Gonzalo made her television debut on
The WB comedy series
Greetings from Tucson. In early 2003, she had the leading role in a WB comedy pilot called
Exit 9, but the show was not picked up. The same year, she appeared on
NCIS. In 2004, Gonzalo starred opposite
Tori Spelling in another pilot,
Me, Me, Me for
UPN, which was also not picked up. She also guest-starred in the pilot episode of
Drake & Josh on
Nickelodeon in 2004. Gonzalo appeared in several films in her early career. In 2003, she played
Lindsay Lohan's character's rival in
Freaky Friday. She played a similar role the following year in the romantic comedy
A Cinderella Story, opposite
Hilary Duff and
Chad Michael Murray. Also in 2004, she played
Justin Long's love interest in
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story and co-starred in
Christmas with the Kranks as the daughter of
Tim Allen and
Jamie Lee Curtis' characters. In 2005, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy
Must Love Dogs. Her other credits including the 2007 thriller
Cherry Crush and the lead role in the 2013 comedy horror movie
Vamp U. In 2006, Gonzalo was cast as
Parker Lee, a series regular on
The CW's
Veronica Mars. Following that series' cancelation in 2007, she was cast as one of the leads in an
ABC comedy pilot,
The News. The following year, Gonzalo began starring as Maggie Dekker in the ABC legal comedy-drama
Eli Stone, opposite
Jonny Lee Miller. In 2008 she won the
ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work in
Eli Stone. Gonzalo was cast as the lead in
NBC's unaired science fiction series
Day One in 2009. While originally intended to air as a 13-episode midseason show in 2009–2010, the project became a four-episode
miniseries but by May 2010, it was reported that the show would likely never air. She later guest-starred on the series
Castle,
Nikita,
The Glades and
CSI: Miami. In 2011, Gonzalo was cast as a series regular in the
TNT revival series
Dallas, which premiered on June 13, 2012. Her character, Rebecca Sutter, was later revealed to be
Pamela Rebecca Barnes, the daughter of
Cliff Barnes (
Ken Kercheval) and
Afton Cooper (
Audrey Landers) from the
original series. The new series ran for three seasons until it was canceled in 2014. Gonzalo next starred in a number of
Hallmark Channel television movies, and guest starred on ''
Grey's Anatomy and Lucifer''. In 2019, Gonzalo was cast as
Andrea Rojas/
Acrata, a series regular in the
fifth season of
Supergirl. ==Personal life==