Personal details
- Birth Date: 1995-04-18
- Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Birth Location: Sacramento, California, USA
- Parents: Sarah Gardner
- Professions: Actress, Producer
Virginia Gardner, born Virginia Elizabeth Gardner on April 18, 1995, grew up in Sacramento, California—yeah, NorCal vibes. She went to Sacramento Country Day School up till eighth grade, then switched to online school when she moved to LA. Honestly, classic move for anyone chasing Hollywood dreams, right? She knocked out the California High School Proficiency Exam in October 2011, so she was out there hustling early. First, she lived with her mom in LA (gotta have some backup), but once acting gigs started rolling in, she got her own place and started doing things on her own terms. Her acting debut was on Disney Channel’s Lab Rats in 2012—kinda a big deal when you’re new in town. After that, she took a year off to get into modeling and, not gonna lie, she started killing it: working with brands like Kohl’s, HP, Hollister, and Famous Footwear. At one point, she was about to ditch acting altogether for modeling, but then the Glee audition popped up. She ended up snagging the role of Katie Fitzgerald/Marissa and showed up in two episodes, so acting wasn’t done with her yet. She kept popping up in shows like The Goldbergs, How to Get Away with Murder, Law & Order: SVU, and Zoo, but nothing massive. The big break came with Project Almanac in 2015, playing Christina Raskin. That movie made some noise at the box office and helped her finally break into the Hollywood scene. Since 2017, she’s been playing Karolina Dean in Marvel’s Runaways, which, honestly, is probably what most people know her from now.
She’s not just your average action star—she’s got a black belt in taekwondo, knows her way around a pair of nunchucks like she was born with them in hand, and can throw a mean punch in the ring. This isn’t some overhyped, made-for-TV tough girl act either; she’s legit. You see her in fight scenes and it’s not just choreography—it’s years of training, bruised knuckles, and more than a few broken boards. The nunchuck skills? Yeah, she spins them around with that calm, almost bored look, like she’s waiting for someone to actually try something stupid. Boxing? She’ll duck, weave, and land a shot to the jaw before you even realize what happened. All that real-world training bleeds into every stunt—no stunt double could fake the way she moves. Honestly, she makes the action look easy, but there’s a whole lot of grit behind that smooth confidence.
April 18, 1995
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Sacramento, California, USA
Sarah Gardner and Surekha
30 years old