Background
Corinealdi was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Her father, Edward Corinealdi, is a Panamanian, and her mother, Rosemarie Hilton, is African-American from Ohio.
Corinealdi was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Her father, Edward Corinealdi, is a Panamanian, and her mother, Rosemarie Hilton, is African-American from Ohio.
She studied in New Jersey at the Actor"s Training Studio, then at the William Esper Studio in New York, then at Playhouse West.
She is best known for her leading role in the Ava DuVernay film Middle of Nowhere (2012). She is part-Panamanian and part-Italian. In early career, Corinealdi co-starred in a number of independent and short films, had the recurring role on the Columbia Broadcasting System daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless, and appeared in the Hallmark television film, The Nanny Express (2008).
In 2012, she made her feature film debut as the lead in Middle of Nowhere, a drama by writer/director Ava DuVernay.
In 2013 Corinealdi appeared in the short film "The Door", part of Miu Miu"s fashion series Women"s Tales, which reunited her with her Middle of Nowhere director Ava DuVernay. In 2014, Corinealdi was cast in the Amazon drama series, Hand of God, alongside Ron Perlman and Dana Delany.
As a member of a military family she was raised in many places (including New Jersey, Germany, Kansas, and Ohio).