The Artist
ABOUT
Christina is a Los Angeles-based artist. She grew up in San Francisco with a theater and performing arts background. She studied classical ballet with the San Francisco Ballet, the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, and the Bolshoi Ballet. She earned her B.A. in Theater at USC in 2019. From 2020-2021 Christina was a series regular in the Full Moon Features sci-fi horror series The Resonator: Miskatonic U directed by William Butler (Madhouse, Leatherface) available on Amazon Prime. Christina played the title role in the film “Miss Brown”, an official Tribeca (2023) selection directed by Christina Burchard. Currently, Christina studies singing with Deborah Shulman, and burlesque dance with Carolina Cerisola. Christina is currently playing Miss Argentina in Norwegian Cruise Line’s production of Beetlejuice and is a Vocalist for the Viva ship’s production of Icons.
Christina as Mara Estaban in Miskatonic U. (2021)
Christina as Lillian Holiday in Happy End (USC, 2017).
DANCER
Christina studied classical ballet at the San Francisco Ballet School. She performed with the company in their annual Nutcracker at the War Memorial Opera House as well as in Giselle and Swan Lake.
Christina performed in the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of La Bayadère at Zellerbach Hall when the company came to the Bay Area on tour.
At the age of fifteen Christina moved to Washington, D.C. to study at the Kirov Academy of Ballet, a boarding school for young ballet dancers.
Currently, Christina studies burlesque with Carolina Cerisola and Miss Marquez. She performs under the name Rita Rebel or Rita La Guërita.
ACTOR
Christina’s film credits include the title role in Miss Brown, an official Tribeca 2023 selection directed by Christina Burchard. The two Christinas partnered again to create Veda in Paradise, a short film about a burlesque dancer named Veda inspired by Christina’s burlesque experience. Christina played Mara Esteban in Full Moon’s series Miskatonic U (dir. William Butler), Natalia in horror short film Kept (dir. Alex Geschwind), the title role of Gemini, (dir. Nader Ajib and produced by Cody Christian from Teen Wolf and CW’s All American.) Christina originated the roles of Jane Darling, pirate Cecco, and the Crocodile while understudying the role of Wendy Darling in the Broadway national tour of Peter Pan from November 2023-December 2024. Currently Christina plays Miss Argentina in Beetlejuice and is a Vocalist in Icons aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Viva Ship.
Christina as a sylph in La Sylphide with the Kirov Academy of Ballet. Photo courtesy of Paolo Galli.
Christina with Jorge Esquivel as Clara in the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker. Photo courtesy of Erik Tomasson.
SINGER
Christina currently takes voice lessons with Deborah Shulman, who has been the singing coach for rock musicians David Lee Roth of Van Halen and Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes.
Christina as Yvonne in Sunday in the Park With George. Photo by Nicholas Gingold/Capture Imaging. (USC, 2019)
Christina as a Fairy in Sleeping Beauty with the Kirov Academy of Ballet. Photo courtesy of Paolo Galli.
Photo by Carianne Older, 2024
