Courtney Gonzalez(I)
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
Courtney Gonzalez was born in Modesto, California to freelance writer Linda Gonzalez and IT/business analyst Jaime Gonzalez. Linda and her four brothers were raised in Milpitas, California while Jaime was born in Barcelona, Spain and immigrated to California when he was 11. Courtney has two older siblings, Melissa and Chad, a younger stepsister, Caitlynn, three nephews and one niece. Her parents divorced when Courtney was 17.
When Courtney was 8 months old her family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Courtney was homeschooled before attending, and graduated from, The Classical Academy. As a singer, dancer, and stage actor, she grew up participating in church productions and worship teams, women's and mixed voice choirs and ensembles, and was a semi-finalist for Southern Colorado Idol after high school. Courtney was a writer, editor, and photographer on TCA's Titanium Newspaper for 3 years, and was a photographer for the high school yearbook for 1 year. While in school, she played a pirate in Alley Cat Theater's production of Peter Pan. As a singer, Courtney has performed the National Anthem at The Classical Academy, Air Force Academy, Colorado College, the Annual Colorado Balloon Classic.
In 2013 Courtney graduated with her Associate of Arts degree from Pikes Peak Community (now State) College. In September 2013 she became a flight attendant for a major airline based in Denver where she worked for 2 years before switching to a legacy carrier in Oct 2015. She base transferred to New York in June 2016 where she got into film acting and started working as a background actor in several films and TV shows. After sustaining a neck and shoulder injury in Dec 2017 she had to resign from the airline and became focused on being on set whenever and wherever she could. In Sep 2018 Courtney joined SAG-AFTRA and an entire new world of possibilities opened up. The first project Courtney landed as a SAG-AFTRA actress was Knives Out, in which she was a stand-in, photo-double, and featured background.
In 2021, during COVID-19, Courtney moved back to Colorado to be with her family and start over while the industry was almost non-existent. Later that year she graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Digital Film with an Emphasis in Screenwriting from Grand Canyon University. Then in 2022, Courtney edited "Scarlet and The Kingdom of Gealach: Book Two" written by HD Olson and published in Nov 2022.
While in Colorado, the first film she worked on was Sirona (2023), on which she was given the chance to be a script supervisor, production assistant, set dresser, and additional crew member. This was the first of several films Courtney has had the honor of working on in Colorado. She has experience as a director and assistant director, script supervisor, screenwriter, production manager and production assistant, set dresser and props, associate producer, craft services, sound department, art department, camera department, graphic design, and more.
She is always looking for the next opportunity to learn and try something new.
When Courtney was 8 months old her family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Courtney was homeschooled before attending, and graduated from, The Classical Academy. As a singer, dancer, and stage actor, she grew up participating in church productions and worship teams, women's and mixed voice choirs and ensembles, and was a semi-finalist for Southern Colorado Idol after high school. Courtney was a writer, editor, and photographer on TCA's Titanium Newspaper for 3 years, and was a photographer for the high school yearbook for 1 year. While in school, she played a pirate in Alley Cat Theater's production of Peter Pan. As a singer, Courtney has performed the National Anthem at The Classical Academy, Air Force Academy, Colorado College, the Annual Colorado Balloon Classic.
In 2013 Courtney graduated with her Associate of Arts degree from Pikes Peak Community (now State) College. In September 2013 she became a flight attendant for a major airline based in Denver where she worked for 2 years before switching to a legacy carrier in Oct 2015. She base transferred to New York in June 2016 where she got into film acting and started working as a background actor in several films and TV shows. After sustaining a neck and shoulder injury in Dec 2017 she had to resign from the airline and became focused on being on set whenever and wherever she could. In Sep 2018 Courtney joined SAG-AFTRA and an entire new world of possibilities opened up. The first project Courtney landed as a SAG-AFTRA actress was Knives Out, in which she was a stand-in, photo-double, and featured background.
In 2021, during COVID-19, Courtney moved back to Colorado to be with her family and start over while the industry was almost non-existent. Later that year she graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Digital Film with an Emphasis in Screenwriting from Grand Canyon University. Then in 2022, Courtney edited "Scarlet and The Kingdom of Gealach: Book Two" written by HD Olson and published in Nov 2022.
While in Colorado, the first film she worked on was Sirona (2023), on which she was given the chance to be a script supervisor, production assistant, set dresser, and additional crew member. This was the first of several films Courtney has had the honor of working on in Colorado. She has experience as a director and assistant director, script supervisor, screenwriter, production manager and production assistant, set dresser and props, associate producer, craft services, sound department, art department, camera department, graphic design, and more.
She is always looking for the next opportunity to learn and try something new.
