Christine Uhebe

Christine Helena Uhebe was born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil to Dalto (Villela Eiras) who was a military lawyer and Helena Uhebe, who works in real estate, the stock market and is passionate about horse breeding. Christine has three other sisters: Danielle, Anne and Ingrid. She has Italian, as well as Spanish, Portuguese, and Lebanese ancestry. Before becoming an actress, Christine was involved in horseback riding and divided her time between preparing for national and international competitions and studying law. After graduating, she moved to Italy for a few months and there she had her first experience with acting. She fell in love with the theatre and, after being encouraged by her mother and her first acting teacher Giuseppe Ferlitto, who said " she should never stop acting." she then decided to relocate to Florence and pursue her acting career. She started her training at Scuola di Cinema Immagina, where she graduated after 4 years. Still in Italy she was cast for Cattedrale, film finalist at Capri Art Film Festival and Taormina Film Festival 2011, between others. She then came to Los Angeles for a Summer Program at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute and moved, once again, to Los Angeles, looking for new depths in her acting. Since then, she has starred in more than a dozen short films, was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" in 2013 at The London International Film Festival for her performance in "Early Summer" and had her theatre debut in Beverly Hills in 2014 with her lead role in the World Premiere of Affluence.