Emerging from a multicultural New York background, Carmen honed her craft under Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse and with Uta Hagen and Alice Spivak at HB Studio, while also studying modern dance with Merce Cunningham and Pilates at the original Joseph Pilates studio. Her screen breakthrough arrived with John Cassavetes’ Gloria and continued through notable collaborations such as Robe…
