ROMANO, Christy Carlson 1984–

(Christy Romano)

PERSONAL

Full name, Christina Carlson Romano; born March 20, 1984, in Milford, CT. Education: Student at Barnard College, Columbia University, beginning 2002; trained at School of the American Ballet.

Addresses: Agent— Tom Burke, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager— Lee Kernis, Brillstein–Grey Entertainment, 9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actress, singer, dancer, and composer. Appeared in commercials, including the public service announcement series Express Yourself, 2001; voice of Kim Possible for merchandising products, including action figures and items included in a McDonald's Happy Meal offering. Served as a Congressional intern, 2003. Volunteer and fund–raiser for various charities, including Actors Fund, American Heart Association, Equity Fights AIDS, Leukemia Foundation, and Professional Children's School.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors: Young Artist awards, best performance by a leading young actress in a television comedy series, 2001 and 2002, both for Even Stevens.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

(As Christy Romano) Erica, The Guiding Light, CBS, 1999.

Ren Stevens, Even Stevens, The Disney Channel, 2000.

Voice of Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible, Kim Possible (animated; also known as Disney's Kim Possible ), The Disney Channel, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Christy Romano) Jennifer Stone, Cadet Kelly, The Disney Channel, 2002.

Ren Stevens, The Even Stevens Movie, The Disney Channel, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(As Christy Romano) The 2002 Blockbuster Hollywood Christmas Spectacular, NBC, 2002.

Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, 2002.

Voice of Kim Possible, Kim Possible: A Stitch in Time (animated), The Disney Channel, 2003.

(As Christy Romano) A Merry Mickey Celebration, ABC, 2003.

Presenter, Disney Channel Kids Awards, 2003.

Host of "The Disney Hour," Children's Miracle Network.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Lilo & Stitch," Movie Surfers, The Disney Channel, 2002.

Guest on the Rosie O'Donnell talk show; voice of Sarah for Family of Five; voice of Wonder Girl for Secret Crisis on Infinite Worlds. The voice of Yuffie from the video game Kingdom Hearts; has also been featured in episodes of Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue: Stop Digimon!, Non–Stop Video Game Toon Jam, and Secret Crisis on Infinite Worlds; the voice of Kim Possible has been featured in episodes of many animated series, including The All–New Hollywood Jam Power Hour, The Best of Hollywood Jam!, Cartoon All Stars, Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue: Stop Digimon, Hollywood Jam: The Series, House of Mouse, King Koopa Katastrophe Spoof, Lost in the Cartoon World, Mickey's House of Villains, PokeMadness 3000, Powerpuff Girls, Rapsheeba Strikes Out, Secret Crisis on Infinite Worlds, Super Mario, Toon Jam, and The Wrath of Robyn & Stitch.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Andy Brenner, BS* (also known as Boarding School ), Fox, 2002.

Appeared as Dani in The Many Trials of Tammy B., Nickelodeon.

Film Appearances:

(As Christy Romano) Trick–or–treat child, Everyone Says I Love You, Miramax, 1996.

(As Christy Romano) Pearl at age fourteen, Henry Fool, Sony Pictures Classics, 1998.

(As Christy Romano) Gail, Goosed, Look Here Pictures/Square Dog Pictures/Tradewinds Entertainment, 1999.

Tina Pirelli, Looking for an Echo, Regent Entertainment, 2000.

Voice of Kim Possible, Kim Possible: The Secret Files (animated), 2003.

Stage Appearances:

Mary Phagan, Parade (musical), Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1998–1999.

Jo Jensen, Stars in Your Eyes, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1999.

Belle, Beauty and the Beast (musical), Lunt–Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 2004.

Appeared as Molly, Annie (musical), Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA; as Gertrude McFuzz, Dr. Seuss Children's Opera, Ravinia Music Festival, Chicago, IL; as Zoe, Just One World, Musical Theatre Works, New York City; as Princess Lenore, Many Moons (opera), Boston, MA, and with New Jersey State Opera, Princeton; as Mary, Night of the Hunter, Vineyard Theatre, New York City; in Pippa, Cape Playhouse, Ogunquit, ME; as Tina Denmark, Ruthless, Strand Theatre, Galveston, TX; in Spider Web, Cape Playhouse and Westport Playhouse; and as Antonia, Tatiana, Actors' Studio, New York City; appeared in The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway; also appeared at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, and with Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City, MO.

Major Tours:

Toured as Marta, The Sound of Music (musical); and as James Rogers, The Will Rogers Follies.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Voice of Yuffie, Kingdom Hearts (video game), Square Electronic Arts, 2002.

Voice of Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible, Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist (video game), Disney Interactive, 2002.

Herself, Circle of Life, 2003.

Albums:

(Contributor) Kim Possible, 2003.

Contributor to the albums The Broadway Kids: At the Movies, Broadway Kids Go to the Movies, Broadway Kids Revisit Broadway, and the soundtrack recordings Everyone Says I Love You and Parade.

Audio Books:

Narrator, The Cuckoo's Child, by Suzanne Freeman, Listening Library, 1998.

Also narrator for Bat Six, Connie B. Jones, and My Heartbeat, all Listening Library.

WRITINGS

(As Christy Romano) Song composer, Confident for Life: Kids & Body Image (video), 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Emmy, December, 2002.

Popstar, March, 2002; September, 2003, p. 79.

TV Guide, January 11, 2003, p. 41.

Electronic:

Christy Carlson Romano Official Site, http://christyromano.com, January 21, 2004.