Her father was an actor on Saved By The Bell for many years and also appeared in films such as Colors.
And the hunky star turned that fame into a popular TV host, which is what he’s been doing for decades.
Dad is proud of his little girl and often posts about her on his Instagram page. He also often takes her to the red carpet.
Her mother is an actress, singer and dancer who has performed on Broadway. She starred alongside Ashley Judd and Jeff Goldblum, among others.
And this teenager has her own acting credentials, too, which she balances by attending a private school in Los Angeles.
Who is she?
Guess who? Both her parents are famous and she has appeared in several TV shows. Dad posted this photo on Instagram this week. Who is she?
She has a resume! She has appeared in Holiday in Santa Fe, Elena of Avalor, Apparition, Walk the Prank, Jane the Virgin and Elena of Avalor: Adventures in Vallestrella. seen at the Barbie premiere in LA in July
She is Gia Lopez.
Her father is 49-year-old Mario Lopez and her mother is 40-year-old Courtney Laine Mazza.
They also have sons Dominic and Santino.
The 13-year-old has already been involved in several projects in Hollywood.
Gia has been in Holiday in Santa Fe, Elena of Avalor, Apparition, Walk the Prank, Jane the Virgin, Elena of Avalor: Adventures in Vallestrella, and The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender as well featured in Tick Or Treat Kid.
Mario has had a long career in Tinseltown.
He has appeared in several television series, films and on Broadway.
He had his first role in 1984 as a child in the television series Simon & Simon. Two years later, he starred in The Magical World Of Disney.
After appearing in 1988’s Colors with Sean Penn, Lopez landed in 1989’s Saved By The Bell.
He portrayed AC Slater on the hit series and also appeared in Saved by the Bell: The College Years and its 2020 sequel.
Reveal: She is Gia Lopez. Her father is 49-year-old Mario Lopez and her mother is 40-year-old Courtney Laine Mazza. They also have sons Dominic and Santino. Seen at Ping Pong 4 Purpose in Los Angeles in July 2023
In 1998, he starred in another TV show, Pacific Blue, for two years.
In 2006, he became a soap opera star with The Bold and the Beautiful. He played dr. Christian Ramirez.
Mario has had a respectable career as an on-air TV host for Extra and Access Hollywood.
Mario and Courtney first met on Broadway in 2008.
The couple had their first child together, daughter Gia Francesca, in 2010 before wedding in Punta Mita, Mexico, in December 2012.
Gia as a flower girl.
Mario and Courtney then had sons Dominic and Santino in 2013 and 2019 respectively.
The couple: Mario and Courtney met on Broadway in 2008. The couple had their first child together, daughter Gia Francesca, in 2010 before wedding in Punta Mita, Mexico, in December 2012. Gia as a flower girl. Mario and Courtney then had sons Dominic and Santino in 2013 and 2019 respectively. Seen in July
Six years ago: The couple with Gia and Dominic at the premiere of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie in LA in 2017
Courtney started modeling at the age of three.
At six she was in her first musical.
She then starred in Pittsburg alongside Ashley Judd and Jeff Goldblum and appeared on several TV shows such as The Expanding Universe Of Ashley Garcia.
“I started taking dance classes [at the time]I went through middle school, high school and performing arts college and went to New York to pursue my dream [to be on Broadway],’ she told NUVOtv in May 2014.
Mario first met Courtney in 2008 when he appeared in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line.
“I was on a show called A Chorus Line for six months, and in the last two months of the series, Courtney Mazza, this little Italian girl from Pittsburgh, came onto the show,” Mario told Access Hollywood in April 2020.
Mario played Zach, the series’ director, while Courtney was an understudy.
He showed his interest, but she was lukewarm.
“I’ve seen her perform and she sings and dances and [she’s] “Really talented, which is very attractive, but she wasn’t trying to give me time or show me love,” he said in a 2017 YouTube video.
They set a date but it didn’t work.
Lopez attends the Everest Foundation’s Children Of Fallen Heroes STEM Event at iFLY Indoor Skydiving – Hollywood on August 10, 2023 in Universal City
He returned to Los Angeles while she stayed in New York and they tried their best in a long-distance relationship.
“I only had Mondays off. “So on Sunday, right after my matinee, I caught the 6 p.m. flight and rushed to the airport,” Courtney told Access Hollywood. “I didn’t go to bed until 1:00 in the morning.” And then we got up, I went to your show with you and then I was in the car at 4:00 on Tuesday morning to catch the 6:00 flight take and be back [in New York] for my Tuesday night show at 7:00 p.m.’
Courtney then became a TV star.
She hosted the dance reality series Love & Salsa in 2014, of which Mario was an executive producer. In 2020, Courtney appeared in the Netflix comedy series The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia, starring Mario who was also a co-creator and executive producer.
She also appeared in the Saved by the Bell reboot with Mario/.
In addition to TLC’s Mario and Courtney’s Wedding Fiesta, the couple starred in their own 2010 reality show Mario Lopez: Saved By The Baby, which aired for one season on VH1.
Pictured: (front row left) Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris, Dustin Diamond as Samuel “Screech” Powers (back row left) Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski, Mario Lopez as AC Slater, Lark Voorhees as Lisa Turtle, Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano
The couple gave birth to their first child, daughter Gia Francesca, on September 11, 2012.
“We are so overjoyed,” Mario told Extra at the time. “What an amazing, wonderful and overwhelming experience to welcome our daughter into the world.”
A few years later, on September 9, 2013, son Dominic “Nico” Luciano joined the family. The couple’s third child, son Santino Rafael, was born on July 7, 2019.
Courtney and Mario are co-hosts of On with Mario Lopez, an iHeartRadio show.
They also host the On with Mario Interviews podcast.
Courtney sang the national anthem for the LA Dodgers in 2017, 2018 and 2021.