Carla Bianco is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and actor.

Career

Of Italian descent, Carla Bianco grew up singing at family parties, and began writing songs at the age of 10 on the piano. In 1990, she worked with Jellybean Benitez of Jellybean Productions,

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's producer, and had her first song, ''Not This Time'', released on Atlantic Records. She also wrote with

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, Judd Friedman, Reggie Lucas. In 1996, one of her songs ''The lover that you are'' was #1 on the ''

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'' Hot Dance Club Play chart, covered by '' Pulse''. It reached No. 22 in the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

in May 1996. On stage Carla played the role of Maureen in ''

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'' on Broadway and Los Angeles. She also performed in movies including '' Unstoppable'' with

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and ''

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'' with Matt Damon. Carla released her debut CD, ''All This Time'' in 2012.Album review All this time by Carla Bianco
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Filmography

* 2010 : '' Unstoppable'' : ''Horse Trailer Owner'' * 2011 : ''Scream Show 2'' : ''Janet Weaver'' * 2012 : ''

'' : Profesora

Awards

* 1996 :

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award for ''The lover that you are''

References

External links

Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bianco, Carla Living people American musical theatre actresses 21st-century American women singers American people of Italian descent American pop pianists American women pianists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American pianists