Bianca Amato
- Actress
Bianca Amato was born in South Africa, where she graduated with
Distinction from the University of Cape Town's Drama Department. She
worked extensively in theatre and television in South Africa, most
notably as the lead in
Isidingo: The Need (2005),
South Africa's premiere television series. Her portrayal of Phillipa De
Villiers, a feisty young Englishwoman romantically involved with a
black mine manager (a groundbreaking interracial storyline for
post-Apartheid South African television), made her a household name in
South Africa. Bianca moved to the US in 2001. She is based in NYC.
Bianca is a multi-award-winning Audiobook Narrator. Her American stage
work includes "Private Lives", "The Broken Heart", "Arcadia", "The
Taming of the Shrew", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Trumpery", "The
Coast Of Utopia", "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Mr Fox: A
Rumination " "As You Like It", "Pride and Prejudice", "Pygmalion", and
"Topgirls".
