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Christina Vidal
Birth name	Christina Abbi Vidal
Born	November 18, 1981 (1981-11-18) (age 28) Queens, New York, United States
Genres	R&B, soul
Occupations	Actress, singer-songwriter
Years active	1993—present (actress) 2002—present (singer)
Labels	Nickelodeon Records (2000-2002) MCA Records
Associated acts	Will Smith, Khaliah Adams, 3LW, Adrienne Bailon, Naturi Naughton, Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan, The Cheetah Girls, Lindsay Lohan
Website	MySpace

Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina, in which she played the title character.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Acting career 1.3 Music career 2 Filmography 3 Discography 3.1 Soundtracks 4 Awards and nominations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Biography

Early life

Vidal was born and raised in Whitestone, an area in Queens, New York, the daughter of Puerto Rican¹ parents Anne, a secretary, and Manuel Vidal, Jr. a business and tax consultant.² She attended the Performing Arts School Of New York. When she was 17 she joined a girl group called Gemstone (along with Jade Villalon and Crystal Grant). Vidal later moved to Orlando, Florida, to proceed with the filming of Taina. Her sisters Lisa Vidal and Tanya Vidal are also actors and have appeared on TV and in theatre; she also has a brother, Christian.³

Acting career

Vidal's acting career started when one of her teachers told her there was an audition for the movie Life with Mikey (1993), starring Michael J. Fox. She auditioned and got the part of "Angie Vega", and was therefore the first Puerto Rican child actress to play a lead in an American film.⁴ Since then, Vidal has appeared in numerous films and television series, with her most notable role being Taina Maria Morales in the Nickelodeon show Taina. The sitcom was at first successful and ran for two seasons until it was surprisingly cancelled in the summer of 2002 because Nickelodeon felt that it only appealed to girls.

The next year she starred in the film Freaky Friday alongside Lindsay Lohan. She played the role of Maddie in that film. That same year, she starred in the short-lived ABC action TV series about police officers called 10-8: Officers on Duty until she suddenly left after two months on the show. Also in 2003 she guest starred in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Paris Fate. In 2006, she did an untitled sitcom pilot along with her sisters for ABC (which was executively produced by George Lopez). The show wasn't picked up but later that year she starred in the film See No Evil, along with having a brief stint on the hit sitcom Girlfriends. In recent times, she made cameo appearances in the movies I Think I Love My Wife, Mask of the Ninja, and the internet comedy short "Love Automatically", written by Mylinda Royer and directed by Allison Haislip.⁵ Most recently, Vidal played a supporting character in the film Magic Man, which was released in 2009.

Music career

Christina has always been known for her musical ability. When she was in the band Gemstone, she recorded songs with herself as well as bandmate Jade Villalon performing vocals. A few of these tracks would surface many years later on albums consisting of demoes, rare tracks, and special songs of Jade Villalon's music project, Sweetbox. In 2002, she was briefly signed to MCA Records and in that time she was supposed to release her first single "Tropical" and her solo debut album "White" in the summer of 2002, but never did. That same year she provided guest vocals on the remix of Will Smith's summer hit "Nod Ya Head" from the Men in Black II soundtrack. She has been working hard to release an album sometime in 2008. She was apart of Lupe Fiasco's 1st & 15th Entertainment.⁶ Rumor had it she appeared in Lupe Fiasco's "Superstar" music video as the celebrity next to him in the limo, but that was not the case. She also recorded a track for the work out cd called Byou from Sabrina Bryan of the Cheetah Girls. The song she recorded was "Anything is possible".

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Life with Mikey	Angie Vega	Film Debut
1995	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Cynthia
1998	Brink!	Gabriella	TV Movie
2000	Details	Maggie
2003	Hotel	Gisel	TV Movie
	Chasing Papi	Festival Singer
	Freaky Friday	Maddie
2004	Beck and Call	Unknown Role	TV Movie
2005	The Mosquito	Tia
2006	See No Evil	Christine
2007	I Think I Love My Wife	Candy
2008	Mask of the Ninja	Mercedes	TV Movie
2009	Magic Man	Elena
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Cosby Mysteries	Ramona Suarez	Episode: "Camouflage"
1995	The Commish	Julianna Muldoon	Episode: "Off Broadway: Part 1" Episode: "Off Broadway: Part 2"
1997	F/X: The Series	Theresa	Episode: "Bad Influence"
1997-1998	Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher	Sophia Del Bono
1999	Providence	Street Girl	Episode: "Saint Syd"
	Touched by an Angel	Ilena	Episode: "Hearts"
2001-2002	Taina	Taina Maria Morales
2002	All That	Guest	Episode: "Christina Vidal/Tyrese"
2003	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Fate Paris	Episode: "Romance Looming"
2003-2004	10-8: Officers on Duty	Deputy Gabriela Lopez
2004	Second Time Around	Gabrielle Herrera	Episode: "Secrets" Episode: "A Kiss Is Still a Kiss"
2005	Clubhouse	Carmen	Episode: "Between First and Home"
2006	Girlfriends	Samantha Stephens	Episode: "Bad Blood" Episode: "Just Joan"
2007	ER	Elena Vega	Episode: "In a Different Light"
2009	Monk	Winona	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes Camping"
	House M.D.	Sandy	Episode: "Wilson"
2010			Episode: "Private Lives"
	The Deep End	Rachel Esposito	Episode: "Nothing Personal"

Discography

Soundtracks

• 2002: Taina soundtrack
• 2003: Freaky Friday soundtrack
• 2006: Byou soundtrack

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Result	Film/Show
1994	Young Artist Award	Best Leading Role in a Motion Picture Comedy - Youth Actress	Won7	Life with Mikey
		Most Promising New Youth Actress (special award)	Won7
2002	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actress in a Television Series	Nominated	Taina

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

References

External links

• Christina Vidal at the Internet Movie Database
• Christina Vidal at TV.com
• Christina Vidal at MySpace