Bianca
Chiminello is an Australian actress and fashion model that has
gained prominent recognition and success both nationally and
internationally. Having made her breakthrough at 16, winning
an International Supermodel Competition, she has traveled the
world gracing the covers of countless magazines including British
She, Italian Grazia, Australian Vogue and Cosmopolitan.
Bianca’s career took a different turn when she made her acting
debut appearing as a semi-regular character on America’s No.1
sci-fi show, Farscape. Bianca’s recently finished her
first feature film "Toxic” starring Tom Sizemore,
C.Tomas Howel, Ling Bai which is set for release by The Weinstien
Company Summer 2008. Bianca has also appeared in Guest Roles
on USA’s Award winning “Monk” starring Tony Shalhoub,
NBC’s “Charmed” alongside Rose McGowen, ABC’s “Emily’s
Reasons Why Not” Starring Heather Graham and most recently
the Golden Globe winning comedy “Ugly Betty”. She has
been profiled doing correspondence work for “E!” News
and “Looking Good”.
One project that Bianca produced herself is an Independent
Feature Film, in which she stars along side Academy Award
Nominee: Peter Fonda “Ulees Gold, Easy Rider”, Shane
Brolley “Underworld”, Tania Raymond “Lost” and
Trevor Ettienne “Pirates of the Caribbean”. The film
titled “Japan” is currently in postproduction and set
to be released in the festival circuit of 2008.
Bianca’s modeling career began in her hometown of Melbourne,
Australia, when she and a friend went around to the modeling
agencies with a few photographs taken in their back yard and
unknown to their parents. She had no idea how far it would
go, but Bianca was signed that day and sent of to her first
audition, which she booked and shot the following afternoon.
From this, her career took off and Bianca has since worked
for such designers internationally as: Armani, Stella McCartney,
Escada, Burberry, Moschino, Valentino, Alexander McQueen,
Colette Dinnigan and Akira Isagowa. In September 2006, Bianca
made her stage debut in Los Angeles, in an original work by
renound Casting Director Rick Pagano “X Men 2, Hotel Rwanda”.
She played six characters, learning Russian and Arabic Languages,
Southern and East Coast American and English Dialects. The
reviews appearing in the Hollywood Reporter, Variety and
LA Times depicted her performance as “Saving the best
for last!. The focused, diverse and impressive performance
of Bianca Chiminello (six roles) was worth the trip to Hollywood”.
On a personal front, Bianca’s cultivated a keen interest for eastern philosophy, it has taken her to India, Japan, China and Indonesia. She is now living in Los Angeles, is an avid participant in Bikram Yoga, spends her down time watching movies and learning as much as she can about cinema, her favoutries include; “Anything Cate Blanchette’s in”, “John Cassavetes’s Films, especially with Gena Rowlands” and “a good film noir, I just discovered Double Indemnity, I love Barbara Staynwick.” With her love of life, her own undeniable beauty, exuberance and natural charm are signs that her phenomenal success so far is only the beginning.
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