"Mixed-ish" Actress Christina Anthony | Working 9 to 5 and Acting on the Side

Our guest today is Actress Christina Anthony. She can currently be seen on the hit TV show "Mixed-Ish" as Aunt Denise, however she has done it all, from improv to stand-up, and theatre in between she is the ultimate superstar. We covered a lot in this episode from working a day job, while getting ready for TV, teaching classes on 80's tech and much more. Enjoy. 

Christina Anthony is a multitalented actress, writer, vocalist and improviser. She is originally from the Chicago comedy scene and is best known as an alum of the Second City e.t.c. Chicago, where she co-wrote three award-nominated sketch revues and performed thousands of shows for Chicago audiences.

Her favorite on-camera roles as an actress include Key & Peele (Comedy Central), Mash Up (Comedy Central), Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (Seeso), Take My Wife (Seeso), Bunk'd (Disney), Why Women Kill (CBS All Access), ER (NBC) and The Dilemma (Universal).

A charismatic theater performer and vocalist, she has also been seen off-Broadway in Found (Atlantic Theatre), Second City's Romeo + Juliet Musical (Chicago Shakespeare), The Art of Falling (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago + Second City – LA & Chicago), Radio Golf (Ensemble Theater – Cincinnati), Matt & Ben (Jam Theatricals), My Heart is Crying, Crying: The Jackie Wilson Story (Black Ensemble Theater) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Dream Team).

As a writer, her original comedy pilot was a finalist in the TBS & Refinery29 RIOT Comedy Writers Lab; and she frequently contributes to the Paper Machete, a live magazine. She currently performs stand-up all over L.A. and improvises with the eponymous Black People.

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