Carly Brook Schroeder (born October 18, 1990) is an American actress
and U.S. Army officer. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin,
the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the General Hospital
spin-off Port Charles. She also had a recurring role on the Disney
Channel's Lizzie McGuire. In 2007, she played the lead in Gracie, a
film inspired by a real-life tragedy during the childhood of actors
Elisabeth Shue and Andrew Shue.In February 2019, Schroeder announced
that she would be joining the United States Army. She attended Officer
Candidate School and plans on working as an officer in the Military
Intelligence Corps. Schroeder received her commission as a Second
Lieutenant on September 20, 2019.Schroeder was born in Valparaiso,
Indiana. Carly's younger brother, Hunter Schroeder, is also an actor;
he has appeared with her in Gracie and Eye of the Dolphin. Her parents
Paul and Kelli Schroeder currently reside in Ventura County,
California. In 1993, while accompanying a cousin to an acting
audition, the casting director asked if the cute three-year-old would
consider working for them. At first, her mother was hesitant about the
question, but things such as money for a college education began to
appeal to her. After her first job as a child print model, she began
doing print work in Chicago for Sears, Roebuck and Company, Kmart,
Spiegel, Lands' End, Chuck E. Cheese's and many other print
advertisers. Two years later in 1995, child director Bob Ebel asked
her to do a few television commercials. One of her first commercials
was for Birthday Party Barbie in 1998.
and U.S. Army officer. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin,
the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the General Hospital
spin-off Port Charles. She also had a recurring role on the Disney
Channel's Lizzie McGuire. In 2007, she played the lead in Gracie, a
film inspired by a real-life tragedy during the childhood of actors
Elisabeth Shue and Andrew Shue.In February 2019, Schroeder announced
that she would be joining the United States Army. She attended Officer
Candidate School and plans on working as an officer in the Military
Intelligence Corps. Schroeder received her commission as a Second
Lieutenant on September 20, 2019.Schroeder was born in Valparaiso,
Indiana. Carly's younger brother, Hunter Schroeder, is also an actor;
he has appeared with her in Gracie and Eye of the Dolphin. Her parents
Paul and Kelli Schroeder currently reside in Ventura County,
California. In 1993, while accompanying a cousin to an acting
audition, the casting director asked if the cute three-year-old would
consider working for them. At first, her mother was hesitant about the
question, but things such as money for a college education began to
appeal to her. After her first job as a child print model, she began
doing print work in Chicago for Sears, Roebuck and Company, Kmart,
Spiegel, Lands' End, Chuck E. Cheese's and many other print
advertisers. Two years later in 1995, child director Bob Ebel asked
her to do a few television commercials. One of her first commercials
was for Birthday Party Barbie in 1998.
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