Bianca Chiminello
| Bianca Chiminello | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 September 1976 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
Bianca Chiminello (born 5 September 1976) is an Australian model and actress best known for her role as "Jenavian Charto" on the television series Farscape. Chiminello's breakout film performance is in the December 2008 release of David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Chiminello plays Blanchett's best friend.
Chiminello was brought up in a single-parent family in the bohemian suburb of Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia. As a child Bianca's first love was dance; she trained as a classical ballerina with the Victorian Ballet School under the guidance of Dianne Parrington. Bianca Chiminello attended Methodist Ladies' College; during her education she was discovered by a modeling agent and started working whilst finishing her high school certificate.
In 1993 while still in the middle of her high school studies, she won Ford Models' Supermodel of the World Contest (Australia) and was subsequently signed with Ford Models and was taken to New York City, where she lived with Eileen Ford and worked with the publications Allure, Seventeen, She, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Chiminello is currently represented by Industry Models. After completing her studies, she lived in Europe and was in advertising campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Moschino and Escada.
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