Christina Vidal Mitchell

Christina Vidal Mitchell (born Christina Mari Vidal, November 18, 1981, in Whitestone, Queens, New York City) is an American actress, singer, and producer of Puerto Rican descent, the youngest child of Josephine and Manuel Vidal. She began acting by chance when her junior high school teacher handed her a flyer for an open audition in Life with Mikey (1993, with Michael J. Fox), where she played Angie Vega and became the first Puerto Rican child actress to play a lead in an American film. By age 16 she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career, and she is best known for starring as Taina Maria Morales in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina (2001–2002, 26 episodes). She is married to Marcus…