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Watch me in the thriller, Inheritance!

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For Immediate Release Actress CHRISTINA DEROSA Proves Mysterious Alongside Lily Collins in New Thriller Feature ‘INHERITANCE’

Premiered on DirecTV April 23, 2020 and Available VOD Beginning May 22, 2020

LOS ANGELES (May 4, 2020) – Actress Christina DeRosa proves a mysterious piece to the puzzle that Lily Collins is trying to solve in the new thriller feature film INHERITANCE. Directed by Vaughn Stein (Terminal) and also starring Simon Pegg, the Tribeca Film Festival selection premiered on DirecTV on April 23rd and will be available on VOD beginning May 22nd.

Written by Mark Kennedy, the plot revolves around the patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family who suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter Lauren (Collins) with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives. The story unfolds when Lauren discovers an emaciated man, Morgan (Pegg), who claims to know all her family’s dirty secrets and sets off a chain of shocking revelations. DeRosa enters the storyline as Sofia Fiore, a pivotal character in the film with further details being kept under wraps.

DeRosa was excited to help bring this thriller to the screen, adding “The moment I first read the audition scene, I knew this was a role I felt close to. The script is so well written and the strength, honesty and vulnerability spoke to me.”

Audiences will recognize DeRosa from several notable roles in film and television. She lit up the screen as Heather alongside Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn in Bad Moms, recurred as Nicole on ABC’s hit comedy Blackish, and starred as a series regular on the Pure Flix original comedy Mood Swings. This petite but curvy beauty has come a long way since first starting her career on-stage as a munchkin alongside Natalie Portman in The Wizard of Oz. A native New Yorker, DeRosa eventually made the move to Los Angeles to further her career, earning a BA from UCLA’s prestigious School of Theatre, Film and Television.

In more recent years, DeRosa has pivoted her talents becoming a rising powerhouse producer. She successfully set her sights on bringing female-driven projects to the screen for Lifetime TV, including the fan-favorite, Campus Caller. She also recently teamed with Mary Lou Belli (2-time Emmy winner) and creator Elaine Loh (named International Screenwriters Association’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch) to produce the celebrated short form series, Doxxed. The project went on to win at the Catalyst Content Film Festival and Raindance Film Festival among others.

Currently, DeRosa is producing the feature film trilogy, A Savannah Haunting, under her production banner D.I.G Entertainment in collaboration with Fort Argyle Films. She is also currently working on an animated feature film from writer/director Kevin Conran (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow).

An active member of the Television Academy, DeRosa won the Artists in Cinema Award at Universal through the Artists in Music Awards and the 2014 Rising Star Award through the 8th annual FAME awards. When not on-set, DeRosa is a true humanitarian, proudly bringing awareness to causes that matter to her, including serving as the chairwoman for the non-profit Face Forward.

Christina DeRosa is represented by Kingvigor Inc. Management.

For more about CHRISTINA DeROSA visit: www.christinaderosa.com

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I was born to play a Detective!

I just wrapped a supporting lead role in the Feature Film, "Woman on the Ledge."  

Just Call me Detective Kelso!

I worked opposite Rumer Willis as Detective Diane Kelso

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under the direction of Trey Haley at Tri Destined Studios.

 

I am looking forward to sharing with you the premiere dates. 

Everybody can be Great....because anybody can serve.

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”  

Martin Luther King

On Sunday, May 22, 2016 I woke up at 4:00 AM to head to Mexico with a group of extraordinary volunteers to be of service at Rancho de Los Ninos, an orphanage for children in Mexico.  We headed to Mexico with trunks full of presents for the children.  Everything from clothing, blankets, body wash, shampoos, cleaning supplies, puzzles, coloring books and jenga (which was a big hit).

We arrived at Rancho de Los Ninos and the children ran up to us with hugs and kisses and excited for the gifts and love we were bringing. 

We played ball, played JENGA, colored and had beautiful conversations and laughs together.  The amount of love I felt warmed my heart and I truly feel I came back a better person.

The hat says it all:  LIFE IS GOOD, especially when you are being of service and bringing joy to children!

Adios Amigos.  Miss you already and we will be back soon!

My Mission Statement

I gave myself this assignment this week to write a mission statement for my life after doing some deep healing. Here is what I came up with. It feels bigger than me and a bit uncomfortable because I don't know the HOW...but I'm slowly putting it out there!

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Mission Statement for the Life and Career of Christina DeRosa

My mission is to cradle myself with love, the way I would a baby in my arms, and see we are all really children at heart. My mission is to shine my childlike wonder and joy and share it with the world evolving through my acting, producing, music and any other gifts I discover. Through my gifts and talents, I will be of service to children, empowering them and reminding them they are perfect just the way they are. The world is waiting for me.

