Summary
- Luca Bella Facinelli, daughter of Jennie Garth, has acted in six projects, including a TV movie and a reality TV show.
- Her big break came in 2019 when she starred in a Lifetime movie alongside her mother, playing a mother-daughter duo.
- Jennie Garth has advised her daughter to "do the work" and "put in the time" in building her acting career.
Luca Bella Facinelli is best known as Jennie Garth's daughter, and many are curious to see if she will follow in her mother's footsteps and become an actor. Jennie Garth first rose to fame in the early 1990s as Kelly Taylor on the wildly popular drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 which ran for 10 seasons and became a staple of that decade's popular culture. Afterward, Garth would continue to have success as an actor in various TV and movie projects, including a lengthy stint on the sitcom What I Like About You. Ultimately, Garth's legacy has been intricately tied to 90210, and she has revived her character in various spinoffs.
Garth would begin dating her future husband Peter Facinelli during the production of the film An Unfinished Affair (via ABC News), and the couple would have three children together with Luca Bella Facinelli being born in 1997. As is the case with many children of celebrities, actors' kids are expected to follow in their parent's footsteps and become actors themselves. With an instantly recognizable mother like Jennie Garth, Luca Bella Facinelli would seemingly have a chance to become a star, and throughout her young life, speculation has abounded whether she would ever pursue a show business career.
Luca Bella Facinelli Has Acted In 6 Projects
While she isn't quite a household name like her famous mother, Luca Bella Facinelli has tried her hand at acting and has performed in six projects across her short career. Though many of the projects she has worked on are of an independent nature, she also had her big break in a TV movie and even tried her hand as a reality TV star. Making her debut back in 2017, Facinelli appeared as the titular character in the science-fiction short film Luna in which she was the only actor. Two years later she played Alexis in the independently produced TV series Interracial which only ran for four episodes.
Once again starring, Luca Bella Facinelli played the role of Alaina in all four episodes of the indie comedy series Ad Out, and she co-starred as April Meyer in the made-for-TV drama film Your Family or Your Life in 2019. In that same year, Facinelli appeared in the short-lived reality series The Parent Trip where she and her mother starred in an episode together. In 2020, Facinelli made an appearance in Find a Way or Make One, an online play festival that took place during the pandemic. Facinelli hasn't acted since 2020, and though she is active on Instagram, she shows no signs of performing any time soon.
Luca Bella Facinelli Starred In A Lifetime Movie With Mom Jennie Garth
Luca Bella Facinelli's big break came in 2019 when she starred in the Lifetime original movie Your Family or Your Life. Interestingly, she also got to act alongside Jennie Garth, and the two played a mother-and-daughter duo in the story. The film follows Dr. Kathy Meyer (Garth) whose life is thrown into disarray when her lawyer husband dies under mysterious circumstances. Luca Bella Facinelli appeared as Meyer's daughter April, and the two shared significant screen time together.
Having accomplished a lot in her career, Jennie Garth spoke with US Weekly and discussed her daughter's acting career, including offering sage advice. Collecting her thoughts in a succinct manner, Garth mentioned that she has often told her daughter to "do the work" in regard to taking roles and paying dues. Though she hasn't acted since 2020, it seems as if Luca Bella Facinelli has begun the arduous task of establishing herself, and has listened to her mother's words when she told her to "put in the time".