# Mia Serafino
**Mia Serafino** (born 1989) is an American actress from Detroit, Michigan, known for the NBC sitcom *[Crowded](https://www.edgepedia.org/crowded-tv-series)* (2016), the revival of *iCarly* (2021), and the Netflix comedy-drama series *[Beef](https://www.edgepedia.org/beef-tv-series)* (2023).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3352434/) Her screen career began with a 2009 feature role and has since consisted mainly of guest and recurring television parts, a network sitcom lead, and supporting roles in independent films.[2](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/mia-serafino.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989, Detroit, Michigan, USA[3](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D480094.html) |
| Training | Musical theater at college in Chicago; biographical notices name the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University[4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/) • [5](https://n2w.me/personnalites/mia-serafino) |
| First film role | Rebecca Brown in *The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations* (2009), shot in Detroit[2](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/mia-serafino.html) • [4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/) |
| Sitcom lead | Stella Moore in NBC's *Crowded* (2016)[6](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/mia-serafino/umc.cpc.2fvztg95449n0tq2pnm7c0i3v) |
| Recent series work | Pearl in *iCarly* (2021); Mia, assistant to Amy Lau, in *Beef* (2023)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3352434/) • [5](https://n2w.me/personnalites/mia-serafino) |
| Film credits | *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013), *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), *Zeroville* (2019), *Smiley Face Killers* (2020), *Maximum Truth* (2023)[7](https://www.fernsehserien.de/mia-serafino/filmografie) • [8](https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/personas/mia-serafino-87445) |
## Early life and entry into acting
Serafino grew up in Detroit and began performing in theater as a child, doing commercials and small roles in the Detroit area before moving to Chicago to study musical theater.[4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/) Her route into professional screen work ran through stand-in jobs: as a college student she took summer work standing in for actresses on big studio films shooting on location in Detroit, which put her on large sets early.[4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/) She has said she earned her SAG card on *The Butterfly Effect 3*, and that she later had single lines in *Oz the Great and Powerful* and *Saving Mr. Banks*, both films she had initially worked on as a stand-in; the latter shot on location at [Disneyland](https://www.edgepedia.org/disneyland) and put her in scenes with [Tom Hanks](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-hanks).[4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/) She is also credited as a stand-in on *Real Steel*.[9](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mia-serafino/credits/3030105700/)
## Television career
**Guest and recurring roles.** Through the early 2010s Serafino accumulated single-episode credits on established series, including *90210* (2012), *Franklin & Bash* (2014), *Scorpion* (2014), *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2015), *Shameless* (2015), and *Your Family or Mine* (2015), plus a two-episode run as Janice on *Stitchers* (2015) and a *Young & Hungry* appearance in 2017.[7](https://www.fernsehserien.de/mia-serafino/filmografie) • [10](https://www.adorocinema.com/personalidades/personalidade-480094/filmografia/) Her *Shameless* character is listed as Gigi by Metacritic and fernsehserien.de, while Apple TV's profile calls her Emily.[11](https://www.metacritic.com/person/mia-serafino/) • [7](https://www.fernsehserien.de/mia-serafino/filmografie) • [6](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/mia-serafino/umc.cpc.2fvztg95449n0tq2pnm7c0i3v)
**Crowded.** In 2016 she played Stella Moore, a lead role in the NBC sitcom *Crowded*, a comedy about adult daughters moving back in with their parents; she was cast opposite [Patrick Warburton](https://www.edgepedia.org/patrick-warburton).[6](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/mia-serafino/umc.cpc.2fvztg95449n0tq2pnm7c0i3v) • [2](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/mia-serafino.html) The series was directed by veteran comedy director [James Burrows](https://www.edgepedia.org/james-burrows), whom Serafino has described as a formative professional experience.[4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/) Metacritic records *Crowded* as her lowest-scored series credit at a Metascore of 44.[11](https://www.metacritic.com/person/mia-serafino/)
**Later series work.** She played Pearl in the 2021 *iCarly* revival, and in 2023 appeared in *Beef*, the Netflix comedy-drama starring [Steven Yeun](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-yeun) and [Ali Wong](https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-wong), as Mia, an assistant to Ali Wong's character Amy Lau.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3352434/) • [5](https://n2w.me/personnalites/mia-serafino) *Beef* is her highest-rated television credit on Metacritic, with a Metascore of 86.[11](https://www.metacritic.com/person/mia-serafino/)
## Film work
Serafino's film credits span studio pictures and independent features. After her debut as [Rebecca Brown](https://www.edgepedia.org/rebecca-brown) in *The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations* (2009), she appeared in *Tar* (2012), *The Color of Time* (2012), *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013) as an [Emerald City](https://www.edgepedia.org/emerald-city) citizen, *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), and *Hitchcock* (2012).[7](https://www.fernsehserien.de/mia-serafino/filmografie) • [9](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mia-serafino/credits/3030105700/) • [10](https://www.adorocinema.com/personalidades/personalidade-480094/filmografia/) She played the lead, Emma, in the romantic comedy *Electric Love* (2018), a film about four Los Angeles couples navigating dating apps.[4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3352434/) In James Franco's *Zeroville* she played [Ali MacGraw](https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-macgraw), and she appeared as Keren in *Smiley Face Killers* (2020), a thriller written by Bret Easton Ellis, and as Misa in *Maximum Truth* (2023).[7](https://www.fernsehserien.de/mia-serafino/filmografie) • [8](https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/personas/mia-serafino-87445) • [4](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/)
## References
1. [Mia Serafino, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3352434/)
2. [Mia Serafino, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/mia-serafino.html)
3. [Mia Serafino, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D480094.html)
4. [Mia Serafino Interview, Naluda Magazine (2017)](https://www.naludamagazine.com/mia-serafino/)
5. [Mia Serafino: Biographie et carrière, n2w.me](https://n2w.me/personnalites/mia-serafino)
6. [Mia Serafino, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/mia-serafino/umc.cpc.2fvztg95449n0tq2pnm7c0i3v)
7. [Filmografie Mia Serafino, fernsehserien.de](https://www.fernsehserien.de/mia-serafino/filmografie)
8. [Mia Serafino, La Vanguardia](https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/personas/mia-serafino-87445)
9. [Mia Serafino Credits, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mia-serafino/credits/3030105700/)
10. [Mia Serafino: Filmografia, AdoroCinema](https://www.adorocinema.com/personalidades/personalidade-480094/filmografia/)
11. [Mia Serafino, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/mia-serafino/)
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