Christina Vidal

Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American film and television actress and singer of Puerto Rican descent. She is known for her role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina.

Vidal was born in Whitestone, an area in Queens, New York, the daughter of Puerto Rican[1] parents Anne, a secretary, and Rudolfo Vidal, 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]

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 (Back to the Future). 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 cancelled in the summer of 2002.