Christina DeRosa  4/14/16

Now, your turn, if you are gamed....

Mila Kunis is the Sweetest!

I had the pleasure of working on the comedy feature film, BAD MOMS in New Orleans starring MILA KUNIS and written and directed by the guys who created THE HANGOVER,  

Scott Moore and Jon Lucas.

 

You know that feeling when you meet someone you admired your whole life and they are as sweet and humble as you would want them to be?  Yup, that was Mila Kunis.  On set, she treated every member of the cast and crew with gratitude and respect and took direction and compliments with ease and grace.  A True Star!

The movie will premiere this summer and I will be sure to let you know when you can run to the movie theater to see it!

I appreciate you! 

Richest Blessings, 

Christina DeRosa

Starting 2016 off Right!

I am excited to share, I am starting off 2016 right, with Booking a movie starring 

Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Christina Applegate.

Excited to work on set in New Orleans, Woot Woot!!!!!

Thanks for all your support and more good news is coming soon!

Christina

Gobble on This....

Doing The Happy "Booked It" Dance!  I booked the role of Nicole on the Emmy Nominated TV Show, BLACK-ISH. 

I have met the cast numerous times at TV academy events and I am looking forward to working on set with Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson.

Pinky promise to keep you posted on the air dates! Thank you for all your loving support! xoxoxox

The 5 Keys to Booking Work as an Actor in Los Angeles

The 5 Keys to Booking Work as an Actor in LA:

Practice, Practice, Practice!

Does a Major League Basketball player play a full game every day?  No, but he sure as hell will be practicing his skills on the court and exercising his body daily.  One of my dear friends is a concert violinist and he told me if he goes one day without playing his violin, he feels off, two days, he feels really off and three days without playing, it feels rusty coming back.  How is acting as a craft any different?  If you wanna be great at something, it takes 10,000 hours of practice.  Best advice I can share is if you wanna act, then act!  If you are not in an acting class, get in one.  There are so many awesome classes in Los Angeles and in my class, I am playing opposite Series Regulars and movie stars.  It’s inspiring, they want to train too when they are off set.  Yes, it takes Discipline but just like NIKE says, “Just Do it.”  If you are tight on money, invite actor friends over to your home and practice Meisner exercises, verb exercises, or just get together and work on a scene.  Organize a table read of a play or script in your living room.  It’s all possible.  Practice your craft.  My favorite reality check when I want to see if my actions are in alignment with my priorities is to check my calendar and checkbook.  If acting is important to you, then act.

Have an Attitude of Gratitude!
John D Rockefeller once said, “I will pay a man more for his attitude and his ability to get along with others than for any other skill he may possess.”  Your attitude is more important than you will ever realize.  It is more important than your education, your past or your looks.  Your attitude will attract people to you or repel them.  I start my day with Gratitude by writing down in my journal at least 10 things I’m grateful for.  It can be anything.  No judgement.  Just put it down on paper and commit to doing it every single day.  It can be “I’m grateful for my yoga practice, grateful for the sunshine, grateful for sleeping straight through the night.”  Make the decision to write for 45 days straight and you will see the difference afterwards.  You see, gratitude is in direct alignment with abundance.  The more grateful you are, the more you have to be grateful for and Gratitude simply is the best attitude.  When I really want to up my gratitude, I write a sincere thank you email or card to one person per day for 7 days in a row, explaining specifically what warms my heart about them.  What amazes me is the amount of responses I get back with such gushing gratitude.  It feels like a gratitude party.  Speaking of which, why not host a party and ask 10 friends to come over and all go around the circle sharing all the gratitude in your hearts.  I love sitting in a circle, okay but I get that not everyone is as cheesy as I am. So maybe you just want one gratitude partner that you call every day and share your gratitude over the phone for 10 minutes a day.  Whichever path you choose to up your gratitude, have fun with it.

