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Infobox person| name = Christina Vidal| background = solo_singer| birthname = Christina Abbi Vidal| alias = Christina Marie Vidal| birth_date = birth date and age|1981|11|18|| birth_place = Queens , New York , United States | genre = contemporary R& B|R& B , soul music|soul | occupation = Acting coach, songwriter | years_active = 1993–2011 (actress) 2002–present (songwriter)| label = Nickelodeon Records (2000-2002) MCA Records (2002-2006)| associated_acts = Will Smith , Khaliah Adams , 3LW , Adrienne Bailon , Naturi Naughton , Kiely Williams , Sabrina Bryan , The Cheetah Girls (band)|The Cheetah Girls , Lindsay Lohan Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is a United States|American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Life with Mikey , Brink! , Freaky Friday (2003 film)|Freaky Friday , See No Evil (film)|See No Evil , and the Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon situation comedy|sitcom Taina (TV series)|Taina , in which she played the title character.
Biography
Early life
Vidal was born and raised in Whitestone, Queens|Whitestone , an area in Queens, New York , the daughter of Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/article/0,27972,101294,00.html Time For Kids | Classroom | Home | TFK Q& A: Christina Vidal parents Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman. http://www.filmreference.com/film/62/Lisa-Vidal.html Lisa Vidal Biography (1965-) She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts|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|Lisa , and Tanya Vidal|Tanya are also actors and have appeared on TV and in theatre; she also has a brother, Christian. . http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800190778/bio Christina Vidal Biography - Yahoo& #33; Movies
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. http://www.blackfilm.com/20060512/features/cvidal.shtml May 2006 | blackfilm.com | SEE NO EVIL: An Interview with Christina Vidal Since then, Vidal has appeared in numerous films and television series, with her most notable role being Taina Maria Morales in the Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon show Taina (TV series)|Taina . The sitcom was at first successful and ran for two seasons until its cancellation in the summer of 2002 because Nickelodeon felt that it only appealed to girls.
The next year she starred in the film Freaky Friday (2003 film)|Freaky Friday alongside Lindsay Lohan . She played the role of Maddie in that film. That same year, she starred in the short-lived American Broadcasting Company|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 was not picked up but later that year she starred in the film See No Evil (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. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=0oQ41xlVLn0& feature=related Love Automatically - YouTube Most recently, Vidal played a supporting character in the film Magic Man (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 Music Corporation of America|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 " Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head) " from the Men in Black II soundtrack. She was a part of Lupe Fiasco 's 1st & 15th Entertainment . http://www.myspace.com/1stand15th MySpace.com - 1st & 15th - CHICAGO, Illinois - Hip Hop / Rap / R& B - www.myspace.com/1stand15th She also recorded a track for the work out cd called Byou from Sabrina Bryan of The Cheetah Girls (recording artists)|the Cheetah Girls . The song she recorded was "Anything Is Possible". She also sang the song "Take Me Away" in the movie Freaky Friday (2003 film)|Freaky Friday .
Best Leading Role in a Motion Picture Comedy - Youth Actress
wonhttp:/ / www.youngartistawards.org/ pastnoms15.htm 15th Annual Young Artist Awards. YoungArtistAwards.org. Accessed 2010-02-02.
Life with Mikey
Most Promising New Youth Actress (special award)
won
2002
ALMA Award
Outstanding Actress in a Television Series
nom
Taina
See also
Portal box|Biography|Puerto Rico
List of famous Puerto Ricans
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imdb name|id=0896292|name=Christina Vidal
Persondata | NAME = Vidal, Christina | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Vidal, Marie | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = November 18, 1981 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Queens, New York | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Vidal, Christina Category:1981 births Category:Actors from New York City Category:American child actors Category:American film actors Category:American people of Puerto Rican descent Category:American television actors Category:Living people Category:People from Queens Category:Puerto Rican actors Category:Article Feedback 5 Category:Young Artist Award winners
