Christiani Pitts

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Christiani Pitts
Born (1993-03-09) March 9, 1993 (age 30)
Education North Atlanta High School [1] [2]
Florida State University
Alma materFlorida State University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • dancer
Years active2001–present

Christiani Pitts is an American actress, singer and dancer. Her father is Byron Pitts, who is the anchor of ABC's, Nightline. [3] [4]

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Career

Pitts began her career at age 8 in Montclair, New Jersey before moving to back to Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008 Christiani began recording her first EP. Along with love for acting and music, Christiani also pursued her career in dance and landed her first dance role in the film "Big Momma's House 3 Like Father Like Son". Christiani attended the Florida State University in the prestigious Musical Theatre Program. In 2018 she was cast as Ann Darrow in "King Kong" on Broadway. [5] [6]

Filmography

Theatre

YearTitleRole
2016 - 2018 A Bronx Tale Denise / Jane (understudy)
2018 - 2019 King Kong Ann Darrow

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  3. "Byron Pitts", Wikipedia, 2022-08-20, retrieved 2023-08-14
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