Bianca Biasi

Bianca Biasi (born 13 May 1979) is an Australian Producer, Director, Writer, Actress and Author whose career in the television and film industry spans more than 20 years, initially as an actress in iconic and award winning Australian television series including Home and Away (Channel Seven Productions), All Saints (Channel Seven Productions), White Collar Blue (Knapman Wyld Television), Above The Law (Columbia Tristar/Channel Ten) and Breakers (Network Ten). She has also worked on American productions including television series Beastmaster (Alliance-Atlantis/Coote Hayes Productions - in association with Tribune Entertainment and Endemol Entertainment) and telemovie, The Junction Boys (Vanguard Films/Orly Adelson Productions/ESPN Network/ESPN Original Entertainment). In 2006, she made her feature film debut in Burke & Wills (Cake Productions) in the role of 'Asha'. According to veteran Australian film critic, Margaret Pomeranz, the low-budget Australian film was "fortunately saved from oblivion" and achieved international recognition after being selected to screen at the increasingly popular Tribeca Film Festival, which was cofounded by veteran American actor Robert DeNiro in 2002. Biasi has also appeared in more than a dozen television commercials for household corporate brands including KFC, Pizza Hut, Arnotts, Railcorp, Medicare, Hyundai, Volkswagen, GIO Moccona Coffee, Rabo, Centrum, Kirin Beer and an Australian Government campaign targeting the use of illicit drugs. More recently, her experience in front of the camera has been increasingly complemented by her work behind the scenes, in other vital film and television industry functions including casting, directing and producing. She broadened her industry experience working as an associate talent agent for Rebekah Biasi Management, before ultimately making the transition into a more hands-on creative role to pursue her passion and dream - to make films. As cofounder of Morning Starr Productions, established in 2009, she has produced all of its projects and for several, has also undertaken the roles of writer and director. As at January 1, 2014, Biasi's studio has four films in post-production that have been inspired by two of Sydney's most prolifically reported and documented haunted locations: The Quarantine Hauntings, The Parkway Hauntings, Delirium and The Q Station Experiment. Biasi told local newspaper The Manly Daily, that actors and members of the production crew, who shot the films on location on Sydney's northern beaches at The Q Station, North Head and at Wakehurst Parkway, had been genuinely spooked by the experience due to unexpected incidents that took place and was herself left "seriously freaked out". She also founded The Actors Hub in 2009, to provide guidance and advice to aspiring actors of all levels who are serious about pursuing a career in the television and film industry. Biasi aims to provide students with insights and advice based on her own experiences and those she has gleaned from the rich collective talents of established actors she has worked alongside, including including Don Hany, Alin Sumarwata, Brooke Satchwell, Georgie Parker, Tammin Sursok, Chris Egan, Isabel Lucas, Freya Stafford, Peter O'Brien, Kate Ritchie, Tom Berenger, Ryan Kwanten, Bec Hewitt and Sir Bobby Charlton.