Camila Mendes

Camila Mendes
Mendes at WonderCon in 2017
Born	Camila Carraro Mendes (1994-06-29) June 29, 1994 (age 23) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present

Camila Carraro Mendes (born June 29, 1994) is a Brazilian-American actress. She is known for portraying Veronica Lodge on The CW television series Riverdale.

Camila Mendes was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Brazilian parents. She moved many times but spent most of her childhood in Florida, where she attended American Heritage School, in Plantation. At the age of 10, lived in Brazil for a year. Mendes graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2016. Her first acting job was in a commercial for IKEA.

In 2016, Mendes was cast as "silver-tongued high school sophomore" Veronica Lodge in The CW's new teen drama Riverdale, a subversive take on the Archie comics. Mendes was represented by the Carson Kolker Organization, later changing to CAA.