- Born
- Nickname
- Macri'
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- MariaCristina was born and reared in Trieste, Italy,not far from Venice. Trieste is a complex multi-ethnic town on the north eastern border of Italy. She began her career very young on the live stage and as an on-air presenter on many live shows for RAI. She was hired by Raimondo Vianello for his sitcom "Casa Vianello" the most successful sitcom ever produced in Italy,where she played Valeria,the tempting young woman living on the top floor.This nationally televised character on a hit television show gave her early success.
In the cinema she worked with Italian Masters:Castellano and Pipolo,Pupi Avati,Dario Argento,Alessandro Benvenuti and she had starring roles in many television series,for both drama and comedy. Since she moved to LA she worked in many international projects between America and Europe, such as:"Jesus"for CBS,the feature film "Angels and Demons"with director Ron Howard, the miniseries "Barabbas",etc. In Europe she is part of the cast for the french drama series "Odysseus" In the US she recently appeared in "Law and Order" for NBC and in the comedy series "Backpackers" as recurring guest star for CW network. She is also the presenter/host for TeleItalia Network in Los Angeles where she hosts in two languages Italian and American-English.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Paul Marraffa - MariaCristina was born and reared in Trieste, Italy,not far from Venice. Trieste is a complex multi-ethnic town on the north eastern border of Italy. She began her career very young on the live stage and as an on-air presenter on many live shows for RAI. She was hired by Raimondo Vianello for his sitcom "Casa Vianello" the most successful sitcom ever produced in Italy,where she played Valeria,the tempting young woman living on the top floor.This nationally televised character on a hit television show gave her early success.
In the cinema she worked with Italian Masters:Castellano and Pipolo,Pupi Avati,Dario Argento,Alessandro Benvenuti and she had starring roles in many television series,for both drama and comedy. Since she moved to LA she worked in many international projects between America and Europe, such as:"Jesus"for CBS,the feature film "Angels and Demons"with director Ron Howard, the miniseries "Barabbas",etc. In Europe she is part of the cast for the french drama series "Odysseus" In the US she recently appeared in "Law and Order" for NBC and in the comedy series "Backpackers" as recurring guest star for CW network. She is also the presenter/host for TeleItalia Network in Los Angeles where she hosts in two languages Italian and American-English.- IMDb Mini Biography By: E. Phipps
- SpouseRoger Young(? - present) (1 child)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Mariacristina Heller has an international career for both drama and comedy her most known feature films are: "Angels and Demons" with director Ron Howard, "Dracula 3D" with director Dario Argento, " A Second Childhood" with director Pupi Avati," Ti spiace se bacio mamma?" with director Alessandro Benvenuti; in the television among the others she has worked in: the post apocalyptic series "The Last Ship" for TNT opposite Adam Baldwin , "Law and Order" for NBC opposite Alfred Molina, the comedy series "Backpackers "for CW network as recurring guest star, as recurring on the French drama series "Odysseus" for Arte' TV, the miniseries "Barabbas" for Reelz channel and RAI opposite Billy Zane, the drama series "Anti-Drug Squad" for RAI, as recurring lead on the comedy series "Tutti per Bruno" for RAI, the drama series "Good and Evil" for RAI, the miniseries "Hercules" for NBC, the miniseries "Jesus for CBS,the miniseries "Saint Paul " for TNT. She is also starring in the uo coming sit com "Rossi and White".
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