's Day horror film in which Zumbado plays Monica, the co-worker, wingwoman and occasional fashion police of Ally ([Olivia Holt](https://www.edgepedia.org/olivia-holt)), one of two marketing-agency co-workers stalked by the Heart Eyes Killer, a murderer of young couples who brings his spree from Boston and Philadelphia to Seattle[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview). Directed by [Josh Ruben](https://www.edgepedia.org/josh-ruben) and produced by [Screen Gems](https://www.edgepedia.org/screen-gems) and Spyglass Media Group, the company behind the *Scream* franchise, the film was released in theaters nationwide on February 7[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview).
Zumbado's role supplies the comic relief: in her words, "My character's in a Mary-Kate and Ashley [Olsen] movie," because Monica's lighthearted scenes play like a different film from the slasher around her[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview). Monica survives the film, a point Zumbado welcomed as "a best friend who doesn't die"[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview). She also described the role as a compliment in a professional sense: Monica was written as an open-ethnicity part that had nothing to do with being Hispanic, and she happened to book it as a Latina, after years of being offered only roles that required a specific Cuban identity and fluent Spanish[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview).
## Career
Zumbado's screen work begins with a 2015 appearance in *Pitch Perfect 2* as part of the group The Cantasticos[3](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie). Early television credits include an episode of *Criminal Minds* (2018) and one of *Graceland* (2014)[3](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie). Her most substantial early role was Tammy Ocampo in the Epix series *Bridge and Tunnel*, and she appeared in the films *Tone-Deaf* (2019) and *The Price We Pay*[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview).
On television she has played recurring guest parts across network procedurals: Officer Diane Stafford in *9-1-1* (2019–2021), Abril Rodas in *The Rookie* and its spinoff *The Rookie: Feds*, Alma in *Fantasy Island* (2021), and Emma in three episodes of *Hightown* (2024)[3](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm6552877/). In 2025 she appeared in three releases: the action comedy *Bride Hard* (as Zoe, in a cast with [Rebel Wilson](https://www.edgepedia.org/rebel-wilson), Anna Camp, Anna Chlumsky, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and [Stephen Dorff](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-dorff), directed by [Simon West](https://www.edgepedia.org/simon-west)), *Heart Eyes* (as Monica), and the CBS workplace comedy *DMV* (as Ceci)[3](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie) • [6](https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/cast/gigi-zumbado). *DMV*, a pilot she filmed in Montreal in November, was created by Dana Klein, who renamed Zumbado's character Cecilia and made her a Cuban girl from Miami, allowing Zumbado to draw on her own roots[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview). The series was picked up and renewed early by CBS[3](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie). For 2026 she is credited as Grace in the fourth season of *The Lincoln Lawyer*, appearing in five episodes[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-866429/filmographie/), and her upcoming credits include the film *Tumor* and the series *Unrelated*[2](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm6552877/) • [5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-866429/filmographie/).
## Family and background
Zumbado performs alongside her two older sisters, [Carmela Zumbado](https://www.edgepedia.org/carmela-zumbado), known for her role in Netflix's *You* and later *Power Book IV: Force*, and [Marisela Zumbado](https://www.edgepedia.org/marisela-zumbado)[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview) • [7](https://theknockturnal.com/exclusive-power-book-iv-forces-carmela-zumbado-reflects-on-her-journey-from-early-roles-to-powerhouse-tv/). She describes the arrangement as "three raffle tickets in the raffle": the sisters read for the same roles, share notes after auditions, and give each other advice[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview). Their parents are not actors and never pushed performing on them; the sisters came into entertaining through music, dancing and playing instruments as children[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview).
All three sisters live together in Hollywood with their parents, a household Zumbado describes as having turned the [Hollywood Hills](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-hills) into [Little Havana](https://www.edgepedia.org/little-havana); with their grandparents having passed, their aunts, uncles and cousins now travel out for the holidays[1](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview).
## References
1. [Andrea Flores (2025). "Gigi Zumbado takes the edge off new Valentine's Day slasher 'Heart Eyes'." Los Angeles Times / De Los.](https://latimes.pages.dev/delos/story/2025-02-05/gigi-zumbado-heart-eyes-movie-horror-interview)
2. [Gigi Zumbado, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/fr/name/nm6552877/)
3. [Filmografie Gigi Zumbado, fernsehserien.de](https://www.fernsehserien.de/gigi-zumbado/filmografie)
4. [Gigi Zumbado, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/gigi-zumbado/)
5. [Gigi Zumbado : Filmographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-866429/filmographie/)
6. [Gigi Zumbado, SWITCH.](https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/cast/gigi-zumbado)
7. [Julian Cannon (2025). "Power Book IV: Force's Carmela Zumbado Reflects on Her Journey From Early Roles to Powerhouse TV." The Knockturnal.](https://theknockturnal.com/exclusive-power-book-iv-forces-carmela-zumbado-reflects-on-her-journey-from-early-roles-to-powerhouse-tv/)
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