Christina Rose

Christina Rose Polkowski is an American actress and producer best known to audiences for her work in Grease on Broadway, the award-winning movie musical How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song, and as the voice of Celes Chere in World of Final Fantasy.

Early life Rose was born in Naples, Italy, the daughter of Mary and Allen Polkowski. She was raised in Macomb Twp., MI and performed in the family band, The Odyssey Sound System, for many years prior to graduating from Central Michigan University with her BFA in Musical Theatre Performance.

Career Rose started performing at a very young age making her professional dance debut as an acrobat in The Nutcracker Ballet at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. Soon to follow were numerous starring roles in various theatre productions. Once graduating from Central Michigan University she immediately joined the cast of the First National Tour of Oklahoma! in 2004. Rose moved to New York City immediately following her run with the tour. She signed a contract with Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, where she joined the original cast of Finding Nemo – The Musical. Rose left the show to make her Broadway Debut in Grease at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. During Rose's run with Grease, she was able to shoot various commercials during the day.

Filmography + As actress Year Title Role Notes 2009 All My Children Samantha Television series 2009 30 Rock All American Girl Television series 2010 Death of the Dead Wanda Feature film 2012 How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song Evey Lorraine Feature film 2015 Broken: A Musical Mona Feature film 2015 The Evolution of a Gen-X Music Purchaser Jade O'Brien Short film 2016 Unjust Justice: The Jimmy Rosemond Tapes Narrator (voice) Documentary series 2016 World of Final Fantasy Celes Chere (voice) Video game 2017 Compatibility Jade O'Brien Short film 2018 Eleven Eleven Mallory Faris Feature film 2018 Fallout 76 Amy Kerry / Additional Voices (voice) Video game

Theatre

Broadway Year Title Theatre Role Notes 2007

Other Theatre Credits Year Title Theatre Role Notes 2014

Discography

Cast Recordings Year Title Music & Lyrics Role 2012 2015