Carina Conti

Carina Conti’s Breakthrough in Video Game Performance Capture

A career built across commercials, theater, film, and television found its most high-profile stage in 2025, when Carina Conti stepped into the role of Isabella Torrisi in Mafia: The Old Country – Hangar 13 and 2K’s action-adventure set in early 20th-century Sicily. What made the casting particularly striking was Conti’s real-world background: born in Munich, Germany to a German mother and an Italian father, she speaks Italian, French, German, and English fluently. The fit between performer and character went deeper than accent or ancestry. Isabella Torrisi is a woman caught between loyalty to a crime family and a love she keeps hidden – a role demanding emotional range, cultural authenticity, and physical commitment. Conti delivered all three, performing full motion capture alongside her voice work.

Isabella Torrisi and the Mafia Franchise

Mafia: The Old Country marks Conti’s first video game credit, and the role placed her at the center of one of gaming’s most story-driven franchises. Isabella, the daughter of Don Bernardo Torrisi, is the deuteragonist of the game – her relationship with protagonist Enzo Favara forming the emotional spine of the narrative. Conti’s performance drew attention from the gaming press and the fan community alike, with coverage from Behind The Voice Actors and The Gamer highlighting her work as a standout in the cast. She appeared on the Behind The Voice Podcast to discuss the role in depth, describing the project as a career highlight. Her performance has already had broader consequences: during a 2025 livestream, Conti confirmed that Take-Two Interactive had greenlit a follow-up Mafia title – making her the first public source to confirm the new entry in the franchise.

From Child Actress to Screen Performer

Long before Isabella Torrisi, the groundwork was laid early. After relocating to Orlando, Florida at age six, Conti worked as a child actress throughout the early 2000s, appearing in more than 30 commercials for brands including Disney, Universal, Chevy, and Chiquita. Screen credits followed: a lead role as Megan in Barney: The Land of Make Believe (2005) and a role as Tara in the television film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. (2009). Academic training ran alongside the screen work – Conti graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Romance Languages and a minor in Theater, then continued her craft at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop in Los Angeles.

Television Work and Stage Performances

The years between early film roles and the Mafia: The Old Country casting produced a steady body of work across television and theater. On screen, she appeared as Paula Abdul in HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022-2023) across six episodes, and as Riley across nine episodes of Good Trouble (2023-2024). Stage credits include Roxie Heart in Chicago and Lucille in an award-winning translation of Moliere’s The Bourgeois Gentleman at City Garage in Santa Monica. The theatrical background – combined with her multilingual range – informed the physical and vocal discipline she brought to the full performance capture sessions for Mafia: The Old Country.

Most Known Roles of Carina Conti

• • Isabella Torrisi – Mafia The Old Country 2025 (2025, Video Game)
• • Riley – Good Trouble (2023-2024, TV Series)
• • Paula Abdul – Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022-2023, TV Series)
• • Tara – Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. (2009, TV Film)
• • Megan – Barney: The Land of Make Believe (2005, Film)
• • Carina – The Last Tycoon (2017, TV Series)