Caroline Sunshine

Caroline Mohr Sunshine is an American political aide and former actress, who previously worked as a White House staffer during the presidency of Donald Trump in 2018. As an actress, she is best known for her co-starring role as flashy, rude European exchange student Tinka Hessenheffer on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up. Sunshine has also appeared in the feature film Marmaduke (2010) and the direct-to-video film The Outfield (2015). Since 2026, she has become a frequent panelist on CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip.