Christina Vidal

Christina Vidal Mitchell is an American actress and singer. On television, she is known for starring in the sitcoms Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1997–1998), Taina (2001–2002), and Primo. Her film appearances include the comedy Life with Mikey (1993), the sports drama Brink! (1998), the fantasy comedies Freaky Friday (2003) and its sequel Freakier Friday (2025), and the slasher See No Evil (2006).

Early life and education Vidal is Puerto Rican. She attended LaGuardia High School. When she was 17 in 1998, she joined a girl group called Gemstone (along with Jade Villalon and Crystal Grant). Vidal later moved to Orlando, Florida, to proceed with the filming of Taina. Her sisters Lisa and Tanya are also actresses and have appeared on TV and in theatre; she also has a brother, Christian.

Career Acting Vidal's first acting role was in the film Life with Mikey (1993) as "Angie Vega", becoming the first Puerto Rican child actress to play a lead in an American film. Though film critic Roger Ebert negatively reviewed the film, he wrote, "What makes the movie watchable is Christina Vidal's performance. She's a bright, no-nonsense type who plants her feet and delivers her lines and looks Fox square in the eye."

Vidal portrayed Taina Maria Morales in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina, which ran for two seasons in 2001 and 2002. The next year, she played Maddie in the film Freaky Friday alongside Lindsay Lohan and appeared in the short-lived ABC action TV series 10-8: Officers on Duty. Also in 2003, she guest-starred in Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Paris Fate.

In 2006, she starred in the film See No Evil and also had a brief stint on the hit sitcom Girlfriends. She has made cameo appearances in the films I Think I Love My Wife, Mask of the Ninja, and the Internet comedy short "Love Automatically". In 2009, Vidal played a supporting character in the film Magic Man.

In 2025, Vidal reprised her role of Maddie in the Freaky Friday sequel film Freakier Friday.

Music When Vidal was in the band Gemstone, she recorded songs with herself as well as bandmates Jade Villalon and Crystal Celeste Grant performing vocals. A few of these tracks would surface many years later on albums consisting of demos, rare tracks, and special songs of Villalon's music project, Sweetbox.

In 2002, she was briefly signed to MCA Records and in that time she was supposed to release her first single "Tropical" and her solo debut album White in the summer of 2002, but never did. She was also presented with the opportunity to be the lead singer for The Pussycat Dolls, however she was uninterested with the groups image. That same year she provided guest vocals on the remix of Will Smith's summer hit "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" from the Men in Black II soundtrack.

Vidal was a part of Lupe Fiasco's 1st & 15th Entertainment. She also recorded a track for the workout CD called Byou from Sabrina Bryan of The Cheetah Girls. The song she recorded was "Anything Is Possible". She also sang the song "Take Me Away" in the film Freaky Friday, and rerecorded it for Freakier Friday.

Personal life In 2016, Vidal married actor Marcus Mitchell, together they have three children.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Life with Mikey Angie Vega 1995 Welcome to the Dollhouse Cynthia 2000 Details Maggie Short film 2003 Chasing Papi Festival Singer Freaky Friday Maddie 2005 The Mosquito Tia 2006 See No Evil Christine 2007 I Think I Love My Wife Candy 2010 Magic Man Elena 2021 The Guilty Sergeant Denise Wade 2025 Freakier Friday Maddie

Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 The Cosby Mysteries Ramona Suarez Episode: "Camouflage" 1995 The Commish Julianna Muldoon Episode: "Off Broadway: Parts 1 & 2" 1997 F/X: The Series Theresa Episode: "Bad Influence" 1997–1998 Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher Sophia Del Bono Main role (season 2) 1998 Brink! Gabriella Television film 1999 Providence Street Girl Episode: "Saint Syd" Touched by an Angel Ilena Episode: "Hearts" 2001–2002 Taina Taina Maria Morales Lead role 2003 Hotel Gisel Television film Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Fate Paris Episode: "Romance Looming" 2003–2004 10-8: Officers on Duty Deputy Gabriela Lopez Main role 2004 Beck and Call Television short Second Time Around Gabrielle Herrera Episode: "Secrets", "A Kiss Is Still a Kiss" 2005 Clubhouse Carmen Episode: "Between First and Home" 2006 Girlfriends Samantha Stephens Episodes: "Bad Blood", "Just Joan" 2007 ER Elena Vega Episode: "In a Different Light" 2008 Play or Be Played Television film Mask of the Ninja Mercedes 2009 Monk Winona Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes Camping" 2009–2010 House Sandy Episodes: "Wilson", "Private Lives" 2010 The Deep End Rachel Esposito Episode: "Nothing Personal" In Plain Sight Amber Whitman Episode: "Son of Mann" Castle Jamie Ruiz Episode: "Almost Famous" 2011 Things We Do for Love Episode: "Best Friend" Fairly Legal Sofia Peña Episode: "Coming Home" 2014 Stalker Christina Richards Episode: "Skin" 2015 Being Mary Jane Lilly Episode: "Reading the Signs" The Player Mrs. Cruz Episode: "A House Is Not a Home" Major Crimes Carmen Tamayo Episode: "Thick as Thieves" 2015–2016 Code Black Gina Perrello Recurring role; 7 episodes 2016 Limitless Lucy Church 2 episodes Blue Bloods ADA Marta Avila 1 episode 2017 Training Day Det. Valeria Chavez Main role 2018 Sneaky Pete Valerie 1 episode 2019 Grand Hotel Det. Ayala 4 episodes 2020 United We Fall Jo Ryan Main role 2021 The Shrink Next Door Hannah Recurring role 2022 The Terminal List Mac Wilson 2023 Primo Drea Main role

Discography

Soundtrack appearances + List of soundtrack appearances Title Year Album "Gonna Be A Star" 2002 Taina: Original Television Soundtrack "Carnival" "Feel Good" "I Thought That We Were Friends" "Voy a Ser Una Estrella (Gonna Be a Star)" "Take Me Away" 2003 Freaky Friday "Take Me Away" 2025 Freakier Friday

Awards and nominations Year Organization Award Work Result 1994 Young Artist Awards Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film Life with Mikey Most Promising New Youth Actress 2002 ALMA Awards Outstanding Actress in a Television Series Taina 2024 Imagen Awards Best Actress – Comedy (Television) Primo