Christine McBurney
Christine was born in Brooklyn, New York, mainly raised in northeast Ohio, but spent many a holiday and summer back on the east coast where she fondly remembers entertaining neighbors on the stoop in Brooklyn, singing and dancing for an audience of women who leaned out of windows. In 2017, she discovered, unbeknownst to her, but suspected by many, her lower east side Italian heritage and the requisite loads of relatives that come with such a discovery. In 2021, she finally and happily landed back in NYC after two fruitful decades of theatre making and teaching and raising her son in Cleveland. The third time has been the charm. While in NYC as a younger woman, she studied comparative literature and writing at Columbia University's School of General Studies while working at ABC Radio Network News. After a whirlwind solo backpacking adventure across Europe, it was time time for graduate school, so she mustered the courage to pursue a dream she'd put on hold for too long: to study acting. She received her MFA from Kent State University. She is also published author and a U.S. Presidential Scholar Teacher who has won grants, including a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, to study Shakespeare at The Globe Theatre in London, The Juilliard School, and The National Institute on Teaching Shakespeare. Christine is also an award-winning theatre director and former artistic director. She is an alum of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Directors Lab West, Directors Lab North, and Cleveland Play House Directors Gym. She has continued her acting training with Shakespeare & Company, Dream Lab Studio, James Ciccone. and Anthony Grasso. She has taught at The Film and Media Arts School at Cleveland State University and Baldwin Wallace University Department of Theatre & Dance. She's an acting coach in private practice. She has completed one screenplay and is writing a second. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA & SDC (the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers).
The Kings of Summer
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single...
Movie pageConnected
as MarcieThe story of Genaro Costelli, a young man growing up in a neighborhood that is controlled by the...
Movie pageFire Island
as DebbieA modern take on The Wizard of Oz about a young woman trying to find her way home after tragedy....
Movie pageFBI: Most Wanted
as Female NeighborThe Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's...
TV Show pageThe Flight Attendant
as Aquarium Patron (uncredited)Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in...
TV Show pageFleishman Is in Trouble
as IdaRecently separated forty-something Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based...
TV Show pageThe Chair
as English Professor (uncredited)At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying...
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