Christina Bianco

Christina Bianco
Born Suffern, New York[1][2]
Alma mater Tisch School of the Arts[3]
Occupation Actress, singer
Website www.christinabianco.com

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. She now has over 21 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.

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Ramos, Andrew (2013-08-14). "Vocal impressionist Christina Bianco goes viral with diva singing marathon". WPIX-TV. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Lorrie (2003-09-09). "Aqui esta Dora". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 Noth, Jesse (10-6-2011). "Christina Bianco: The Princess of Off-Broadway Comedy". Stage Rush. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Christina Bianco's Diva Impressions in "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" Go Viral". Playbill. 8-12-2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ Busis, Hillary (2013-08-13). "Vocal impressionist sings 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' as 19 different divas". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Graham, Trey (2013-08-14). "When A 'Total Eclipse' Leads To Some Serious Exposure". NPR. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Christina Bianco Covers 'Let It Go' As Famous Divas". Huffington Post. February 14, 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Waxman, Olivia B. (24 October 2014). "This Woman Nails 25 Impressions While Singing CeeLo's 'Forget You'". Time. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Christina Bianco's celeb impressions wow KLG, Hoda". Today. February 17, 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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