Detachment
I learned from Wendy Braun that the key to booking work is Detachment.  That’s a tough one for me because I want it so badly and often my grip is too tight around my desire.  “I want this role…why don’t I have it yet” urgghhh.  I believe “It is natural for us, as human beings, to look forward.  Our Eyes naturally look ahead.  We are made for moving toward a goal.” President Ikeda.  So, I am a goal-setter and in March of this year, I set the goal to book a Guest Star role on the TV show, Devious Maids, playing in a scene opposite Susan Lucci, shooting in Atlanta, Georgia and I prayed and chanted for that specific goal.  After much prayer and chanting for it, I received my first audition opportunity for a role in a scene playing opposite Susan Lucci.  All the elements were included. I did the audition, felt solid about it and continued chanting to book it.  Through my prayer and chanting for it, I realized it was time to release my need for it and let it go.  I discovered I needed to let go of what booking the role meant to me (that need for self-worth) so I started praying and chanting for wisdom to see what causes and actions I needed to take next.  It was in my releasing and letting go of my need of validation, that I forgot about the role and trusted my life and the limitless possibilities.  And then, I got the sudden, “Booked it” call from my agent.  Woohoo!  That’s wonderful news about me achieving my specific goal and the experience on set with Susan Lucci was a dream come true.  It aired on TV this year and I am so excited and grateful.  But what’s even more amazing, is that I chipped away at changing a tendency of seeking validation outside myself and the benefit is letting go and releasing my attachment to a result.  My advice is to still set goals then be open to the limitless possibilities that lie in the unknown, in the letting go and the trusting.

       Relationships!

 It’s not who you know, but who knows you.  Like any business, your acting career is no different.  You got to build lasting relationships with Casting Directors, Talent Managers, Talent Agents, Directors, Producers, Writers, actors and filmmakers of all kinds.  You might know of Scott David, who casts “Criminal Minds” and maybe you really want to be on the TV show, but if you haven’t met Scott in a casting workshop or read for him at a casting session, how do you expect him to know you?  So, make yourself known by him.  Attend his casting workshops at Actors Link, send him a tweet, go to his FB page, mail him a thank you card.  It takes time and work but if you want to become known by Scott, it’s absolutely possible.  I use him as an example because he’s one of the most accessible Casting Directors out there for Los Angeles actors.  Do the research.  Let’s say you are a fan of a Director but she doesn’t know you exist.  Go see her movies, tweet about her work, write her a detailed letter explaining why you love her work so much and send it to her production company.  Build those relationships. And stay in touch with all the people who have hired you and all the people you want to work with.  Have fun building those relationships and becoming known.

           Promote, Promote, Promote!!!

This is not the time to be shy.  In today’s world, if you don’t post a selfie of you there, it’s as if you weren’t there.  I get it, you don’t want to come off as “Selfish, egotistical, me, me, me” but you gotta let all of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google, Youtube (and a bunch of other social media sites) know about you and that movie you just booked.  If you didn’t book a movie yet, don’t worry, let them know about your acting class, let them make comments on your new head shots.  Post about your career goals and ask others what is their goal.  Please stop being insecure thinking, “I don’t have enough to post about,” or “I haven’t done enough, why would anyone want to follow me?”  You are enough, as you are and the world needs to know about you, hear what you are all about and what you want.  You are talented and why not share those gifts and talents with the world. You can even post about your love for hiking and post a picture of you hiking.  Marketing is about sharing who you are.  I get it, Social Media can be time consuming and you may think you don’t have that time to waste so here’s my solution, set a timer.  Limit yourself to 10 minutes a day on Social media.  5 minutes to post and the other 5 minutes to comment on other people’s posts.  What I love to do is schedule some of my posts so I remain consistent.  Consistency is Key.  I prefer hootsuite to schedule my posts.  For example, I sit down for an hour once a month to  schedule in advance all my  living mantras (like an affirmation) every morning at 9AM Pacific Standard Time on Twitter, LinkedIn and my Facebook Fan Page.  My fans, friends and family all count on the daily inspiration from me with my living mantras.  It creates credibility with my social media followers.  Have fun with your social media.  Maybe you are a comedian and do stand-up in LA, so schedule a joke post once a day at the same time and watch all the followers who look forward to your jokes.  That’s for sure a good way to secure more stand-up work for yourself.  Share yourself with your fans, friends, family and the people you want to work with.  And remember to have fun with this and don’t be scared like the lady in the picture below.

And one last word of advice, as Sir Winston Churchill said while addressing his alma matter in a commencement speech, “Nevah, Nevah, Nevah Give Up!”

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I trust you found some gem in here.  Please feel free to keep in touch with me and drop me a line on your success stories on how this information was helpful to you at www.twitter.com/christinaderosa www.facebook.com/ActressChristinaDeRosa www.facebook.com/ChristinaDeRosa and remember I believe in you, so KGDS, Keep Going, Don’t Stop!

Richest Blessings,

Christina DeRosa

www.christinaderosa.com

Have You Seen This Yet?

This is the 'Old Spice Guy' meets 'The Most Interesting Man'  in a.... feminine way! 

Get ready for a little pony, a super-hot Italian man and a whole lotta DeRosa in this commercial spot for CLUB W!

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