Christina Bennett Lind

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Christina Bennett Lind
Born (1983-03-22) March 22, 1983 (age 38)
Upland, Pennsylvania, United States
Education Fordham University
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Gene Gallerano
Relatives Heather Lind (sister)

Christina Bennett Lind (born March 22, 1983) is an American actress notable for her role as Bianca Montgomery in ABC's soap opera All My Children . She has an identical twin sister named Heather Lind who is also an actress.

Early life and education

Christina Bennett Lind was born in Upland, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] Lind attended Fordham University. She also attended New York State Summer School for the Arts both as a visual artist as well as a performing artist. She states that this was "a big part of my decision to follow the arts as a career."[ citation needed ]

Early career

Her first television job was As the World Turns as a college buddy of one of the regulars, Billy Magnussen; the character's name was Ari.[ citation needed ]

Career

In 2009 she was the editor for the short, comedy-drama film, Love Like a Wheel.[ citation needed ]

Lind played the role of the iconic Bianca Montgomery on All My Children from June 2010 to September 2011, until the show's cancellation on network television.[ citation needed ]

In the 2013/2014 season of the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, Massachusetts) stage adaption entitled "Heart of Robin Hood", Lind starred as "Marion." [3]

She was one of the co-producers for the 2016 short documentary film, Occupy, Texas. She worked the sound and is a co-producer for the upcoming film, which stars Austin Pendleton .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Lyre LiarMuseum Tour Guide Short film
Elle and GuyElle Short film
2009 GrownGuitarist / SingerN/A
2010 Sweater Club: Episode IITelephone Operator Video short
2011 The Talk ManHeidiN/A
Teddy BearYelena Short film
End of the InnocentsSophie Ryan Short film
2016 Calico SkiesArielN/A
DaykwonKaren Short film
2017 FireworkersBennettN/A
2019 The Undiscovered CountryClaireN/A
TBA The Hard UpTori(completed)
Taking your bra off in 49 daysBetsey (rumored)(announced)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Green ApplesCourtney McKibben TV film
20102011 All My Children Bianca Montgomery Regular role
2014 Forever Sasha SavchenkoSeason 1, Episode 3: "Fountain of Youth"
2015 Blue Bloods Angela CabotSeason 5, Episode 11: "Baggage"
House of Cards SharonRecurring role
2016 Person of Interest Karen TurnerSeason 5, Episode 6: "A More Perfect Union"
Life, CoachedElena Ray TV series
2017 Z: The Beginning of Everything Tallulah BankheadEpisodes: "Quicksand", "Playing House',
"Lights! Camera! Fitzgerald!", "The It Girl",
& "You, Me and Us"
2018 Dietland Marissa O'SheaSeason 1, Episode 3: "Y Not"
2019 The Blacklist HannahSeason 6, Episode 8: "Marco Jankowics"
2020 Bull Sofia CooperSeason 4, Episode 16: "Missing"
DisconnectedN/ATV series

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References

  1. "christinabennettlind". christinabennettlind. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. "Merchant's Heather Lind on Papa Pacino and Playing Good Girls". Broadway.com.
  3. "The Heart of Robin Hood, Starring Jordan Dean, Christina Bennett Lind and Christopher Sieber, Opens at A.R.T. Dec. 18". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24.