Christina Bianco
| Christina Bianco | |
|---|---|
| Born | Suffern, New York[1][2] |
| Alma mater | Tisch School of the Arts[3] |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Website | www |
Christina Bianco is an American actress, singer and impressionist. Christina has a developed a following for her YouTube videos in which she impersonates celebrities, both singing and speaking. By 2013, she had over 22 million views.[4][5]
Career
In 2015, Bianco starred in the one-woman, multi-character comedy Application Pending, Off-Broadway at the West Side Theatre for which she received her second Drama Desk Award nomination in the Outstanding Solo Performance category. She has appeared in Forbidden Broadway on The West End at London's Vaudeville Theatre. She has starred in the off-Broadway shows Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab and Newsical. For her work in Forbidden Broadway Goes To Rehab, Bianco was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. Bianco originated the role of Dora in the national tour of Dora The Explorer Live. Bianco was a contestant on season six of America's Got Talent but received no air time.[3]
Bianco plays the recurring role of Bianca on the sitcom Impress Me on POP TV. The show is produced by Rainn Wilson and SoulPancake.
In 2016, she appeared as Mindy on Signed, Sealed, Delivered on the Hallmark channel, Movies & Mysteries. In spring 2016, Christina will star in The Marvelous Wonderettes Off-Broadway at The Kirk Theatre.
Voice impressions
In August 2013, a video of Bianco singing Total Eclipse of the Heart received over seven million YouTube views, due in part to a tweet by Shonda Rhimes.[6] In the video, Bianco does voice impressions of nineteen different singers.[1] Bianco performed a version of Total Eclipse Of The Heart on The Ellen Degeneres Show in September 2013. In May 2014, she performed Total Eclipse Of The Heart in front of the original singer Bonnie Tyler on the popular UK iTV program, The Paul O'Grady Show. One of Bianco's previous videos, an Impression Reel of Katy Perry's Firework also included impressions of famous female singers.
On February 13, 2014 Bianco released a video of herself singing Let It Go from Disney's Frozen and the video soon went viral gaining over 6 million views.[7] In October 2014, Bianco gained attention for 'diva' rendition of the CeeLo Green hit Forget You.[8]
In February 2015, Christina appeared on The Today Show [9] Christina sang Natural Woman on The Queen Latifah Show in August, 2014. Christina has also performed twice on the iTV program This Morning once in September 2014 and again in May 2015.
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