Carmen Lamar Gonzalez

Carmen is an actor, singer, director, and a proud member of the professional actor unions: SAG-AFTRA and AEA. She's appeared in film & television and performed in NYC theatre, cabaret, regional theatre and summer stock. Carmen has a recurring role as Bomb Tech, Carla Flores on the hit Dick Wolf series FBI on CBS picked up for a 5th & 6th season! Also check out her YouTube series, Second to None, a set of documentary shorts highlighting those Hollywood actors whose faces you recognize, but names you may not be able to place. Born in Corpus Christi, TX, her dad is retired career Navy having served as a sailor and pilot flying reconnaissance missions during Vietnam off the USS Hancock and USS Lexington. Her mom is a retired military wife, was a hairstylist and retail salesperson. Carmen directed musicals at NYC's Clinton School for Writers and Artists and directed "Twelve Angry Jurors" and "Death of a Miner" at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She holds a BA in Communications and Theatre from Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, and a MA in Theatre at Hunter College. She ran the JR School acting program at the Neighborhood Playhouse from 2014 - 2022 and teaches theatre history in the adult program. Carmen studied with renowned acting teacher, Fred Kareman. She lives in New York City with her husband and son, rides her bike, and is a vegan.