T.V. Carpio

Carpio decided to move to Los Angeles to further pursue her acting career. Carpio’s breakthrough came when she portrayed Prudence, who sings a rendition of the Beatles song "I Want to Hold Your Hand," in Across the Universe (2007), directed by Julie Taymor. In the film, Prudence is a cheerleader who is in love with another female cheerleader but the love is unrequited. After feeling rejected, she runs away to New York City where she meets the film’s main characters. Carpio's father, Peter Mui, also appeared in the film as an extra in the role of a prankster.

Carpio has continued making various acting appearances on television, in films, and on stage. Most notably, she portrayed Satomi in The Scribbler (2014) and starred as Eurydice alongside Reeve Carney in Hadestown (2017) at the Citadel Theatre. She also portrayed Sophie, a deaf woman, in the short film Noise (2018) which debuted in October 2018 at the Austin Film Festival, and the film was released for the public on September 13, 2019, on Omeleto. In 2019, Carpio starred in the ensemble in Little Shop of Horrors at the Pasadena Playhouse.

During this time Carpio made her major film debut in Limitless (2011) alongside Bradley Cooper which premiered in March of that year. After delays, Spider-Man officially opened on June 14, 2011. Carpio departed the show on November 13, 2011. In 2013, Carpio had a recurring role as Shelby Prince in the Lifetime series The Client List.

From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, with Julie Taymor initially attached, who Carpio worked with a few years earlier. Previews began on November 28, 2010, where she originally played one of the Greek narrators, Miss Arrow. Due to the departure of original Arachne actress Natalie Mendoza, Carpio officially replaced her in the role on January 4, 2011, after covering multiple times during Mendoza's absence. During revisions, Carpio's role was decreased extensively as the creative team and many critics felt the villainess was not working for the show. Carpio suffered a neck injury during a mid-performance incident of the musical in March 2011. She made a full recovery and returned to the show over two weeks later.

She made her television debut portraying a laundry lady in Law & Order (2002) and later appeared in one episode of The Jury (2004). Carpio portrayed Gail in She Hate Me (2004) and had her first major role as Angela Tsing in Sucker Free City (2004), both films directed by Spike Lee. Carpio made her Broadway debut in Rent as Alexi Darling and others, from December 2006 until April 2007.

After realizing that she could not pursue ice skating any longer, Carpio began her career as a dancer. She danced with NSYNC at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, performed on Last Call with Carson Daly, and danced in music videos for Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston. In 2001, Carpio was a contestant on the WB television show Popstars, alongside Nicole Scherzinger, but did not win.

Teresa Victoria "T.V." Carpio (born April 1981) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Prudence in the film Across the Universe (2007) in which she sang the Beatles song "I Want to Hold Your Hand." She is also known for her roles as Valerie in Limitless (2011), as Shelby Prince in the television series The Client List (2013), and as Arachne in the original Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2011).

Teresa Victoria Carpio was born in April 1981 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Hong Kong singer Teresa Carpio, with whom she has performed with on stage as a guest singer, including at the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Her mother loved the TV (television) so she named her daughter after it. Her father was Peter Mui, a fashion designer who founded Yellowman, a successful tattoo clothing brand, and co-founded Tungtex Holdings Co., a Hong Kong-based garment maker.