She gained further recognition for playing Valerie in Limitless (2011) and Shelby Prince in the Lifetime television series The Client List (2013).
[2] Her father was Peter Mui, a fashion designer who founded YellowMan, a successful tattoo clothing brand,[3] and co-founded Tungtex Holdings Co., a Hong Kong-based garment maker.
Carpio portrayed Gail in She Hate Me (2004) and had her first major role as Angela Tsing in Sucker Free City (2004), both films directed by Spike Lee.
[13] From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, directed by Julie Taymor,[14] with whom Carpio had worked a few years earlier.
[16] During revisions, Carpio's role was decreased extensively as the creative team and many critics believed the villainess was not working for the show.
[17][9] During this time Carpio made her major film debut in Limitless (2011), alongside Bradley Cooper, which premiered in March of that year.
Most notably, Carpio had a recurring role as Shelby Prince in the Lifetime series The Client List (2013),[19][20] portrayed Satomi in The Scribbler (2014),[21] and starred as Eurydice alongside Reeve Carney in Hadestown (2017) at the Citadel Theatre.